International award goes to Richland researcher

Douglas C. Elliott, a retired Pacific Northwest National Laboratory fellow, has received an international award given to only one other United States researcher in the prize's 24-year history.

Elliott was honored with the Linneborn Prize for his contributions to the development of energy from biomass.

The prize typically is given to Europeans, which underscores Elliott's international reputation developed in his 40-year career in biomass development.

Among his most recent work has been leading the development at the national laboratory in Richland of a process that converts algae to bio-crude in less than 60 minutes.

He also was instrumental in developing a new chemical processing system that can convert substances ranging from waste treatment sludge to food scraps into a variety of useful fuels. The technology has been commercialized by Genifuel Corp.

This story was originally published May 20, 2018 at 2:46 PM with the headline "International award goes to Richland researcher."