02. RFI Attachment 1.docx
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- ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT, AND FABRICATION FOR A PILOT-SCALE HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION PLANT
- Solicitation number
- RFI-2025-07-15
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Department of Energy
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This document is a Request for Information (RFI) from Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division, seeking potential contractors for engineering, procurement, and fabrication of a pilot-scale hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) plant. The RFI contains seven detailed questions designed to assess vendor capabilities in thermal conversion systems, biomass processing, hazardous area equipment design, pilot-scale system fabrication, separation systems, materials compatibility, and federal contract management experience. The RFI targets companies with expertise in designing and building a 0.5 dry tons per day HTL pilot plant capable of producing approximately one barrel of biocrude per day through a 500-hour continuous operational campaign.
The associated federal contract opportunity, supported by the Department of Energy, aims to advance hydrothermal liquefaction technology by developing the largest HTL process research facility in the United States. Battelle seeks to redesign its process development unit to enhance reliability, reduce downtime, maintain product quality, and improve operator safety. The technology focuses on converting high-moisture organic waste materials like municipal sludge, algae, food waste, and agricultural waste into biocrude oil suitable for renewable liquid fuels, including synthetic aviation, marine, and diesel fuels. Currently, there are limited HTL pilot or demonstration systems in North America, making this project a significant step in developing and proving HTL technology at a relevant scale.
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BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, PACIFIC NORTHWEST DIVISION'S
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION NUMBER RFI-2025-07-15-GP
ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT, AND FABRICATION FOR A PILOT-SCALE HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION PLANT
ATTACHMENT 1, RFI QUESTIONS
| RFI Question |
| Company Response |
1. Does your company have experience in design, procurement, and fabrication of thermal conversion systems at moderate-temperatures (up to 400 °C) and high pressures (up to 200 bar), for biomass materials? Specifically, has your company designed systems for hydrothermal liquefaction?
a. If yes, please elaborate in as much detail as possible.
b. If yes, please list specific design and manufacturing capabilities and specialty related to the field.
2. Does your company have expertise in handling dry and wet biomass materials, including pre-processing unit operations to modify particle size distribution or viscosity of biomass slurries?
3. Does your company have expertise in the design of equipment to be used in hazardous classification areas (e.g., Class I, Division 2), including the handling, processing, and storage of flammable liquids (Class IA)?
4. Does your company have expertise in the design and fabrication of pilot-scale systems (less than 10 dry tons per day throughput) that are subject to intermittent operations (e.g., operational campaigns are expected to be 100 to 500 hours in duration)?
5. Does your company have experience in designing separations systems for emulsions containing oil, water, and solids?
6. Does your company have expertise in selecting compatible materials of construction for reactor systems subjected to moderate-temperatures (up to 400 C) and high pressures (up to 200 bar), temperature and pressure cycling, and processing slurried materials that may be abrasive?
7. Has your company worked previously as a contractor to a national laboratory and is it familiar with federal guidelines for contract management?
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