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The AlterVia system has broad applicability across the multi-billion dollar biofuels industry. Currently there are over 120 ethanol refineries in operation within the U.S. and 85 more due to expand or come on line by 2008. Each of these refineries is a candidate for a possible retrofit with the AlterVia system. Initially AlterVia will target large scale biomass-to-biofuel conversion plants in the U.S. and abroad. AlterVia Fuels has four key advantages that we feel make our technology superior to traditional technologies in the biofuels marketplace.

AlterVia Fuels has four key advantages that we feel make our technology superior to traditional technologies in the biofuels marketplace.  Each of these is briefly discussed below.

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Biofuels:

AlterVia's technology has the ability to effectively solubilize and then hydrolyze high cellulose biomass such as grasses, trees, pulp etc. into high revenue biofuels. Because of our use of supercritical fluids, we can isolate the cellulose into its various components i.e. starch, sugars, carbon fibers etc. in the pretreatment process. The result is an 80% efficiency increase in the production of cellulosic ethanol.

Food Ingredients:

Numerous additional components, including proteins and oils, are available from corn as well as cellulosic feedstock, if recovered prior to high temperature processing. This technology is compatible with all current/planned ethanol plants. The result is a 300% increase in revenue from co-products for an ethanol producer.

Specialty Chemicals:

The utilization of supercritical binary fluids has numerous advantages over traditional processes, including the recovery and transformation of fermentation carbon dioxide (CO2) into value add products such as carbonates. This conversion allows for various other biofuels to be produced as well as other by-products such as acids, solvents, polymers and specialty chemicals. The result is an expanded product offering which can greatly increase the revenue stream of a biorefinery.

Energy:

Current ethanol–from-corn plants and current technology for ethanol-from-cellulose are energy intensive processes. AlterVia's utilization of nanoscale materials and supercritical binary fluids enables waste heat to be recovered and transformed into electricity, thus increasing the energy balance of an ethanol facility. The result is a 20% reduction in energy costs for the same ethanol yield.

AlterVia Fuels seeks to engage in strategic relationships with premier producers from various market segments who can benefit from our technology solution. If you are interested in finding out more about how AlterVia Fuels can help your business, please contact us by calling 847-284-6495 to learn more.