Commercially viable ethanol from cellulosic biomass has been an elusive
and much sought after process solution for the alternative fuels
industry. AETE is in the completion phase of its design and build
program of a 20-100 ton per day vertically integrated biorefining system
that produces ethanol, gasoline, diesel and other lubricants as well as
a number of intermediate compounds. The unit will be configured to
demonstrate the ability to produce other product streams from AETE’s
advanced technology.
The plant will consist of:
A Cellulosic Biomass Reduction Unit which reduces and fractionates
cellulosic biomass to nano and microscale particles generating higher
material surface area for simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
of the cellulose and hemicellulose by enzymatic conversion and microbic
fermentation. With the unique ability of the technology to be configured
for selective fluid dynamic processing the unit can be modified to
utilize oils from cellulosic resources as well as traditional oils and
catalysts for conversion as an esterified biodiesel product that is
contaminant free and has unique cold stable properties.
A multistage cascade configuration that provides for the ability to
convert lignin derived from the fractionation of biomass to a high
octane gasoline and set of gasoline additive compounds suitable for
blending with traditional transportation fuels, ethanol or butanol as
viable transportation fuel replacements.
Advanced configuration of the technology will allow for the low
temperature conversion to “biocrude”
(a pure biopolymer) from which a number of compounds can be processed.
The biocrude polymers can be further processed through a systematic
cascade system into high value intermediate chemical and polymer
compounds for delivery to the chemical market.
The entire biorefining system, completely modular in its construct, is
capable of utilizing several forms of cellulosic biomass including
forestry (hard and soft woods) and agricultural waste in the form of
dedicated feedstocks, corn stover, native prairie grasses such as
switchgrass, wheat and rice straw.
The Company: The Alternative Energy Technology Center, Inc.
(OTC:AETE), based in The Woodlands, TX, is a technology company focused
on biofuels and alternative energy technologies. It is developing the
first true biorefinery in the U.S. It will focus on technologies using
renewable energy inputs from non-food energy sources and on technologies
that can be scaled up to efficiently addresses the post-petroleum energy
needs of the United States.
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