Recovery Act. Demonstration of a Pilot Integrated Biorefinery for the Efficient, Direct Conversion of Biomass to Diesel Fuel

Technical Report · Tue May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1179256· OSTI ID:1179256

Schuetzle, Dennis ^[1]; Tamblyn, Greg ^[1]; Caldwell, Matt ^[1]; Hanbury, Orion ^[1]; Schuetzle, Robert ^[2]; Rodriguez, Ramer ^[2]; Johnson, Alex ^[3]; Deichert, Fred ^[3]; Jorgensen, Roger ^[3]; Struble, Doug ^[3]

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1. Renewable Energy Institute International, Sacramentao, CA (United States)
2. Greyrock Energy, Sacramento, CA (United States)
3. Red Lion Bio-Energy, Toledo, OH (United States)

The Renewable Energy Institute International, in collaboration with Greyrock Energy and Red Lion Bio-Energy (RLB) has successfully demonstrated operation of a 25 ton per day (tpd) nameplate capacity, pilot, pre-commercial-scale integrated biorefinery (IBR) plant for the direct production of premium, “drop-in”, synthetic fuels from agriculture and forest waste feedstocks using next-generation thermochemical and catalytic conversion technologies. The IBR plant was built and tested at the Energy Center, which is located in the University of Toledo Medical Campus in Toledo, Ohio.

• Research Organization: Renewable Energy Institute International, Sacramentao, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
• Contributing Organization: Renewable Energy Institute International; Greyrock Energy; Red-Lion Bioenergy
• DOE Contract Number: EE0002876
• OSTI ID: 1179256
• Report Number(s): DOE-REII-02876
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
03 NATURAL GAS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
42 ENGINEERING
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
Biomass
Feedstocks
Rice Hulls
Wood
Renewable Diesel Fuel
Synthetic Diesel Fuel
Renewable Fuels
Reformulated Gasoline Blendstocks
Integrated Biorefinery
Risk Management
Mitigation Analysis
Safety
Health
Plant Engineering
Plant Design
Engineering Processes
Management Processes
Value Engineering
Concurrent Engineering
Piping and Instrument Design (P&ID)
Material Science
Design for Manufacturing
Kinetics
Thermodynamics
Physics
Organic Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Component Manufacturing
Modular Design
Component Procurement
Feedstock Introduction
Solids Steam Reforming
Gases Steam Reforming
Slow Pyrolysis
Syngas
Syngas Purification
Purified Syngas
Catalytic Reactor
Catalytic Conversion
Fuel Synthesis
Direct Fuel Production
Syngas Catalysis
Product Separation
Fuel Storage
Fuel Distillation
Catalyst Tailgas
Control Systems
Data Acquisition Systems
Process Control
Training
Test Campaigns
Plant Stand