Pall Awarded Contract by NREL for Filtration and Separation Processes for Biomass-Based Hydrocarbon Fuels; Part of the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium Initiative
23 March 2010
Pall Corporation, a leader in filtration, separation and purification, has been contracted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop critical filtration and separation processes for the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium (NABC), a federal initiative under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to develop infrastructure-compatible, biomass-based hydrocarbon fuels. (Earlier post.)
Pall will develop and demonstrate the science and separation technologies necessary to enable fungible biomass-based fuels to be integrated into the existing hydrocarbon fuels infrastructure. The company will be an engineering partner on each of six processes for biofuel production being evaluated under the program: fermentation, catalytic conversion, catalytic fast pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction, and a low-cost, one-step syngas-to-distillates process.
Under the contract, Pall also becomes a member of the NABC.
Pall is honored to have been selected to participate in this important research collaboration. Our experience in advanced hot gas and liquid hydro separations for both conventional and alternative energy applications, as well as our global leadership in industrial membrane separations, will enable us to help ensure a marketable outcome of the consortium’s work.
—Greg Heilbrunn, senior vice president, global marketing, Pall Energy
The initiative will deliver at least one pilot-ready process, design reports, and life cycle analysis demonstrating economics and environmental benefit. The $46 million project will be co-led by NREL and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
In addition to Pall, other consortium members include: Albemarle Corporation; Amyris Biotechnologies; Argonne National Laboratory; BP Products North America Inc.; Catchlight Energy, LLC; Colorado School of Mines; Iowa State University; Los Alamos National Laboratory; RTI International; Tesoro companies, Inc.; University of California- Davis; UOP LLC; Virent Energy Systems; and Washington State University.
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