ORNL researchers discover new class of porous membranes boosting biofuel production efficiencies

July 25, 2017 |

In Tennessee, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory set out to determine what could increase production speeds and improve the quality of biofuels and bioproducts. What they discovered is a new class of porous membranes—a high performance architecture surface-selective (HIPAS) membrane technology.

Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, this new class of high-performance membrane technology can be used to improve the efficiency of biofuel separations, effectively lowering the cost of biofuel production and helping BETO advance its goal of creating cost-competitive, domestically-produced fuels.

Category: Research

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