By using the waste products in the pro-duction of the ethanol, the amount of avail-able feedstock has been increased by 40-50 per cent. That has given Raizen, the third largest Brazilian energy company, the ability to significantly increase their yield and will allow for expansion at a much lower cost. Iogen used its extensive experience with cereal straw and corn stover to un-derstand the differences in operation us-ing sugarcane bagasse. After six months, Iogen was able to identify differences, troubleshoot any problems that arose, collect needed data, and make adjust-ments to the design to provide Raizen with a low-cost operation. “We’re very excited to be working with a major industry player like Raízen to de-liver large scale cellulosic ethanol produc-tion” says Foody. “Raizen is an incredibly dynamic partner with immense know-how and expertise in first generation ethanol production. We share a common vision for the global potential of our tech-nology and the importance of developing a successful first project. This project with Raizen is a key step towards rolling our technology out around the world.” game changeR In January of 2014, Iogen announced the development of a patented drop-in cellulosic biofuel. The company has already been issued two patents for this new technology. Just two months after the announcement of the partnership, Raizen, in January of 2014, Iogen announced the development of a patented drop-in cellulosic biofuel, a game changer for the company. Iogen has already been issued two patents for this new technology. The process involves using the residual material from the cellulosic material that is now a waste product and turning that into biogas through anaerobic digestion or gasification. The biogas is then converted to hydrogen, making it renewable hydro-gen, and then the renewable hydrogen is blended in the refining process to produce hydrogenate petrochemicals, thereby effec-tively creating a gasoline that contains re-newable hydrogen. The opportunity for this technology is upwards of five billion gallons of drop-in renewable fuel, and it nearly doubles the yield in the production of cellulosic biofuel. biomassenergylab.com EN Plus Auditing and Consulting ISO 17025 Accredited for ASTM and CEN/EN Standards Certificate of Analysis for Pellet/Biomass Export TIMBER PRODUCTS INSPECTION Accredited by the American Lumber Standard Committee as a Testing Laboratory and an Auditing Agency for the Pellet Fuels Institute’s Densified Biomass Fuel Standards Program. 1641 Sigman Road Conyers GA 30012 218-461-2579 Canadian BIOMASS 27
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