Multi-Year Analysis Plan Page 70
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80Analysis infrastructure development
Analysis methods for biomass processes are as new as the processes themselves. While some
methods and tools from other industries can be used with modification, others, like biomass
physical property estimation methods, must be developed. Coordination, development of new
methods, and communication are the three pieces to continuing to build the analysis infrastructure
for biomass. Within the biomass scientific community, there is analysis at several levels with
different methods. Developing partnerships in this community is key to ensuring the results are
transparent, transferable and comparable. Building an analysis infrastructure for biomass R&D
improves the analysis value and efficiency, while eliminating redundancy and gaps. Efforts at
NREL to combine the former biopower and biofuels analysis teams and align with the Hydrogen
group are complete. The next step is to develop similar alignment between the national
laboratories in the NBC, then the biomass community as a whole.
Multi-lab coordination plans include holding annual analysts’ roundtable meetings, standardizing
methods and developing web accessible tools, methods, data and documents. Near and mid-term
new methods and tools development plans include training in the use of risk analysis for scientific
processes, developing simple methods to track progress on all OBP projects including
solicitations and earmarks), and continued pioneer plant analysis to understand first of a kind
plant costs for stakeholders. Efforts to improve communication of analysis results to DOE and
stakeholders include improved understanding of EERE analysis methods, tools and inputs,
participation in an FAQ site for OBP staff, development of a multi-year analysis plan.
Project Participants: NREL
Objective: The project team has three objectives: 1) to integrate the results of platform analysis
into biorefinery process designs and an optimization program, 2) to assess emerging technologies
that are not currently part of a research platform but have potential to improve biomass
utilization, and 3) to develop advanced methods, tools and partnerships to improve analysis value
and efficiency. This evolving analysis infrastructure supports platform analysis and industry-led
projects.
Stated Benefits: This analysis project provides quantifiable measures of success towards OBP’s
goals and is a part of the multi-year analysis plan (MYAP) for OBP and its EERE analysis
activities.
Barriers Addressed: Provides crosscutting analysis and methods development to improve
program analysis.
Milestones
Completion Date
Risk analysis methodology for scientific processes
9/2004
Emerging technologies status report
6/2005
Comprehensive emerging biorefinery analysis
6/2006
Advanced technologies status report
9/2007
Comprehensive advanced biorefinery analysis
5/2008
Funding (000):
FY04
FY05
FY06
FY07
FY08
National Laboratory Cross-cutting Analysis
$620
$1,600
$1,100
$1,100
$1,100
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