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November 29, 2007 – Vol.12 No.36 Biotherm Technologie AG Offers Process For Producing Mineral Fuels From Waste Plastics Or Waste Oil. The process contributes towards relieving energy supply shortages and simultaneously solves a waste disposal problem. Supermarket bags and plastic sheeting, cable sleeves or vehicle components - virtually all long-chain plastic materials - can be converted into diesel or heating oil in the process which is similar to the cracking of crude oil. The fuel, which can used in vehicles or in homes, is 25 cents a litre (about $1 gallon) cheaper (about $1 gallon) than current pump prices for diesel (at European prices). The differential in price grows with the rise in the price of oil. Christopher Stampfli, designate CEO of the Schaffhausen company, says of the business model: "This process is attractive not just to public and private waste disposal operators, but many industrial corporations and freight operators can apply it to cut their disposal costs and simultaneously generate energy - either for their own vehicle fleet or to sell at the gas station."
The process was developed by Clyvia Technology GmbH, Germany. At 400(degrees)C it breaks down long hydrocarbon chains, which then vaporize and condense as diesel oil. Europe produces over 20 million tonnes of plastic waste and 2.5 tonnes of waste oil annually, but currently only half of this is exploited. The rest could be converted into top-quality fuels by the Clyvia process. Biotherm Technologie markets installations made by Clyvia Technology GmbH using the patented fractionated depolymerisation process developed by the inventor Dr. Manfred Sappok and Dieter Wagels. (11/28/07)
Links: Biotherm Technologie Clyvia Technology
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