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The New Agri-Business Agri -Waste to Bio-chemicals. Richard Parnas University of Connecticut RPM Sustainable Technologies BioFibers LLC. T he T hree P ieces of the RPM Sustainable Technologies Pie. T he T hree P ieces of the RPM Sustainable Technologies Pie. Algae Production.
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The New Agri-BusinessAgri-Waste to Bio-chemicals Richard Parnas University of Connecticut RPM Sustainable Technologies BioFibers LLC
The Three Pieces of the RPM Sustainable Technologies Pie The Three Pieces of the RPM Sustainable Technologies Pie Algae Production Biofuels and Chemicals The Farm Independent but Interdependent
The RPM Concept Sales Glycerol Processing High Value Chemicals Mash Farm RPMTechnology Algae Production Bio-refinery Bio fuels chemicals Nutrients CO2 KW Q CO2 Farm Waste Fertilizer Digester Power Plant • Alternative Feed Stock • Cooking oils • - Yellow grease • - Cottonseed • - Soy/Rape/safflower/? Gas Cleanup KW Q “THE FARM” Nutrients RPM Sustainable Technologies
The Products Bio-Fuels $3/gal Algae Production Special Chemicals $20/gal The Farm Pharmaceuticals $/oz Bio-Refinery Fertilizer $/lb Dairy Products Fertilizer $/lb Power $.10/kwh
How Can This Work? 1) Don’t waste the CO2 from the digester & power generator 2) Use the sun twice Bio-Fuels $3/gal Algae Production Special Chemicals $20/gal The Farm Pharmaceuticals $/oz Bio-Refinery Fertilizer $/lb Dairy Products Fertilizer $/lb Power $.10/kwh
Same Pieces of Pie – Different Location • Alternative Feed Stock • Cooking oils • - Yellow grease • - Cottonseed • - Soy/Rape/safflower/? Smaller Farms Biofuels and Chemicals Algae Production • Potential Benefits • Addresses environmental • concerns • Allows smaller farms • to participate • - Economy of scale • for refinery • - Logistics advantage Farm
A Unique Opportunity • A new cash crop that is internally self-sufficient and completly sustainable • Expandable output – external green feed stocks could supplement algae where economically viable • Done in phases • Farm power - < one year • Bio-refinery - < less than six months after permitting • Algae < when available • Multiple applications • Dairy farms and feed lots • Waste water treatment plants
Why Doesn’t Algae work now? It’s too expensive or too risky Why don’t biodigesters work now? It’s too expensive or too risky (Same answer every time)
We need incentive! Let’s do it the old fashioned way – Create a new product Electric Power, $0.15/kWh Biodiesel CH4 Farm Fuel Oils Gas CO2 Microbial Cultivation Farm 1,3-PD, $20/gal Waste Sugars 2,5-DMTHF Sludge $30,000/gal Extraction Fertilizer