Dr. Lin Wei 's Research Laboratory 

Biomass pretreatment

size reduction, drying, transportation, and storage

Develop effective processes for size reduction, transportation, and storage of various biomass feedstocks for biorefinery industry.

Biomass gasification

Biosyngas produciton, cleaning, and conversion

Developing effective processes to convert various biomass feedstocks to syngas, and then upgrade the syngas into biofuels and/or chemicals

Biomass catalytic pyrolysis

Bio-oil production, purification, and upgrading

Develop effective pyrolysis equipment and catalyst systems for bio-oil production, purification, and upgrading into advanced biofuels and/or chemicals.

Bio-oil upgrading

Bio-oil production, purification, and upgrading

Develop effective pyrolysis equipment and catalyst systems for bio-oil production, purification, and upgrading into advanced biofuels and/or chemicals.  

Catalyst development

catalyst design, synthesis, and characterization

Develop effective catalyst for converting various biomass feedstocks to bio-oil and then upgrading into advanced biofuels and/or chemicals.  

Vegetable oil extraction from various non-food oilseeds

vegetable oil extraction, cleaning and storage

Develop effective processes to extract vegetable oils from various non-food oilseeds for upgrading into "green" diesel and jet fuel.  

Vegetable oil upgrading to jet fuel

Bio-oil production, purification, and upgrading

Develop effective processes to extract vegetable oils from various non-food oilseeds, and then clean and upgrade into "green" diesel and jet fuel.