U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Advanced Manufacturing Office

OIT Times: Two OIT Technologies Receive "R&D" Awards for 2000

September 22, 2000

Two OIT-sponsored technologies recently received the prestigious R&D Magazine &D 100 Awards. These include:

• A process to recover and clean flexible polyurethane foam from automobile shredder residue; which, in turn, separates polyurethane foam and cleans it to produce marketable products. This process was developed by Argonne National Laboratory and sponsored by OIT Chemical Team.
  
  
• Real-Time Biomass Analysis supported by OIT Forest Products Team and developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The Real-Time Biomass Analysis improves quality control and optimization in the forest products and paper industries.