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Clenergen, Honeywell to test dedicated wood biomass crops for oil production
April 27, 2010
Clenergen, Honeywell to test dedicated wood biomass crops for oil production
NEW YORK, April 27, 2010 (Market Wire) - Clenergen Corp. has signed a technical agreement with Honeywell's Envergent Technologies to produce ASTM standard pyrolysis oil with possible future upgrade to hydrocarbon fuels, using biomass wood chips produced from the cultivation of marjestica, beema bamboo and vanashree.
Envergent Technologies, a joint venture between Honeywell's UOP and Ensyn Corporation, is a provider of RTP rapid thermal processing, for the conversion of biomass such as wood chips to pyrolysis oil. Pyrolysis oil, a liquid biofuel, can be utilized as heating oil and a source of power for heavy equipment.
The technical agreement envisages testing of marjestica, beema bamboo and vanashree, fast growing plant species identified by Clenergen Corp., as sources of feedstock for converting wood chips to pyrolysis oil. The high yield per acre of biomass will reduce the cost of production significantly and is expected to produce a fuel oil substitute at costs that are at least 25% less than petroleum-derived fuel oils. The project will process 400 tonnes of wood chips per day and produce an estimated daily output of 250 tonnes of pyrolysis oil.
Upon the successful completion of feedstock tests scheduled for August 2010, Clenergen intends to contract Envergent to prepare a front-end engineering design study for use of the technology for marjestica, beema bamboo and vanashree. The site-specific designs, once completed, will be the property of Clenergen Corp.
Commenting on the agreement, Mark Quinn, Chief Executive Officer of Clenergen Corp., said, "The future implications of this technology offer a sustainable source of renewable power for both the consumer and captive end users. It allows the company to expand its fuel supply operations in South America, Africa and Philippines to produce wood chips for conversion to heating fuels, renewable power and eventually hydrocarbon fuels, both for domestic distribution as well as export to developed and industrialized nations. As an energy provider, Clenergen will be able to convert wood to either chips for biomass power plants, pellets or liquid fuels for cofiring with coal or downstream to pyrolysis oil and its subsequent conversion to hydrocarbon fuel for renewable diesel, jet fuel and gasoline."
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