Bio-Oil (Biooil) Program Director:

Ihab H. Farag, Sc. D., P.E.

Hamel Professor of Technology and Innovation

Office Phone: 1-603-862-2313

Office Fax: 1-603-862-3747

E-mail: Ihab. Farag@unh.edu

Chemical Engineering Department

255 Kingsbury Hall

University of New Hampshire (UNH)

33 College Road

Durham, NH 03824-3591, USA

Team Members/Researchers:

Christopher Barrett

Office Phone: 1-603-862-4395

Office Fax: 1-603-862-3747

E-mail: cbarrett@cisunix.unh.edu

Chemical Engineering Department

255 Kingsbury Hall

University of New Hampshire (UNH)

33 College Road

Durham, NH 03824-3591, USA

Caitlin Laclair

Office Phone: 1-603-862-4395

Office Fax: 1-603-862-3747

E-mail: claclair@cisunix.unh.edu

Chemical Engineering Department

255 Kingsbury Hall

University of New Hampshire (UNH)

33 College Road

Durham, NH 03824-3591, USA

The UNH Bio-Oil team considered the following criteria:

-  Cleaner Air

-  No additional global warming potential.

-  Convert a waste/fire hazard material to a source for energy and green chemicals

-  Move away from fossil fuels

-  “Home Grown” energy source.

-  Maintain healthy forests.

-  Create jobs.

Bio-Oil is produced from low quality wood, which is home grown in NH, ME, and VT.  It uses small diameter wood that could be fire hazard, and is needed to be removed to maintain healthy forests.

When used to generate energy, Bio-Oil does not emit sulfur oxides (Sox), has 50% lower NOx emissions than fossil fuels, and is carbon-dioxide neutral.