ST. LOUIS, April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CLTH - News) is pleased to announce that it has engaged Hazen Research, Inc. () to construct and operate the pre-commercial stages of our Municipal Solid Waste to Ethanol project at Hazen''s eight acre research facility in Golden, Colorado.
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In late January of this year, CleanTech Biofuels purchased a reactor system from the Forest Products lab at the University of California at Berkeley and reassembled it at Hazen. This reactor system has successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of our HFTA cellulose conversion technology on wood waste feedstocks at Berkeley. Currently we are utilizing this reactor system at Hazen in the first phase of our project to optimize reaction conditions for our Process Engineered Fuel derived for municipal solid waste as well as other cellulosic feedstocks including corn stover, wood waste, and switch grass.
Hazen Research has an experienced and competent staff supported by the laboratory and pilot plant facilities necessary to apply the most appropriate technology to evaluate any industrial, commercial, and environmental issues we may encounter as our project moves from development to commercialization. They maintain all permits, governmental (Federal, State and Local) permits, licenses, and other approvals necessary to complete this project.
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CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. is a development stage company that is developing cutting edge waste to clean fuel technologies. We have licensed and are developing our core patented technologies which, when combined, can be used to convert the cellulosic material in municipal solid waste, green waste, and other cellulosic waste materials into fermentable sugars for the production of ethanol.
Our pressurized steam classification technology uses a rotating pressure vessel to separate and clean the cellulosic material in curbside garbage, preparing it for use as a process engineered fuel for conversion to fermentable sugars.
Our cellulose hydrolysis technologies utilize dilute acid in a two-stage continuous process to convert the cellulosic feedstock into fermentable sugars which can be distilled into fuel grade ethanol.
We believe that our combined technologies will enable the production of ethanol from cellulosic waste streams at a lower cost than from grain or other agricultural feedstocks. Our combined technologies will avoid the immense consumption of water and farmland that plague grain ethanol producers, with the added benefit of recycling garbage and reducing the amount of waste disposed of in landfills by as much as ninety percent.
By focusing on cellulosic biomass produced from curbside garbage where an existing collection and disposal infrastructure has existed for many years, our business model presents substantial economic advantages relative to other models dependant on agriculturally derived feedstocks or wood waste for the production of cellulosic ethanol.
For more information, please email CleanTech Biofuels at info@cleantechbiofuels.net
Note: Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results or timelines to differ materially are risks associated with research and clinical development, regulatory approvals, supply capabilities and reliance on third-party manufacturers, product commercialization, competition, litigation, and the other risk factors listed from time to time in reports filed by CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements contained in this news release represent judgments of the management of CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. as of the date of this release.
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