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Dow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Membrane Technology & Research, Inc. The Dow Chemical Company plans to work with Algenol Biofuels, Inc. are contributing science, expertise, and technology to the project.
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wood, agricultural-residues or straw) into industrial sugars using supercritical water (water at high temperature and pressure). The water-based Plantrose Process consists of two core steps: Fractionation of biomass and separation of the remaining solids which contain cellulose and lignin. Source: Renmatix. Click to enlarge.
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Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. Georgia Institute of Technology. Innovation and optimization of the Szego Mill for reliable, efficient, and successful up-scaling of the deacetylation and mechanical refining process for biofuel production. University of North Dakota. Global Algae Innovations. Research Triangle Institute. 3,001,359.
Katrien Devos, University of Georgia, Athens. Understanding how plants respond and adapt to drought stress at the molecular level will help in developing plants that can grow under water-limiting conditions. DOE-BER funded project. DOE-BER funded project. Matias Kirst, University of Florida, Gainesville.
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