Biorenewables

Applying Freeslate Solutions to the Chemical and Energy Sources of Tomorrow

Freeslate's parallel processing capabilities allow you to rapidly qualify the composition of new feedstocks, convert them into viable intermediates, and determine catalytic routes to higher value chemicals or fuels.

Biofuels

High throughput technologies can help accelerate the search for new raw materials by allowing more rapid fractionation and analysis of new plant species. Freeslate technologies can also help with catalyst and process discoveries in direct catalytic transformation reactions converting biomass to fuel or fuel intermediates.

Direct Replacement Chemicals

Freeslate solutions offer the capability to collapse typical timeframes in the accelerated search for new routes to key chemical intermediates from renewable sources. With our high throughput solutions, you can quickly screen and optimize processes and catalysts to drive innovation.

Freeslate solutions have already made an impact in biorenewable discovery. One notable example is the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). By more broadly screening the experimental space using our technologies, PNNL made a breakthrough discovery of new catalysts to convert glucose into HMF, providing a chemical catalytic route to this key material.

Catalyst Synthesis

We have proven, reliable solutions for high throughput catalyst synthesis. Based on our configurable CM3 platform, we have a number of catalyst synthesis workflows to accelerate your research:

• Organic Synthesis Workflow

Reaction Screening

You can accelerate discovery by screening a broader experimental space. The key to innovation is the ability to go from screening tens of catalysts to hundreds of catalysts, limiting the simplifying assumptions and delivering non-intuitive results. We developed our Screening Pressure Reactor (SPR) to do exactly that. It is a revolutionary device that screens hundreds of catalysts in the time it takes to perform a single experiment using traditional methods.

We have also developed other reactors intended for later stage catalyst screening. For example, our Parallel Fixed Bed Reactor (PFBR) allows for continuous flow screening to gather more information about a catalyst.

Characterization

We understand that in order to accelerate your research we need to address all the bottlenecks in your workflow. This includes characterization of your materials. Through our LEA software suite, we offer the ability to integrate third party analytics for characterizing your material. Data from analytics can be viewed with information from an experimental run, allowing for more informed decision-making.

Click here to learn more about our solutions for Biorenewables and how they can help you deliver step-change gains in your R&D.