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["DE-FOA-0001689: Integrated Biorefinery Optimization\n"]
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[null,"Insert Block Flow Diagram and Short Description of the Process Below: "]
[null,"Please provide a high-level block flow diagram, similar in detail to the  example BFDs provided below. "]
[null,"Topic Area 1  BFD should highlight the specific unit operation that is being worked on in the proposed scope of work"]
[null,"Topic Area 2 and 3 BFD should highlight the specific unit operations that are being work on in the proposed scope of work"]
[null,"The unit operations that are being improved in the proposed scope of work need to be added to the \"Validation Table\" tab, columns D-F"]
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[null,"Insert Short Description of the Process in the Box Below: "]
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[null,"See Appendix F of the FOA for detailed instructions on completing this table"]
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["EXAMPLES TO BE DELETED WHEN APPLICATION SUBMITTED:"]
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["TOPIC AREA 1 EXAMPLE:"]
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["TOPIC AREA 2 & 3 EXAMPLE:"]

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["DE-FOA-0001689: Integrated Biorefinery Optimization"]
["Topic Area 1: Robust Handling of solid materials (dry and wet feedstocks,  biosolids, and/or residual solids remaining in the process) and  feeding systems to reactors under various operating conditions"]
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[null,null,null,"Topic Area 1 Proposals:"]
["See Appendix F for detailed instructions on completing this table",null,null,"Complete columns D, E and F"]
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["Validation Table","Instructions","Units"]
["Parameter/Performance",null,null,"Benchmark (Current)","Intermediate Target","Final Target"]
["General Information"]
["Process Feedstock ","e.g. Unpretreated corn stover, ensiled corn stover, switch grasses, bagasse, poplar)"]
["Benchmark Feedstock (what was the equipment originally designed to process, benchmark only)","(e.g. clean pulp chips, clean wheat straw, new equipment)"]
["Technology Readiness Level (TRL)","Use TRL definitions provided in the TRL tab to describe the state of the proposed unit operation throughout the project (current benchmark, intermediate, and final target)"]
["Mode of Operation (Continuous, Batch, Semibatch)","What mode will be evaluated during the project"]
["Scale for operations (1 tpd, 10 tpd, 1,000 tpd, smaller than 1 tpd for benchmark only)","Provide the feed rate associated with the experiment used to generate benchmark data. For the intermediate and final targets provide envisioned scale or rate.","DTPD or kg per hour"]
["Envisioned Scale-Up Plan","Please provide a brief description of the post project scale-up plan. What is the envisioned scale-up ratio after the project is completed for future projects? "]
["Describe equipment type","(e.g tub grinder and sifter, series of hammer mills, other)",null,"Populate the Block Flow Diagram (BFD) Tab with equipment information"]
["Basis of data for this unit operation","Briefly describe the source of the benchmark data used to obtain the relevant Key Performance Parameters below (e.g. bench experiments, PDU runs, literature references)"]
["Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) Relevant to the Proposed Scope of Work",null,null,"Benchmark (Current)","Intermediate Target","Final Target"]
["Net Product Yield","(mass of processed feed that falls within specification / total mass of feedstock including inerts & ash)","wt. %"]
["Feed Rate",null,"DTPD or kg per hour"]
["Total hours of continous operation",null,"hrs"]
["Longest continuous operation",null,"hrs"]
["Level of Automation","Select either manual, semi-automated, fully automated"]
["Insert additional key performance parameters tailored for the proposed scope of work. The KPPs should address how success will be measured throughout the project."]
[null,"Additional project specific KPP 1"]
[null,"Additional project specific KPP 2"]
[null,"Additional project specific KPP 3"]
[null,"Additional project specific KPP 4"]
["Process Feedstock Specifications",null,null,"Benchmark (Current)","Intermediate Target","Final Target"]
["Conversion technology partner","Please provide the organization that the processed feedstock specifications were provided by"]
["Conversion technology","(e.g. gasification, enzymatic hydrolysis)"]
["Particle size distribution","Describe the range of particle size that is acceptable per the conversion process described above"]
["Ash content",null,"wt. %"]
["Moisture content",null,"wt. %"]
["Insert additional key performance parameters related to the feedstock specification and tailored for the proposed scope of work"]
[null,"Additional project specific specification 1"]
[null,"Additional project specific specification 2"]
[null,"Additional project specific specification 3"]
[null,"Additional project specific specification 4"]
[null,"Additional project specific specification 5"]

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["DE-FOA-0001689: Integrated Biorefinery Optimization"]
["Topic Area 2: High value products from waste and/or other under-valued streams in an IBR"]
[null,null,null,"Topic Area 2 & 3 Proposals:"]
["See Appendix F for detailed instructions on completing this table",null,null,"Complete columns D, E and F"]
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[null,null,null,"Insert Unit Op Name Here"]
["Validation Table","Instructions","Units"]
["Parameter/Performance",null,null,"Benchmark (Current)","Intermediate Target","Final Target"]
["General Information"]
["Process Feedstock ","e.g. Untreated corn stover, Hydrolysate, Pyrolysis Oils,  Biogas, Algae"]
["Technology Readiness Level (TRL)","Use TRL definitions provided in the TRL tab to describe the state of the proposed unit operation throughout the project (current benchmark, intermediate, and final target)"]
["Targeted under-valued/waste stream or component","Identify the targeted under-valued/waste stream or component e.g. biooil, mineral syrup, fermentation broth, whole stillage, syngas"]
["Proposed conversion, separation or purification technology","What method is being investigated?"]
["Scale for operations","Provide the scale or feed rate associated with the experiment used to generate benchmark data. For the intermediate and final targets provide envisioned scale or rate."]
["Envisioned Scale-Up Plan","Please provide a brief description of the post project scale-up plan. What is the envisioned scale-up ratio after the project is completed for future projects? "]
["Describe equipment type","Use the BFD Tab to describe the equipment type",null,"Populate the Block Flow Diagram (BFD) Tab with equipment information"]
["Primary product","e.g. phenolic compounds, lipids, catalyst, finished fuel"]
["Secondary product (if applicable)","e.g. acidified biooil stream, elemental sulfur"]
["Insert rows to add additional products"]
["Basis of data for this unit operation","Briefly describe the source of the benchmark data used to obtain the relevant Key Performance Parameters below (e.g. bench experiments, PDU runs, literature references)"]
["Key Performance Parameters Relevant to the proposed scope of work",null,null,"Benchmark (Current)","Intermediate Target","Final Target"]
["Net Product Yield","(mass of desired product in outlet / total mass of reactant fed)","wt. %"]
["% Theoretical Yield","Yield relative to the theoretical maximum yield for the proposed conversion step","%"]
["Temperature",null,"°C"]
["Pressure",null,"psi"]
["Residence Time",null,"min"]
["Insert additional key performance parameters tailored for the proposed scope of work. The KPPs should address how success will be measured throughout the project.","See the \"KPP Examples\" tab for a list of suggested parameters to include"]
[null,"Additional project specific KPP 1"]
[null,"Additional project specific KPP 2"]
[null,"Additional project specific KPP 3"]
["Under Valued/Waste Stream Characterization KPPs"]
["Insert key performance parameters that will be used to characterize the under valued/waste stream identified in the proposal. "]
[null,"Under Valued/Waste Stream Characterization KPPs"]
[null,"Under Valued/Waste Stream Characterization KPPs"]
[null,"Under Valued/Waste Stream Characterization KPPs"]
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["Unit Operation Material Streams In:",null,null,"Benchmark (Current)","Intermediate Target","Final Target"]
["Input stream 1 ","Mass flow rates entering the unit operation","kg/hr."]
["Input stream 2 ",null,"kg/hr."]
["Insert rows to add additional mass input streams"]
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["Steam 1"]
["Mass composition component A","Provide the compositional make up of the input streams on a mass or volume basis (mass is prefered) ","wt.%"]
["Mass composition component B",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component C",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component D",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component E",null,"wt.%"]
["Stream 2"]
["Mass composition component A",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component B",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component C",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component D",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component E",null,"wt.%"]
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["Insert rows to add additional components or streams"]
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["Unit Operation Material Streams Out:"]
["Outlet stream 1 ","Mass flow rates leaving the unit operation","kg/hr."]
["Outlet stream 2 ",null,"kg/hr."]
["Insert rows to add additional outlet mass streams"]
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["Steam 1"]
["Mass composition component A","Provide the compositional make up of the input streams on a mass or volume basis (mass is prefered) ","wt.%"]
["Mass composition component B",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component C",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component D",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component E",null,"wt.%"]
["Stream 2"]
["Mass composition component A",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component B",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component C",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component D",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component E",null,"wt.%"]
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["Insert rows to add additional components or streams"]

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["DE-FOA-0001689: Integrated Biorefinery Optimization"]
["Topic Area 3: Industrial Separations within an IBR"]
[null,null,null,"Topic Area 2 & 3 Proposals:"]
["See Appendix F for detailed instructions on completing this table",null,null,"Complete columns D, E and F"]
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[null,null,null,"Insert Unit Op Name Here"]
["Validation Table","Instructions","Units"]
["Parameter/Performance",null,null,"Benchmark (Current)","Intermediate Target","Final Target"]
["General Information"]
["Process Feedstock ","e.g. Untreated corn stover, Hydrolysate, Pyrolysis Oils,  Biogas, Algae"]
["Technology Readiness Level (TRL)","Use TRL definitions provided in the TRL tab to describe the state of the proposed unit operation"]
["Separations Unit operation feedstock","Identify the stream to be separated e.g. biooil, mineral syrup, fermentation broth, whole stillage, syngas"]
["Scale for operations","Provide the scale or feed rate associated with the experiment used to generate benchmark data. For the intermediate and final targets provide envisioned scale or rate."]
["Envisioned Scale-Up Plan","Please provide a brief description of the post project scale-up plan. What is the envisioned scale-up ratio after the project is completed for future projects? "]
["Describe equipment type","Use the BFD Tab to describe the equipment type",null,"Populate the Block Flow Diagram (BFD) Tab with equipment information"]
["Primary outlet stream (describe further below)","e.g. recovered sugars, syngas"]
["Secondary outlet stream (describe further below)","e.g. acidified biooil stream, elemental sulfur"]
["Insert rows to add additional streams"]
["Basis of data for this unit operation","Briefly describe the source of the benchmark data used to obtain the relevant Key Performance Parameters below (e.g. bench experiments, PDU runs, literature references)"]
["Key Performance Parameters Relevant to the proposed scope of work",null,null,"Benchmark (Current)","Intermediate Target","Final Target"]
["Separation Efficiency","(mass of desired product in outlet / total mass of reactant fed)","wt. %"]
["Temperature",null,"°C"]
["Pressure",null,"psi"]
["Residence Time",null,"min"]
["Insert additional key performance parameters tailored for the proposed scope of work. The KPPs should address how success will be measured throughout the project.","See the \"KPP Examples\" tab for a list of suggested parameters to include"]
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["Unit Operation Material Streams In:",null,null,"Benchmark (Current)","Intermediate Target","Final Target"]
["Input stream 1 ","Mass flow rates entering the unit operation","kg/hr."]
["Input stream 2 ",null,"kg/hr."]
["Insert rows to add additional mass input streams"]
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["Steam 1"]
["Mass composition component A","Provide the compositional make up of the input streams on a mass or volume basis (mass is prefered) ","wt.%"]
["Mass composition component B",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component C",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component D",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component E",null,"wt.%"]
["Stream 2"]
["Mass composition component A",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component B",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component C",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component D",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component E",null,"wt.%"]
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["Insert rows to add additional components or streams"]
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["Unit Operation Material Streams Out:"]
["Outlet stream 1 ","Mass flow rates leaving the unit operation","kg/hr."]
["Outlet stream 2 ",null,"kg/hr."]
["Insert rows to add additional outlet mass streams"]
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["Steam 1"]
["Mass composition component A","Provide the compositional make up of the input streams on a mass or volume basis (mass is prefered) ","wt.%"]
["Mass composition component B",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component C",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component D",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component E",null,"wt.%"]
["Stream 2"]
["Mass composition component A",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component B",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component C",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component D",null,"wt.%"]
["Mass composition component E",null,"wt.%"]
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["Insert rows to add additional components or streams"]

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["DE-FOA-0001689: Integrated Biorefinery Optimization"]
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["See Appendix F for detailed instructions on completing this table"]
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["Process Details and Costs "]
["Feedstock Type",null,"Benchmark or Current Process","Intermediate Target","Final Target Process\n","Anticipated cost improvements are due to:"]
["Envisioned Commercial Feed Rate (dry ton/day)"]
["Envisioned Commercial Feedstock Price ($/dry ton)"]
["***  Use NREL design case data as constants or base case if data is unavailable, links provided at bottom of table ***"]
["Biofuel Yield (gallons/dry ton)"]
["BioProduct Yield (if applicable, gal/dry ton)"]
["Line 1:  Annual Biofuel Production","MM gallons"]
["Line 1a:  Annual Biofuel Production","MM lb"]
["Line 1b:  Annual BioProduct Production","MM lb"]
["Line 1c: Insert rows for other salable products"]
["Carbon Conversion(%)","Cin( fuel and Co-products)/C in feedstock"]
["Lifecycle GHG emissions using GREET or comparable tool (define system boundary)","g CO2-eq/MJ (if known)"]
["Gate-To-Gate Energy Efficiency (LHV)"]
["Equipment Costs ($)","Description","Installed Capital Cost (MM$)"]
["Feedstock Storage and Handling \n(Break out into additional lines if feedstock handling is focus of project - i.e. Topic Area 1)"]
["Biomass Deconstruction"]
["Conversion "]
["Product Recovery and Upgrading"]
["Wastewater Treatment"]
["Product and Feed Chemical Storage"]
["Combustor, Boiler, and Turbogenerator"]
["Utilities (include steam/electricity here or in operating costs)"]
["Insert additional line items below if required"]
["Line 2:  Total Installed Capital"]
["Total Installed Capital per Annual Gallon (line 2 divided by line 1)"]
["Operating Costs ($)","Description","MM$/yr."]
["Feedstock Storage and Handling \n(Break out into additional lines if feedstock handling is focus of project - i.e. Topic Area 1)"]
["Breakout key raw materials by inserting rows below","e.g. enzymes, catalyst, surfactants, hydrogen, ionic liquids, and other major cost drivers that will be effected by proposed optimization"]
["Other Raw Materials","Use this row to combine other materials not specifically identified above"]
["Waste Disposal"]
["Steam"]
["Electricity"]
["Insert additional line items below if required"]
["Labor and Maintenance"]
["Line 3:  Total Operating Costs"]
["Line 4:  Co-product Credits"]
["Line 5:  Net Operating Costs (line 3 minus line 4)"]
["Net Biofuel Production Costs ($/gal) (line 5 divided by line 1)"]
["Minimum Fuel Selling Price @ 10% Real After Tax IRR (reference the design cases for other assumptions if needed)"]
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["There are a number of design cases that can be leveraged to fill in portions of the table that are not being addressed by the application.  Those design cases can be found here:\n\nProcess Design and Economics for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Hydrocarbons: Dilute-Acid and Enzymatic Deconstruction of Biomass to Sugars and Biological Conversion of Sugars to Hydrocarbons\nhttp://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy14osti/60223.pdf\n\nProcess Design and Economics for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Hydrocarbons: Dilute-Acid and Enzymatic Deconstruction of Biomass to Sugars and Catalytic Conversion of Sugars to Hydrocarbons\nhttp://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy15osti/62498.pdf\n\nProcess Design and Economics for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Hydrocarbon Fuels: Fast Pyrolysis and Hydrotreating Bio-oil Pathway\nhttp://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy14osti/61178.pdf\n\nProcess Design and Economics for the Conversion of Algal Biomass to Biofuels: Algal Biomass Fractionation to Lipid- and Carbohydrate-Derived Fuel Products\nhttp://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy14osti/62368.pdf\n\nProcess Design and Economics for the the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Hydrocarbons via Indirect Liquefaction: Thermochemical Research Pathway to High-Octane Gasoline Blendstock through Methanol/Dimethyl Ether Intermediates\nhttp://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy15osti/62402.pdf \n\nProcess Design and Economics for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Hydrocarbon Fuels: Thermochemical Research Pathways with In Situ and Ex Situ Upgrading of Fast Pyrolysis Vapors\nhttp://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy15osti/62455.pdf\n\n\n"]

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["Example of Key Performance Parameters (KPPs)"]
[null,"Description","Units"]
["Examples of Key Performance Parameters"]
["Feedstock Handling"]
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["BioChem Examples"]
["Total Solids","Mass fraction of the fermentation broth that is comprised of solid species","wt %"]
["Insoluble Solids ","Mass fraction of the fermentation broth that is comprised of insoluble solid species","wt %"]
["Enzyme loading","Mass of enzymes required in the unit operation relative to the mass of substrate","mg/ g substrate"]
["Titer","Concentration of the desired product at the end of fermentation","g/L"]
["Fermentation Time","Duration of fermentation (for batch processes)","hr"]
["Avg. Volumetric Productivity Rate","Production rate of the desired product over the entirety of the fermentation time","g/L/hr"]
["Max. Vol. Productivity Rate","Highest observed production rate during the fermentation time","g/L/hr"]
["Cell density","Cell density at the conclusion of fermentation time","g/L"]
["ThermoChem Examples"]
["Gasifier Type","Text description on the type of gasifier(Indirect Fluidized bed, direct entrained bed etc.)"]
["Steam to Feed Ratio","Steam Fed to gasifier","lb of steam /lb of BDMT"]
["Gasifier efficiency",null,"% (Higher Heat Value Basis)"]
["H2:CO ratio","Syngas molar ratio  "]
["Catalyst loading","Amount of catalyst required for the amount of reactant","kg catalyst/ kg Pyrolysis oil"]
["Catalyst On-stream Time","The actual percent time the unit is operational with catalyst ","%"]
["Catalyst Lifetime","Estimated or actual lifetime","hr"]
["Selectivity ","Moles of desired product/Moles of undesired product","Mol%"]
["LHSV","Liquid Hourly Space Velocity","vol of feed/hr/vol of catalyst"]
["WHSV","Weight Hourly Space Velocity","wt of feed/hr/wt of catalyst"]
["Stability ","Hours on stream between regenerations","hr"]
["Catalyst type:","Homogeneous: Metal, ligand, etc., Hetrogeneous: gas/liquid phase, solvent system, metals/supports, etc."]
["Hydrogen Consumed",null,"wt % per pyrolysis oil"]
["Overall Oil Yield","Mass of pyrolysis oil/Mass of Feed","wt %"]
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["Hydrothermal Liquefaction Examples"]
["Total Solids",null,"wt %"]
["LHSV",null,"vol of feed/hr/vol of reactor"]
["HTL Oil Yield","Mass of HTL oil/Mass of feedstock","wt %"]
["Reactor Volume",null,"ml,L"]
["Heteroatom content of oil","Mass fraction of N, O, S and other species.  Add rows as necessary","wt %"]
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["Separations Examples"]
["Separation Efficiency"]
["Energy Input","Energy required to achieve the separation of the desired product","KJ/hr"]
["Product purity ",null,"%"]
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["Other Examples"]
["Nutrients or media loading","Nutrient or media requirements","mM"]
["Chemicals loading"]
["Reaction rate",null,"mol/L/hr"]
["Conversion efficiency"]
["% Theoretical Yield ","Yield relative to the theoretical maximum yield for the proposed conversion step","%"]
["C6 Sugar Utilization","Fraction of 6-carbon sugar species that are consumed during the conversion step","wt %"]
["C5 Sugar Utilization","Fraction of 5-carbon sugar species that are consumed during the conversion step","wt %"]
["Lignin Utilization","Fraction of lignin species that are consumed during the conversion step","wt %"]