Fleetwood Industry Day

The Fleetwood program aims to develop stable, active, and selective catalysts to valorize lignin-containing waste biomass feedstocks, converting them into value-added chemicals. The program consists of two focus areas: developing approaches to extract lignin from various feedstocks and ensuring catalyst stability while maximizing activity and selectivity to convert lignin into chemicals. Proposers must submit a 5-page abstract, and selected proposers will be invited to submit an Oral Presentation Package and participate in an oral presentation. The program will include two critical demonstrations, and performers will be required to provide monthly and quarterly status updates. Key aspects of the program include: * Developing catalytic pathways to extract lignin from real biomass sources * Ensuring catalyst stability while maximizing activity and selectivity to convert lignin into chemicals * Demonstrating effective separation and conversion of lignin into monomers * Maximizing space-time yield and demonstrating stability, activity, and selectivity of developed catalysts * Providing a comprehensive technoeconomic analysis (TEA) and process model for the proposed approach