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Industries of the Future

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Chemicals Industry of the Future

  • Chemicals for Brightness Stabilization of High Yield Bleaching Paper (PDF 281 KB)
  • Manufacture of Industrial Chemicals from Levulinic Acid (PDF 253 KB)
  • Inexpensive Plastics for Cellulose
    Contacts: National Corn Growers Association; Materials & Molecular Simulation Center
  • Multi-Phase Computational Dynamics (PDF 265 KB)
    Contacts: Federal Energy Technology Center; LBNL; ORNL; Dow Corning; Fluent
  • Prediction of Corrosion Alloys
    Contact: OLI Systems, Inc.
  • Clean Fractionation - An Inexpensive Source of Cellulose for Plastics (PDF 258 KB)
    Contacts: NREL; Eastman Chemical
  • Corrosion Monitoring System (PDF 512 KB)
    Contacts: Honeywell Technology; Eastman Chemical; ORNL; Materials Technology Institute
  • Succinic Acid from Wood Wastes & Plants
    Contact: ORNL

Glass

  • High Luminosity, Low NOx Natural Gas Combustion
    Contact: Institute of Gas Technology
  • Models/Diagnostic Monitors of Refractories
    Contact: SNL-NV

Agriculture

  • Advanced Sensors for Industry/Agriculture - Phase II
  • Chemicals from Lignocellulose (PDF 311 KB)
    Contact: UC
  • Utilization of Corn-Based Polymers (PDF 913 KB)
    Contact: NREL
  • Catalytic Upgrading of Glucose (PDF 744 KB)
    Contacts: National Corn Growers Association; PNNL

Steel

  • Cost Effective, Energy-Efficient Steel Framings
    Contact: National Association of Home Builders
  • Dilute Oxygen Combustion
    Contact: Praxair, Inc.
  • Oscillating Combustion
    Contact: Institute of Gas Technology