Advanced Characterizations to Accelerate Commercial Catalyst Development for Ethanol Upgrading Technology

Lead PI: Zhenglong Li, Oakridge National Lab/ORNL

Co-PIs:

• John Hannon, Vertimass
• Fred Baddour, National Renewable Energy Lab/NREL
• Ted Krause, Argonne National Lab/ANL
• Kinga Unocic, ORNL

Abstract: The objective of this project is to provide valuable catalyst characterization information to accelerate Vertimass commercial catalyst development by leveraging unique catalyst characterization capabilities to bridge both catalyst synthesis and testing at pilot scale.