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The rapid growth of the biofuel (ethanol, biodiesel, gasifier gas, etc) industry in the United States will bring about a number of research and commercialization gaps for improved process efficiencies, product quality standards, by-products development and air quality emissions. The BioEnergy Testing and Analysis Laboratory (BETA Lab) was envisioned to be a testing and analysis facility for biofuels produced in many biorefineries in the US. It will also have capability for biofuel characterization to establish standards for new biofuels including work on process design optimization in all aspects of biofuel production. The lab has several biomass conversion systems for various biomass conversion processes.