TN Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) Small Scale Demonstration Plant

TN Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) is developing a small scale demonstration plant to facilitate research and development (R&D) in new process methods and will integrate feedstocks and conversion methods. Two primary units include a solvent fractionation reactor (to isolate pure polymer components from lignocellulosic material) and a fluidized bed pyrolysis reactor to produce bio-oils. Facility also will include twin screw extruder for further modification of residual lignin and a small bioreactor to produce ethanol from carbohydrate product stream. Effort also will include the production of relatively low volume high value chemical coproducts.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Advanced Research, Biobased Research

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  Office of Research, Development, and Technology
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590
• Project Managers:

  Johnson, Shawn

• Start Date: 20120510
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 31350

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demonstration projects; Ethanol; Lignin
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bio-oils; Conversion; Feedstock; Lignocellulose
• Subject Areas: Energy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01467552
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Files: RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:35PM