Research Highlights
- Boosting Biocrude: Gaining Twice the Fuel from Corn Waste
New hybrid design could produce 51 million gallons of gasoline equivalent fuel from 800,000 tons of corn stover per yearJanuary 2019 - Start Your Engines - With Next-Generation Fuels from Co-Optima
New fuel mixtures could save billions of dollars in fuel costs annuallyJuly 2018 - How Wastewater Treatment Plants Could Be Pumping Out Fuel Instead of Sludge
Research captured on cover of Water Environment ResearchJune 2018 - From Breakfast to Biocrude: Study Identifies Production Potential across Nation
Researchers look at wastewater sludge; animal manure; food waste; and fats, oil and grease as biofuel sourcesMay 2018 - Ethanol to Butadiene in a Single Step
Researchers at PNNL develop a new catalyst capable of converting ethanol to butadiene, opening the door to a renewable source of polymers and plasticsJanuary 2018 - Charting the Path for Catalyst Imaging
Determining the parameters for transmission electron microscopyJuly 2017 - No Coking Zone
New research identifies a novel approach to understanding chemical "poisoning" and coking in zeolite catalystsNovember 2016