DOE to help fund Hawaii cellulosic biofuels pilot plant

Honeywell company UOP has been selected by the US Energy Department to negotiate terms for a $25m award to help fund construction of a demonstration plant in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into green transportation fuels.

The demonstration unit will employ RTP rapid thermal processing technology developed and patented by Ensyn Corp. RTP rapidly heats biomass at ambient pressure to generate high yields of pourable, liquid pyrolysis oil.

The pyrolysis oil will then be upgraded to green transport fuels using technology developed by 's UOP, working with DOE, National Renewable Energy Lab and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

The project will use cellulosic feedstocks such as waste agriculture products, algae, high-biomass sorghum, paper, pulp and switchgrass to produce the pyrolysis oil. The material will be provided by Ceres, Cargill, Grays…

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