Gulf Alternative Energy’s dry powder for ethanol improves processing time 400 percent, says lab

In Texas, Gulf Alternative Energy announced lab test results from Microbac Laboratories for its biomass pre-processing technology that converts cellulosic biomass into a fine, dry powder for processing into ethanol. According to the company, lab results showed that sugars were produced from Gulf Sorghum in 16 hours compared to 64 hours for unprocessed control samples. This is a 400% increase in processing speed under controlled lab conditions.

“Independent lab results now confirm what we expected from Gulf’s cellulosic feedstock pre-processing technology – it makes a big difference in processing efficiency,” said John Shearer, President of GAEC.

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