11 January 2013
Details
Rematix,
the leading U.S. manufacturing of cellulosic sugars
for biobased chemicals and fuels market,
commissions BioFlex Conversion Unit,
a multiple-feestock processing facility
at the company's King of Prussia Headquarters.
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The new BioFlex Conversion Unit (BCU)
at Renmatix's Pensylvania facility
builds on the company's
success with hardwood biomass
at its flagships facility in Georgia and
will test and convert a range of non-food plant materials
through its water-based Plantrose TM process.
In addition to hardwood, Renmatix will begin the conversion of
four locally available feedstocks including
1. Perennial grass
2. Agricultural residues
3. Softwoods
4. Waste streams
The cellulosic sugars produced on-site via the BCU will
support downstream fuel and chemical strategic partners
and data analysis at the company's technical center
which was opened in September 2012.
The sugar produced at this site
- will continue to enable development of
the emerging bioeconomy and
- will be shared with the key industry collaboratorsand
downstream partners in active sampling program.
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The new production facility will expand the relevance of
the Plantrose process by helping evaluate
renewable feedstocks
that are abundantly available in a variety of
climates and geographies worldwide.
For the industry advancements in developing next generation
renewable energy and high-value biobased products,
Renmatix's role in producing the low-cost intermediates
is crital to the change from
petro-sourced to bio-based alternatives.
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About Renmatix's capacity progress
Renmatix's pilot facility converts 100 kg/day of
dry biomass into sugars,
xylose monomers and glucose monomers,
A second large plant validates the scalability of
Renmatix's solution,
converting 3 dry tons per day of biomass
to xylose and glucose sugars.
The nex plant will be a commerical scale.
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