Biofuels + Bioproducts

Growing global energy demands and the shortcomings of traditional fossil fuels make it vital to seek alternatives, including ways to convert biomass to clean fuels. For commercial and government clients, SRI develops cost-effective and environmentally sound processes to extract energy from biomass and other solid fuels.

With more than 30 years of experience in chemical and fuel process engineering, SRI has developed methods for rapid analysis of transportation fuels and novel catalytic processes for upgrading fuels. SRI also provides the engineering services required to integrate unit operations into a unified pilot plant. Together with clients, we are advancing toward a cleaner energy future.

Services and assets for the biomass community include:

  • Equipment and tools to understand the fundamentals of gasification, pyrolysis, and combustion

  • World-class expertise to optimize the production and recovery of valuable products

  • System design and modeling, analysis of lifecycle costs, and carbon footprinting tools

  • Site identification and selection

Projects

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SRI has developed a green, cost-effective approach to create liquid fuels from existing natural resources.

Press Releases

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Agilent Technologies Inc. and SRI have signed a licensing agreement to offer laboratory research customers an integrated package that includes SRI's complete BioCyc Pathway Database Collection.

SRI In the News

A New Player In Oil: The Garbage Dump

This article about companies converting garbage into fuel quotes SRI's Ripudaman Malhotra. "Investors flocked to biofuel ideas in the middle of 2008 when oil surged to more than $140 a barrel and looked as it might even go higher."

Cleaner, Cheaper Liquid Fuel from Coal

This article reports that SRI is developing a process that combines coal and natural gas to produce liquid transportation fuels that are substantially cleaner and cheaper to make than existing synthetic fuels.