Biomass Derived Fuel Product Upgrading

Pilot Plant capabilities for upgrading biomass feedstocks into refined fuels.

Intertek PARC provides pilot plant testing services to assist client in upgrading biomass-derived products into transportation fuels.

While various routes are available for converting biomass into transportation fuels, one economically viable approach is to convert the biomass, such as woodchips, into a renewable crude stream via the Biomass Catalytic Cracking (BCC) technology developed by KiOR. KiOR is a next generation biofuels company which produces a renewable crude oil substitute called Re-Crude^TM. Re-Crude™ is created through a BCC process that is based on the well established fluid catalytic cracking process technology. The high-quality crude oil substitute can be upgraded into various transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel using conventional refining equipment. These fuels are comparable to their fossil fuel counterparts, and can be used as drop-in fuels. 

KIOR has chosen Intertek PARC to conduct hydrotreating plant testing services to upgrade the Re-Crude^TM produced from KiOR’s Houston demonstration facility, to transportation fuels.

Contact us to see how Intertek can help your organization with Biomass Derived Fuel Product Upgrading.