SBIR Phase I: Step-Out Process for Producing Bio-Gasoline

SBIR 第一阶段：生产生物汽油的逐步过程

• 批准号: 0710997
• 负责人: Mitrajit Mukherjee
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Exelus, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0710997&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Step; Out; Process

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research provides a clean and efficient route to bio-gasoline made from cellulosic materials. This technology will reduce dependence on foreign oil and decrease net carbon emissions by converting unused agricultural wastes and grasses to bio-gasoline. The method is safe and environmentally friendly. Enzymatic fermentation is eschewed in favor of a faster and cheaper chemical route, and liquid acid catalysts are replaced by cleaner alternatives. The proposal seeks to develop a novel catalyst to allow cellulose hydrosylate to be converted into oxygenated hydrocarbons useable as gasoline blending agents. Such a process would be significantly more efficient than cellulosic ethanol production due to greater efficiency in the conversion of cellulose to fuel and eliminating the cost and time required for biological and enzymatic conversions. The broader impact of this research would be to lead to a process enabling the direct conversion of biomass into a gasoline substitute. Production of tens of billions of gallons of this motor fuel could be produced every year, creating economic opportunities for farmers, producers, and providing the public with a more stable and secure source of motor fuel. This project also offers new scientific developments in the areas of catalysis and the processing of biomaterials.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段的研究提供了一种清洁和有效的途径，以生物汽油由纤维素材料制成。这项技术将减少对外国石油的依赖，并通过将未使用的农业废物和草转化为生物汽油来减少净碳排放。该方法安全环保。酶发酵被更快、更便宜的化学途径所取代，液体酸催化剂被更清洁的替代品所取代。该提案寻求开发一种新的催化剂，以允许纤维素水解物转化为可用作汽油调合剂的氧化烃。由于纤维素转化为燃料的效率更高，并且消除了生物转化和酶转化所需的成本和时间，因此这种方法将比纤维素乙醇生产显著更有效。这项研究的更广泛的影响将是导致一个过程，使生物质直接转化为汽油替代品。每年可以生产数百亿加仑的这种汽车燃料，为农民和生产者创造经济机会，并为公众提供更稳定和安全的汽车燃料来源。该项目还在催化和生物材料加工领域提供了新的科学发展。