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Catalytec Batch-Style CFC Test Plant in Furth, DE

Using an industrial zeolite as a catalyst to provide low temperature catalytic thermal hydrocracking of a wide range of organic materials that is composed of inert-free waste materials and residue. "Organic" would include any fat, oil, grease, plastic, cellulose (plant / paper), or animal material. The plant is a batch-style, proof of concept device, that uses a closed-looped, fluid dynamic system. The internals, with the exception of the feedstock pump, are kept in a partial vacuum or under a negative pressure.. Thus, no chance of toxic leaks.. Solid waste materials are pre shredded and added to a carrier oil and circulated in a fluid dynamic and heated via viscous friction to the catalytic threshold temperature of 320C, where the inert zeolite becomes active, cracking (actually cutting) any present carbon chains into a size that will fit through the pores of the zeolite, providing in this case, C-10 to C-20 chains (middle distillate fuel oil). The reaction temperature is low enough that no halogens, dioxin or other harmful agents are created, so the system is safe to operate around populations. The newly cracked carbon chains rise on the heat energy as a vapor or distillate steam in a distillation column and condensed into liquid fuel of the same density as diesel, kerosene or jet fuel. In the continuous process design, once the catalytic reaction starts, it will create much of the heat required to maintain the reaction as additional input enters the system. Even temperature across the system loop is required to maintain efficiency and optimum control of the system. Actual conversion efficiency varies depending upon the input materials. Straight plastic, fats oils and grease yield very high, sometimes greater than 90% by dry weight.. Paper and other cellulose range from 20 to 50%. Cellulose is however a good constituent of an ideal input mix, as it brings free hydrogen atoms, which adhere to the newly broken carbon chain (or fraction), thereby stabilizing it and adding BTU content (power). CO2 and water make up the balance of the reaction, with trace residue of any uncrackable long chains, salts and inert materials that manifest as a tar-like sludge, usually about 2%. This material could be utilized as a roofing or paving constituent. 10-15% of the primary distillate would be fractions larger or smaller than C10-C-20. These are sequestered and can be mixed with enough liquid fuel to drive a BHKW that would in turn, drive the process The distillate produced posses more power than standard diesel, often topping 70 cetane. It is readily blend-able with existing fuel stock. A no-sulfur fuel is possible using polypropylene or similar plastics that contain no sulfur. The next step is to build a production-scale, continuous-flow, pilot plant. The optimum size of the plant, based on maintaining accurate control of the reaction, would produce about 700 liters of distillate per hour. Again, the input volume would vary in order to maintain control of the reaction, but generally speaking, roughly 1 ton of waste materials could be used per hour as feedstock. An estimated cost to produce a gallon of distillate, pre-Covid, was $1.20 US. The size of the 700-liter system design is small and modular, so that multiple units can be arranged together to accommodate any size or variety of waste stream, at its source, eliminating additional handling and hauling of waste. Modular design also equates to redundancy , standardized parts, service and reliability For more information, see www.catalytec.com