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Bioproducts, Sciences, and Engineering Laboratory (BSEL)

The Bioproducts, Sciences, and Engineering Laboratory (BSEL) provides space for critical research to advance research in identifying useful non-energy products that can be used to promote energy sustainability.

The collective goal at BSEL is to move science to industrial processes in a manner that improves energy security, reduces petroleum imports and decreases the impact of fuels on the environment. PNNL currently has approximately 60 issued and pending patents in the area of biobased processing (30 issued US patents, 19 issued in the last six years). These have resulted in ten commercial licenses and license options. This work has also resulted in one R&D 100 Award Presidential Green Chemistry Award, and provided the basis for creation of a new company.