Grants

• CAREER: An Integrated Research and Educational Plan to Develop Selective Pyrolysis Reactors and improve the Capacity of Students to Work in Multidisciplinary Teams.
  PI: Manuel Garcia-Perez
  Total Award: $ 400,000
• Waste 2 Fuels 2011-2013
  PIs: Chad Kruger, Shulin Chen, Craig Frear, Manuel Garcia-Perez*,
  Total Award: $225,000
  Funding Agency: Washington State Department of Ecology
  Period: September 2011 – September 2013
• Bio-oil/bio-char slurry from biomass for co-combustion in coal power plants: achieving power generation with a significant reduction of CO2 emission. PIs: Hongwei Wu, Manuel Garcia-Perez
  Total Award: 210,000 AUD
  Funding Agency: International Science Linkages. Australian Government
  Period: January 2011- January 2013
• Production of methane and lipids from C1-C4 oxygenated compounds from pyrolysis and torrefaction of lignocellulosic materials. PIs: Manuel Garcia-Perez, Shulin Chen, Craig Frear
  Total Award: $ 199,915
  Funding Agency: Western SunGrant – DOT
  Period: November 2011 – November 2013
• Optimization and Low Energy production of Woody Biomass. PIs: Manuel Garcia-Perez, Shulin Chen
  Total Award: $ 30,000
  Funding Agency:  US Department of Energy
  Period: January 2011-June 2011
• Feasible Pyrolytic Methods for Producing Bio-char and Advanced Bio-fuels in the State of Washington. PI: Manuel Garcia-Perez
  Total Award: $ 110,000
  Funding Agency: Washington State Department of Ecology
  Period: January 2010- June 2011
• Understanding Cellulose Thermochemical Reactions to Enhance the Yields of anhydro-saccharides from Fast Pyrolysis PIs: Manuel Garcia-Perez, Armando McDonald
  Total Award: $ 299,930
  Funding Agency: US National Science Foundation
  Period: January 2010 – December 2012
• Use of Biochar Produced from Agricultural and Forest Wastes from the State of Washington to Recover Ammonia and Phosphorous from Effluents of Anaerobic Digesters
  PI: Manuel Garcia-Perez
  Total Award: $ 60,000
  Funding Agency: Washington State Department of Agriculture
  Period: June 2009 – June 2011
• New Concepts to Obtain high Yields of Pyrolytic Sugars for Ethanol Production. PIs: Manuel Garcia-Perez, Shulin Chen
  Total Award: $ 120,000
  Funding Agency: Sun Grant-DOT
  Period: May 2009-May 2012
• A Pyrolysis Bio-refinery for Transportation Fuels and Adhesives Markets.PIs: Karl R Englund, Marie-Pierre Laborie, Manuel Garcia-Perez
  Total Award: $ 180,000
  Funding Agency: Sun Grant-DOT
  Period: May 2009- May 2012
• High quality transportation bio-fuels from Australian and American biomasses via pyrolisis and bio-oil refinery. PIs: Chun-Zhu Li, Manuel Garcia-Perez
  Total Award: $ 237,772
  Funding Agency:  International Science Linkages. Australian Government
  Period: January 2009-January 2011
• Use of bio-char from the pyrolysis of waste organic material as a soil amendment. PIs: David Granatstein, Harold Collins, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Jonathan Yoder.
  Total Award: $ 116, 078
  Funding Agency: Washington State (Department of Ecology)
  Period: January 2008- June 2009
• Bio-refinery concept to convert softwood bark to transportation fuels. PIs: Manuel Garcia-Perez, Shulin Chen
  Total Award: $ 119,905
  Funding agency: Washington State (Department of Ecology)
  Period: January 2008 – June 2009