Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts

Our work makes a new bioeconomy work.

Conversion of biomass resources into liquid fuels, electrical power, and other value-added chemical products

Systems approaches to problem solving

Agriculture Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Engineering

Regionally-appropriate feedstocks

Woody crops Agricultural crops Algae Wastes and residues

OUR WORK EMPHASIZES:

Research, Education, Outreach Biomass feedstock logistics

Harvest and transport Biomass processing

Thermochemical conversion of biomass to hydrocarbons

Gasification Pyrolysis Catalytic production of hydrocarbons

Biomass fractionation, biochemical conversion, and value-added product development

OUR WORK EMPHASIZES:

LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE Feedstock characterization

Full capabilities for chemical and physical properties measurement

Biomass size reduction and densification

Biomass fractionation laboratory Technology to separate biomass into

basic chemical constituents cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin

LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE Gasification and pyrolysis

laboratories: Bench-scale bubbling fluidized

bed gasifier

Bench-scale pyrolysis reactors

Pilot-scale bubbling fluidized bed gasifier

Pilot-scale downdraft mobile gasifier

LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE Liquid fuel

laboratory: Continuously

Stirred Tank Reactors (CSTR)

Long term, unattended catalyst performance testing

Fixed-bed catalytic reactors

CURRENT FUNDING SOURCES USDA – Southeast Partnership for Integrated

Biomass Supply Systems ($15 million) DOE – High Tonnage Harvest and Transport

consortium ($10 million) DOE – Liquid Fuels and Electrical Power ($1.25

million) NSF IGERT NSF REU Several additional USDA and NSF grants AAES – modest operations budget

EXPANSION AREAS Life cycle assessment Energy-water-climate nexus Economic analysis Genetics, genomics, metabolic

engineering Strengthening areas:

Intensive silvicultural production systems Thermochemical and biochemical

conversion