MRIGlobal Optimizes Solutions in Biomass, Bioenergy Systems
Biomass and bioenergy production is entwined with environmental stewardship in land and water utilization, carbon emissions and mitigation, as well as energy efficiencies and net energy gain.
Biorenewable resources are cultivated from agriculture, and offer reduced environmental impact with new technology for producing fuels and chemical and industrial products.
MRIGlobal has expertise in optimizing crop value and utility, and in developing efficient processing methods for biorenewables. MRIGlobal offers customized solutions in the growing areas of biomass production, bioenergy conversion, systems integration, and sustainable resource utilization.
Our Capabilities:
- Unique agricultural facilities, including farmland, grassland, greenhouses, underground cultivation facility, phytotrons, indoor and outdoor algae cultivation, photobioreactor, and extensive chemical analysis laboratories
- Bioenergy conversion, including thermochemical and biochemical conversion, bioprocessing and fermentation, bio-oil extraction, product characterization
- Sustainable resource utilization
- Analytical chemistry and toxicology studies
- Process engineering
- Staff expertise in agronomy, algal systems, seed research, crop productivity analysis, climate studies, process engineering, bio-based materials, and biomass logistics
- Laboratory facilities operated in accordance with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and current GMP regulations
- State-of-the-art instrumentation for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight analysis (MALDI-TOF), gas chromatography (GC)/mass spectrometry (MS), high performance liquid and thin-layer chromatography, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR), and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
MRIGlobal’s Biomass and Bioenergy Systems Successes:
- Biomass Production: MRIGlobal has optimized biomass cultivation and delivered biomass composition analysis to support characterization and plant metabolomics.
Bioenergy: MRIGlobal has more than 100 acres of perennial grasses under cultivation to provide biomass energy source materials for pilot applications.
- Renewable systems integration: MRIGlobal has developed advanced applications for biomass utilization and co-product development.
- Sustainable resource utilization: MRIGlobal has supported the bioenergy industry with policy and process development for environmental sustainability with careful water, land, and soil maintenance; nutrient recycling; and carbon management.
- Product development and formulation: MRIGlobal uses microencapsulation, proteomics, and phytochemistry for development of new agricultural, industrial, and chemical products.