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Bifunctional Heterogeneous Enzyme-Mimetic Catalysts for Biofuel Refining

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: DE-FG02-07ER84796
Agency Tracking Number: 82273
Amount: $100,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: 07
Solicitation Number: DE-PS02-06ER06-30
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2007
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
7607 Eastmark Drive, Suite 102
College Station, TX 77840
United States
DUNS: 184758308
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Ulf Drechsler
 Dr
 (979) 693-0017
 ulf.drechsler@lynntech.com
Business Contact
 G. Hitchens
Title: Dr
Phone: (979) 693-0017
Email: duncan.hitchens@lynntech.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The increased utilization of abundant domestic and renewable biofeedstocks as fuels would contribute substantially to reducing the need for imported oil. Renewable fuels have emerged as attractive alternatives to their petroleum based counterparts, offering several environmental benefits. Despite these benefits, the high cost of biofuels ¿ as a result of several energy intensive production steps ¿ remains a major hurdle for their widespread use and commercialization. In order to address this problem, advanced cost- and energy-effective technologies are required to facilitate the conversion of biological feedstock materials into fuels. Therefore, this project will develop bifunctional, enzyme-mimetic heterogeneous catalysts for the transformation of biological feedstocks into high-performance fuels. Phase I will demonstrate that these catalysts offer high efficiency, low-cost, and environmentally sound conversion performance for a wide range of unrefined feedstock materials. Commercial Applications and other Benefits as described by the awardee: In addition to providing cost-efficient biofuel production, bifunctional catalysts should be applicable to a wide array of chemical transformations in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.

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