THE Contractor Will Continue the Biojet Program to Demonstrate an End-To-End Lipid Fermentation Process (LFP) AT Scale for the Commercially Viable Production, From Cellulosic Biomass, of Hydrotreated Renewable JET (HRJ) Spec JET Fuel a Near Term Surrogate for JP-8 That CAN BE Readily Commercialized. This Primary Program Effort Will Consist of Optimized Process Development and Engineering Along With Regionally Specific Economic Modeling to Produce Fuel, Demonstrate Process Energy Efficiency and Support Commercialization. in Addition to the LFP Pathway, the Contractor Will Demonstrate the Mixed Alcohol Oligomerization Process (maop) Pathway AT a Reduced Scale. This Effort Will Also Include Regionally Specific Economic Modeling and Optimized Process and Engineering to Achieve Energy Efficiency Milestone of Phase II Along With a Commercialization Plan That Addresses the Anticipated Additional Time Required for JET Fuel Qualification
Contract Overview
Contract Amount: $24,882,120 ($24.9M)
Contractor: Logos Technologies, LLC.
Awarding Agency: Department of Defense
Start Date: 2010-08-31
End Date: 2015-12-15
Contract Duration: 1,932 days
Daily Burn Rate: $12.9K/day
Official Description: THE CONTRACTOR WILL CONTINUE THE BIOJET PROGRAM TO DEMONSTRATE AN END-TO-END LIPID FERMENTATION PROCESS (LFP) AT SCALE FOR THE COMMERCIALLY VIABLE PRODUCTION, FROM CELLULOSIC BIOMASS, OF HYDROTREATED RENEWABLE JET (HRJ) SPEC JET FUEL A NEAR TERM SURROGATE FOR JP-8 THAT CAN BE READILY COMMERCIALIZED. THIS PRIMARY PROGRAM EFFORT WILL CONSIST OF OPTIMIZED PROCESS DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING ALONG WITH REGIONALLY SPECIFIC ECONOMIC MODELING TO PRODUCE FUEL, DEMONSTRATE PROCESS ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUPPORT COMMERCIALIZATION. IN ADDITION TO THE LFP PATHWAY, THE CONTRACTOR WILL DEMONSTRATE THE MIXED ALCOHOL OLIGOMERIZATION PROCESS (MAOP) PATHWAY AT A REDUCED SCALE. THIS EFFORT WILL ALSO INCLUDE REGIONALLY SPECIFIC ECONOMIC MODELING AND OPTIMIZED PROCESS AND ENGINEERING TO ACHIEVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY MILESTONE OF PHASE II ALONG WITH A COMMERCIALIZATION PLAN THAT ADDRESSES THE ANTICIPATED ADDITIONAL TIME REQUIRED FOR JET FUEL QUALIFICATION.
Place of Performance
Location: Virginia, 22031
State: Virginia Government Spending