Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2014

million for two projects that aim to advance the production of cost-competitive, high-performance carbon fiber material from renewable, non-food-based feedstocks, such as agricultural residues and woody biomass. million to innovate on a multi-step catalytic process for conversion of sugars from non-food biomass to acrylonitrile.

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Carbon Fiber Renewable Carbon Alabama 273

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and their colleagues have devised a novel catalytic method to produce renewable acrylonitrile (ACN) using 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP), which can be biologically produced from sugars. Conceptual process diagram for renewable ACN production from biomass sugars.

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Carbon Fiber Renewable Carbon Eaton 191

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Under Topic Area 2 (DOE selections): Texas A&M Agrilife Research (College Station, Texas)—Texas A&M will work on achieving a multi-stream integrated biorefinery (MIBR), where lignin-containing IBR waste will be fractionated to produce lipid for biodiesel, asphalt binder modifier, and quality carbon fiber.

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South Dakota South Carolina Carbon Fiber Texas 150