Syntec, U of North Dakota partner for biobutanol development

In Canada, Syntec Biofuel announced a joint development program with the Energy & Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota for converting a wide variety of biomass and waste into bio-butanol, using Syntec’s high-catalyst technology in conjunction with an upgrading process licensed from the EERC Foundation.

Syntec has developed a thermochemical process that breaks down sustainable, low-cost MSW, wood, and agricultural waste into reactive components that form with Syntec’s patent-pending catalysts to produce ethanol, methanol, propanol, and butanol. Syntec said it has one of the highest-yielding catalysts within its sector.

Biobutanol, as a drop-in replacement for gasoline, is being pursued by Cobalt Biofuels, Gevo and Butamax (the BP-DuPont joint venture), and is a potential fuel product of the ZeaChem and Raven Biofuels platforms.

Syntec, U of North Dakota partner for biobutanol development is a post from: Biofuels Digest