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Chemical Analysis Expert Testimony Failure Analysis Health & Beauty Materials Expertise Mechanical & Physical Testing Microbiology Microscopy Packaging Analysis Patent Infringement Petroleum Testing Pipe Rehab Plastic Piping Systems Polymers & Plastics Product Expertise Product Liability Technical Equipment	Biomass Analysis Biomass is readily becoming a raw materials option for fuel sources, chemicals and materials production in today’s world. Biomass sources range from agricultural wastes, feedstocks, forestry residues, municipal wastes and energy crops. With such a wide range of biomass sources, understanding the chemical composition of the material so that the quality and performance of the biomass can be evaluated becomes an important issue. Hauser Laboratories has extensive experience in the analysis of a wide variety of biomass types. We work directly with National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL) and various private entities characterizing solid, liquid and slurry samples. We also have experience developing separation technologies and bench scale conversion techniques.
	Routine Analyses:
	Analysis	Test Description
	Total Solids	Moisture content within sample, numbers corrected on a dry weight basis.
	Ash Determination	Amount of inorganic material present structurally and non-structurally as extractables.
	Exhaustive EtOH/Water Extractives	Removal of non-structural material from biomass to prevent interferences during other biomass analyses, as well as free sugar determination.
	Carbohydrate Content (Solids)	The analysis includes glucose, xylose, galactose, arabinose, mannose (liquid fractions cellobiose). Used to determine the cellulose and hemicellulose concentrations in biomass.
	Acetyl Content	May also include formic and levulinic acid content depending upon feedstock.
	Acid Soluble and Insoluble Lignin	Determination of the structural plant material that does not contribute to sugar content.
	Starch Determination	Readily available source of sugar within some feedstocks, Amylase Method.
	Protein Determination	Estimated protein content based on LECO combustion methods.
	Ethanol Determination	Using GC for fermentation broths.
	Bench-scale fermentation studies	< 7 gal. using a chosen yeast strain.
	Bomb Calorimetry	Determination of the BTU content of the sample.
	Test Methods:
	NREL Laboratory Analytical Procedures (LAP’s) Modified ASTM methods Send mail to company Webmaster with questions or comments about this web site.