|  | | Develop Sustainable Renewable Energy Systems for Practical Utilization of Bulky Biomass
Date Approved: 7/1/07
Amount: $945,158
Leads: Roger Ruan -
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, Paul Chen -
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, Lanny Schmidt -
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Doug Raynie -
SDSU, Chemistry, Bill Gibbons - SDSU, Biology/Microbiology,
Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan - SDSU, Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering, Doug Tiffany - Department of Applied Economics, David
Kittelson - Department of Mechanical Engineering
Benefits and Deliverables:
The
long-term goal of this research is to develop sustainable systems for
practical utilization of largely available bulky biomass for production
of renewable energy, which will benefit both the processors and
feedstock producers (farmers). The specific supporting objectives of
the project are (1) to develop a set of scalable technologies for
converting bulky biomass to products of higher energy density on farms,
(2) to develop processes to use these products or further refine
products, (3) to develop models to implement a distributed biorefining
approach, and (4) to assess the techno-economic feasibility of the
models.
Description:
The outcome of the project will include not only the hard products (conversion, refining processes, and consumer products/methods of applications) but also soft products (distributed energy production models and economic evaluation schemes).
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