Technology, design firms partner to build modular ethanol plants

Ethanol Producer Magazine November 2009
By Erin Voegele
Report posted Oct. 23, 2009, at 11:38 a.m. CST

New Jersey-based ChemPro Group LLC recently announced the formation of an alliance with Missouri-based Mo-Fuel (Rural Bio-waste) to commercialize a patented feedstock-flexible cellulosic ethanol process.

Ted Lewis, president of Mo-Fuel (Rural Bio-waste) and owner and holder of the technology’s patent rights, said the process is unique. “According to an independent study done by the [U.S. DOE], the process has the potential for considerable economic savings, as well as reducing the U.S.’s dependence of foreign oil.”

According to ChemPro, Mo-Fuel (Rural Bio-waste)’s technology is a continuous catalytic hydrolysis process that lends itself to modular construction. “ChemPro’s modular expertise makes the company an ideal partner for designing and building the units,” Lewis said.

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