Epichem licenses Thermaquatica technology to develop waste-to-fuels

In Australia, Epichem Pty Ltd, through its subsidiary Epichem OHD Pty Ltd, has entered into a licensing agreement with Illinois-based Thermaquatica Inc to research, develop and promote a novel, innovative and disruptive waste to fuels technology. Epichem Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of PharmAust Limited. Epichem OHD will advance the novel, disruptive and innovative OHD technology using biomass/feedstock flow reactor material science. The flow reactor is a world-first with its potential to turn a wide range of waste and biomass feedstock into valuable fuels, fine chemicals, agricultural growth stimulants and ethanol. Epichem OHD is capitalizing on recent Australian policies at national, state and local government levels towards zero organic waste to landfill. 

The benchtop flow reactor under development will be carbon neutral, environmentally sustainable and uses oxygen and water at high temperature and pressure to break down input materials and form useful end products.The flow reactor has the potential to convert:•Plastics into renewable fuels•Coal into diesel or agricultural biostimulants (diesel, fine chemicals and biostimulants) •Rubber tyres into liquid fuels/valuable chemical products•Trees into cellulosic ethanol/fine chemicals•Leftover stock or crops into liquid fuel – cellulosic ethanol and agricultural biostimulants