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USA, Commercial
Crop
Residue
Process
Equipment
Main Product
By-Product
Biomass
Carbon-based materials, including either wood
(biomass)
or petroleum hydrocarbons
Thermal Conversion
RTP system
Bio oil
Chemical and fuel products
Technical Description of Technology
Ensyn's patented core technology, Rapid Thermal Processing or RTP, is an
extremely fast thermal conversion process characterized by moderate
temperatures and atmospheric pressure. In the RTP system, carbon-based
materials, including either wood (biomass) or petroleum hydrocarbons, are
quickly transformed to more valuable chemical and fuel products by the rapid
addition of heat. The process is simple, achieves high capacities utilizing a
compact design and has a relatively low capital cost.
Ensyn's current bio-oil production capacity is 5 million gallons annually. The
bio-oil is further processed to produce final chemical, fuel and carbon
products that consistently meet stringent customer specifications.
When biomass and petroleum are processed using a combination of rapid
heat addition and very short processing times (typically less than a few
seconds), high yields of value-added products are obtained. In commercial
RTP operations, processing times are usually less than one second and
product yields are significantly higher than with any other available industrial
technology.
Ensyn believes that RTP is the only bio-oil technology in the world that is
operating commercially, and that RTP is the only technology capable of
producing large quantities of bio-fuel from industrial operations.
In support of the core RTP process, Ensyn owns a significant array of
additional intellectual property (I.P.). Such I.P. covers unique RTP products,
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