March 29, 2024

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Facilities

Biorenewables Research Laboratory

1140 Biorenewables Research Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011
515-294-7934
www.engineering.iastate.edu/brl

The Biorenewables Research Laboratory (BRL) is a new $32 million research and teaching laboratory building that offers bench-scale biomass research facilities for fuels, chemicals, and energy. BRL facilities are available for: thermochemical conversion of biomass, biological and chemical catalysis, syngas fermentation, biomass and bio-oil analysis, and biochar characterization.

Biorenewables Research Laboratory


BioCentury Research Farm

1327 U Avenue, Boone, Iowa 50036
515-296-6300, ljohnson@iastate.edu
www.biocenturyresearchfarm.iastate.edu

The BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) offers opportunities for medium pilot-scale research in biomass feedstock production, harvest, transport, storage, preparation, biorefinery processing, and laboratory testing. BCRF facilities include: biomass production (1,000+ acres), dry biomass feedstock storage, biomass feedstock preparation, biomass chemical pretreatment, wet and dry fractionation, fast pyrolysis and thermal gasification (200kg/day), fermentation and distillation (75 to 1,000 liters), cold storage, business incubator, and office space.