Pursuit Dynamics to install PDX reactor at Iroquois plant in Indiana, improving ethanol yield by up to 12 percent

In Indiana, Pursuit Dynamics announced that it has contracted with the 40 Mgy Iroquois Bio-Energy in Rensselaer to install its PDX Ethanol Reactor Tower, and expect an 8-12 percent improvement in ethanol yields without additional energy inputs. Pursuit receives a revenue share of the yield improvements that Iroquois records. The system will be completed in February and will become operational in March, as a key step of Pursuit’s goal of 600 Mgy in installed capacity by September 2009.

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