SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low-cost Conversion of High Free Fatty Acid Oils and Fats into Methyl Esters (Biodiesel)
Award amount
$80,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- TDA RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- MK5ANJVWVZK7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Existing biodiesel production methods rely on refined vegetable oils and the refining process adds considerable cost to biodiesel product. This project seeks to develop a new biodiesel production processes that can tolerate unrefined oils and fats containing high levels of free fatty acid, thus lowering the cost of biodiesel and utilizing lower-grade vegetable oil and animal fat sources.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
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Research funding history
951 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2026). Reported award amounts total $317,960,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services