UOP Receives DOE Funding for Biofeedstock Development

摘要

UOP LLC(Des Plaines,IL;www.uop.com),a Honeywell company,has received a 1.5-million grant from the U.S.Dept.of Energy(DOE)to develop economically viable technology to stabilize pyrolysis oil from second-generation biomass feedstocks for use as a renewable fuel source.Biomass pyrolysis oil is a greenhouse-gas-neutral,renewable resource,produced from feedstocks like the residuals from agricultural and forestry industries or wood-based construction and demolition materials.The oil can be combusted in industrial burners and furnaces for power and heating or further refined into transportation fuels such as gasoline,diesel and jet fuel.However,the oil is corrosive and unstable,making it difficult to store and transport.