KL Process Design Group Producing Ethanol From Waste Wood

January 29, 2008 – Vol. 12 No. 45

KL Process Design Group Producing Ethanol From Waste Wood.

The first American plant in production is the result of six years of development efforts between KL and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The first small scale waste wood commercial facility operating in the U.S to make cellulosic ethanol was engineered, constructed and is operated by KL Process Design Group (KL). It is located near Upton, Wyoming.

The current production facility is utilizing soft woods, but successful test runs have occurred making use of waste materials such as cardboard and paper. KL is using proprietary technologies and newly developed enzymes to release fermentable sugars within the wood.

"It is now possible to economically convert discarded wood into a clean burning, sustainable alternate motor fuel," said Randy Kramer, president of KL Process Design Group, a design firm that has been working in corn ethanol. "We're proud of what this small company has accomplished, and believe that our design will be a cornerstone from which we can build our country's renewable fuel infrastructure providing a better source of motor fuel, starting today."

KL projects that its cellulosic technology, coupled with new applied design concepts, will allow the plants to be built to match the amount and type of feed stock available near large cities, further lessening the fuel's carbon foot print. KL's Advanced Biofuels plants could also produce excess electricity and/or steam heat that can provide additional power sources for local municipalities or will complement biofuel plants and manufacturing facilities.

Besides cellulose-based ethanol production, KL Process Design Group, of Rapid City, South Dakota, provides design-build operations services for biofuels facilities along with ethanol marketing services. (1/29/08)

Links:

KL Process Design Group
http://www.klprocess.com

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