The document discusses CRI's use of high-throughput tools to rapidly optimize catalysts and processes for biofuel production. It provides examples of successfully developing improved catalysts for ethylene oxide production and dehydrogenation reactions within 5-18 months versus 12-18 months using conventional methods. For biofuel applications, CRI screened over 150 conditions using 0.1-0.4mL of catalyst to develop a process to convert mixed alcohols to gasoline using solid acid catalysts within 3 months. This helped their partner arrive at a process design and economics more quickly. CRI's high-throughput approach can help deploy application-specific biofuel catalysts and processes faster.

1. Speeding up the Deployment of Biofuels: Rapid Catalyst and Process Optimization with CRI/Criterion’s High-Throughput Tools Vikrant Urade, Alan Del Paggio, Laxmi Narasimhan CRI Catalyst

7. Biofuels Pathways and CRI’s Catalyst Portfolio 09/22/11

12. Power of EE: Rapid Process Optimization 09/22/11 Total olefin yield Decrease @ high T Increase @ low T WHSV Temperature Region 2 Region 3 Region 1: Incomplete dehydration Region 2: Complete dehydration but little further reaction Region 3: Complete dehydration and further oligomerization, alkylation and isomerization to a mixture of gasoline and jet fuel WHSV Temperature Region 1 Use of EE tools is a must to bring down process optimization time!

13. Yield Patterns 09/22/11 Temperature Temperature WHSV Aromatics WHSV Propylene WHSV Gasoline yield Temperature Temperature H 2 :Liquid Naphthenes

14. Flexibility in Product Slate 09/22/11 Increasing process severity Predominantly gasoline VGO+ Hydrocarbon layer Starting with the same mixed alcohols feed, products from gasoline to VGO boiling range can be made by changing process severity

15. Product Profile: SIMDIS 09/22/11 Liquid product of alcohol oligomerization is a smooth boiling mixture of gasoline, jet fuel and diesel

17. Questions 09/22/11