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

瓦拉纳西“这项奖励是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法(公法111-5)资助的。”这项提议的目标是获得一套分析仪器系统，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生物质和藻类。托莱多大学的几名研究人员非常积极地参与了有关这些原料的生产和转化为燃料和附加值产品的研究项目(与工业界合作)。从这些原料的生化、热化学和机械加工过程中产生的糖、脂、木质素、蛋白质、液体燃料和其他产品的回收、表征和转化是一个巨大的挑战，需要开发新的反应、分离和纯化方法。一套包括(1)溶液和固态核磁共振光谱仪(2)溶液/固体拉曼光谱仪(3)GC-MS系统和(4)UV/VIS/IR光谱仪的分析设施对这些工作至关重要，是对校园现有设施的补充。生物质转化和生物可再生能源在大学的能源和环境重点领域有着出色的研究记录。该领域拥有最多的NSF和美国能源部资助的研究人员，包括因在生物质前处理中使用离子液体的开创性工作而获得国家认可的高级教师、NSF职业生涯奖获得者以及正在建立他们的研究项目的初级教师。购买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：离子液体(IL)预处理对Lingo-纤维素的解构，用于生物质预处理的新型ILS的合成，预处理后ILS的回收，经处理的生物质的酶糖化，藻油提取，生物质热化学转化为生物油、合成气、生物炭、液态碳氢燃料、生物基表面活性剂，以及生物基聚合物的加工和表征。

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.