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Waste-to-Oil
Company Selling Oil Commercially
Carthage, Missouri plant is producing 100-200 barrels of oil (the
equivalent of crude oil No. 4) per day utilizing by-products from an adjacent
turkey processing facility.
Adapted by Pure Energy Systems News
CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, USA Renewable Environmental
Solutions LLC (RES) announced in May that its
first commercial plant is selling an equivalent of crude oil No. 4, produced
from agricultural waste products. The Carthage, Missouri, plant is currently
producing 100-200 barrels of oil per day utilizing by-products from an adjacent
turkey processing facility.
RES is a joint venture of Changing World Technologies, Inc. and ConAgra Foods,
Inc. established in 2000 as the exclusive vehicle for processing agricultural
waste material utilizing CWTs Thermal Conversion Process technology,
throughout the world.
TCP is the first
commercially viable method of reforming organic waste into a high-value energy
resource. The oil being produced by RES is being sold to a local oil blender and
to customers who will use it as a heat source for their operations.
Because TCP utilizes above-ground organic waste streams to produce a new energy
source, it also has the potential to arrest global warming by reducing the use
of fossil fuels, and to create a means of energy independence by reducing U.S.
reliance on imported oil. At peak capacity, expected to be achieved by the end
of this year, the first-out plant will produce 500 barrels of oil per day, as
well as natural gas, liquid and solid fertilizer, and solid carbon.
Until now our focus has been on completing commissioning of the plant, but
now that we are selling oil commercially, our focus is shifting to what we can
do with the TCP technology in the bigger global picture, says P.J. Samson,
President of RES.
TCP is based on simple science, and is the only proven solution to our
mounting environmental and energy problems, said Brian Appel, Chairman and
CEO of CWT.
Cornerstone Technology
TCP succeeds in breaking down long chains of organic polymers into their
smallest units and reforming them into new combinations to produce clean solid,
liquid and gaseous alternative fuels and specialty chemicals.
The process emulates the earths natural geothermal activity, whereby organic
material is converted into fossil fuel under conditions of extreme heat and
pressure over millions of years. It mimics the earths system by using pipes
and controlling temperature and pressure to reduce the bio-remediation process
from millions of years to mere hours.
The process entails five steps:
- Pulping and slurrying the organic feed with water.
- Heating the slurry under pressure to the desired temperature.
- Flashing the slurry to a lower pressure to separate the mixture.
- Heating the slurry again (coking) to drive off water and produce light
hydrocarbons.
- Separating the end products.
TCP is more than 80% energy efficient. In addition, it generates
its own energy to power the plant, and uses the steam naturally created by the
process to heat incoming feedstock, In addition, TCP produces no emissions and
no secondary hazardous waste streams.
For more information, log onto www.res-energy.com
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SOURCES
- Press
Release by Renewable Environmental
Solutions, LLC; May 19, 2004
CONTACT
Renewable Environmental Solutions, LLC
215 West Diehl Road
Naperville, IL 60563
Julie Gross Gelfand
HLD/Blankman Public Relations
516.536.6811
cell 516.729.8067
Follow-up
- Missouri
turkey oil plant closed because of foul odors - Governor of Missouri
calls for shut down of foul-smelling plant that turns turkey byproducts into
fuel oil Wednesday until the company finds a way to clear the air. The
facility produces 100 to 200 barrels of fuel oil a day using byproducts from
a nearby ConAgra Foods turkey processing facility. (Union Tribune;
Dec. 28, 2005)
See also
Page composed by Sterling
D. Allan Sept. 22, 2005
Last updated December 31, 2005
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