I am very glad to hear it. I wonder if the process is usable for all the biomass that we normally put in our landfills. I guess that the sorting of it might be too costly.
I am not asking secrets, I believe, when I ask if the process converts cellulose?
Have you been able to come up with any production figures, or is “biomass” so differentiated that production per pound of dry biomass is a nonsensical term?
Our process is based on naturally occuring bacteria that have been genetically modified to each faster and to eat a broader range of biomass. We can use all forms of biomass, if it breaks down in nature, our bacteria can break it down and convert it into hydrocarbon. We can get between 2 and 2.t barrels of hydrocarbon per ton of biomass.
We are able to breakdown cellulose, lignon, hemicellolose and xylan at this time. Yes, we are working with landfills to mine landfills in the future, but at this time we are concentrating on using new biomass that is currently being grown. We want to slow the flow into landfills.
We can use all forms of biomass. We should be able to produce 2 to 2.5 barrels of hydrocarbon per ton of biomass.