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blue navigational button Preface
blue navigational button Biofuels Program Research
blue navigational button Short Rotation Woody Crops Research
blue navigational button Herbaceous Energy Crops Research
blue navigational button Environmental Effects of Energy Crops Research
blue navigational button Market Development Research
blue navigational button Systems Integration and Analyses Research
blue navigational button Biodiesel Program
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Preface
  Biofuels Program
blue button Cellulase Technology Development at NREL
blue button Consult with NREL Researchers on A. cellulolyticus EI Mutant Design Strategy
blue button Determine X-ray Structures of Key Cellulases
blue button Genetically Engineered Expression of Cellulases in Plants
blue button Refine Methods for Characterizing New and Known Cellulases
blue button Biochemically Enhance Action of Cellulases on Cellulosic Surfaces
blue button Amoco CRADA
blue button Partnership Development
blue button Improved Lignin Utilization
blue button Zymomonas Viability Assay
blue button Ethanol Process Development
blue button Cofermentation Biocatalyst Development—1996
blue button Investigate Pentose Sugar Transport in Zymomonas—1997
blue button Develop Improved Xylose-fermenting Yeast through Genetic Engineering—1996
blue button Development of Improved Zymomonas Strains—1997
blue button Investigate Pentose Sugar Transport in Zymomonas—1997
blue button Develop Improved Xylose-fermenting Yeast through Genetic Engineering—1997
blue button Develop Advanced Lactobacillus Cofermentation Biocatalyst—1997
blue button Enhancement of Acid Tolerance in Zymomonas mobilis—1997
blue button Pathway Engineering to Improve Ethanol Production by Thermophillic Bacteria—1997
blue button Integration in Zymomonas mobilis—1997
blue button Gridley Project
blue button Feedstock Shredding, Storage, and Delivery in Support of the Process Development Unit (PDU) and Feedstock Knife Milling and Handling in Support of the Biofuels Program
blue button Inhibitor Identification
blue button Development Continuous Cofermentation Process
blue button Process Development Unit (PDU) Operations
blue button Analytical Support Services
blue button Conversion of Softwoods to Ethanol
blue button Pretreatment Technology
blue button Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Materials by Pressure Cooking in Water
blue button Installation, Shakedown, and Operation of NREL Pretreatment Reactors
blue button Acid Recovery and Recycle by Solvent Extraction
blue button Kinetic and Modeling Investigation of the Shrinking Bed Reactor Concept
  Bioenergy Feedstock Development Program
 
Short Rotation Woody Crops Research
blue button Clonal Development for Willow Biomass Production
blue button Limits of Drought Tolerance in Populus
blue button Poplar Molecular Genetics Cooperative
blue button Populus Crop Development in the Southeast United States
blue button Regional Testing of Populus Clones
blue button Selection and Breeding of Pest-Resistant clones of Populus for Biomass Energy Production in the North Central Region
blue button Septoria Pathosystem Studies for Populus
blue button Tree Genetic Engineering Research Cooperative
  Herbaceous Energy Crops Research
blue button Bioenergy Crop Breeding and Production Research in the Southeast
blue button Development of In Vitro Culture Systems for Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
blue button Development of Optimal Establishment and Cultural Practices for Switchgrass as an Energy Crop
blue button Genetic Improvement of Switchgrass for Agronomic and Biomass Fuel Production Traits
blue button Productivity Research of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) As a Biofuels Crop
blue button Selection and Breeding of New Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Varieties for Increased Biomass Production
blue button Switchgrass as a Biofuels Crop for the Upper Southeast: Variety Trials and Cultural Improvements
blue button Switchgrass Cultivars and Cultural Methods for Biomass Production in the South Central United States
  Environmental Effects of Energy Crops Research
blue button Baseline Soils Study for the 1000 acre Hybrid Poplar Energy Crop Demonstration Project
blue button Bird and Small Mammal Use of Hybrid Poplar Plantations in the North-central States (Bird Component)
blue button Bird and Small Mammal Use of Hybrid Poplar Plantations (Mammal Component)
blue button Bird Populations in Short-rotation Hardwood Plantations in Virginia and North Carolina
blue button Effects of Short-Rotation Woody Crops on Water Quality
blue button Environmental Effects of Biomass Crop Development on Water Quality, Runoff and Erosion
blue button Environmental Impacts of Conversion of Cropland to Biomass Production
blue button Hardwood Energy Crops and Potential Benefits for Birds
blue button Papermill Residuals Used to Increase Soil pH, Water Holding Capacity and Nitrogen
  Market Development Research
blue button Minnesota Wood Energy Scale-up Project
  Systems Integration and Analyses Research
blue button Adoption of Energy Crops by the Agricultural Sector
blue button Economic Synthesis and Evaluation
blue button EPIC-ECOPHYS: An Integrated Growth Process Model for Hybrid Poplar Plantations
blue button Evolution of the Fuel Ethanol Industry
blue button Geographic Information System to Analyze Cost and Supply of Switchgrass at a State Level
blue button ORECCL : the Oak Ridge Energy Crop County-level Database
blue button USDA National Agricultural Sector Equilibrium Model Modification and Analysis
  Biodiesel Program
blue button Multi-Feedstock Biodiesel Project
blue button Close-Out of Microalgae Component of Biodiesel Program
blue button Oxidative and Thermal Stability Testing Method(s) for Biodiesel
blue button Marine Biodiesel and Education Project for San Francisco Bay and Northern California
blue button Life Cycle Assessment of Petroleum Diesel and Biodiesel
blue button Establishment of a Biodiesel Consortium in Philadelphia
blue button Development of Premium Diesel Standards
blue button Technoeconomic Analysis of Enzymatic Esterification of Highly Fatty Acid Feedstocks
blue button Toxicity of Particle and Semi-Volatile Emissions from SME and Biodiesel Blended Fuels
blue button Biodiesel Research Progress: 1992–1997
blue button Biodiesel Fuel Certification and Quality Assurance
blue button DOE’s Biodiesel Strategic Plan
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File Created: October 13, 1997; Last updated: Tuesday, 19-Dec-2000 10:47:45 EST