Under contract with CORE, RECAT Technologies completed a set of test runs of the catalytic reaction producing gasoline from dimethyl ether.
Process Design and Development vice president Larry Melnichuk said utilizing similar operating parameters, our reactor actually produces a gasoline superior to ExxonMobil’s well-known commercial MTG (methanol-to-gasoline) process.
"Our testing also determined that operating costs will be lower because we have less volume to recycle than in an MTG process," Melnichuk said.
CORE BioFuel is commercializing its patent-pending MKS Gasoline Synthesis Process to address the challenge of producing a drop-in gasoline from cellulosic biomass.
CORE is focused on energy security for the North American and European markets.
RECAT Technologies is an affiliated spinoff of the University of Western Ontario in Sarnia, Ontario, specializing in the development and commercialization of innovative Reactor Engineering and Catalytic Technologies.
