MSU gets BioAg funds to demonstrate AFEX pre-treatment technology

In Michigan, Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Program for the Bio-Economy, launched by MSU and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, announces the first three BioAg projects selected for grants to help make them broadly available for consumer use. One of those grants includes funding for demonstrating the large scale production of bio-based chemicals using MSU’s patented Ammonia Fiber EXpansion pretreatment technology for cellulose-based feedstocks. The ability to process cellulosic feedstocks in a cost-effective way has long been the limiting factor in using non-food crops and crop residues to produce biofuels and other useful chemicals.