MRI-R2: Acquisition of a suite of analytical instrumentation essential for investigating fuel, chemical and polymer production from biomass

0959920瓦拉纳西“该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助。“本提案的目标是获得一套分析仪器，这些仪器对于从生物质原料中绿色合成化学品、燃料和材料至关重要。有可能用可持续的生物炼油厂取代石油炼油厂的两种原料是木质纤维素生物质和藻类。托莱多大学的几位研究人员非常积极地参与研究项目，处理这些原料的生产和转化为燃料和增值产品（与工业界合作）。从通过这些原料的生物化学、热化学和机械加工产生的工艺流中回收、表征和转化糖、脂质、木质素、蛋白质、液体燃料和其他产物，提出了重大挑战，并需要开发新的反应、分离和纯化方法。一套分析设施，包括（1）溶液和固态NMR光谱仪（2）溶液/固体拉曼光谱仪（3）GC-MS系统和（4）UV/维斯/IR光谱仪是必不可少的这些努力，并补充设施已经在校园。生物质转化和生物可再生能源在大学的能源环境重点领域有着出色的研究记录。该领域拥有最多的NSF和DOE资助的研究人员，包括高级教师，他们的开创性工作涉及在生物质预处理中使用离子液体，NSF CAREER奖赢家，以及正在建立研究计划的初级教师。获得拟议的成套设备对生物燃料和生物材料研究小组的发展和持续成功至关重要。这套分析设备将用于研究：通过离子液体（IL）预处理的木质纤维素的解构，用于生物质预处理的新型IL的合成，预处理后IL的回收，预处理生物质的酶糖化，藻油提取，生物质热化学转化为生物油，合成气，生物炭，液体烃燃料，生物基表面活性剂，以及生物基聚合物加工和表征。

0959920Varanasi"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."The objective of this proposal is to acquire a system of analytical instruments that are essential for green synthesis of chemicals, fuels and materials from biomass feed-stocks. Two feed-stocks with potential to replace petro-refineries with sustainable bio-refineries are lignocellulosic biomass and algae. Several researchers at The University of Toledo are very actively involved in research projects dealing with production and conversion of these feed-stocks to fuels and value-added products (in collaboration with industry). Recovery, characterization and conversion of sugars, lipids, lignin, proteins, liquid fuels and other products from the process streams, generated by biochemical, thermo-chemical, and mechanical processing of these feed stocks, present significant challenges and require the development of new reaction, separation and purification methods. A suite of analytical facilities comprising (1) solution and solid-state NMR spectrometer (2) Solution/solid Raman Spectrometer (3) GC-MS system and (4) UV/Vis/IR spectrometer is essential to these endeavors and complements the facilities already available on the campus. Biomass conversion and bio-renewables has an outstanding research track record within university's energy & environment focus area. This area has the largest number of NSF and DOE funded researchers including senior faculty who have achieved national recognition for their pioneering work involving the use of ionic liquids in biomass pre-treatment, a NSF CAREER award winner, as well as junior faculty who are establishing their research programs. Acquisition of the proposed suite of equipment is critical to the growth and continued success of the bio-fuels and biomaterials research groups. The suite of analytical equipment will be used to study: deconstruction of lingo-cellulose via ionic liquid (IL) pretreatment, synthesis of novel ILs for biomass pretreatment, recovery of ILs following pretreatment, enzymatic saccharification of pretreated biomass, algal oil extraction, thermo-chemical conversion of biomass to bio-oils, syn-gas, bio-chars, liquid hydrocarbon fuels, bio-based surfactants, and bio-based polymer processing and characterization.