The distillation module has been installed at the $20m plant, which is being built at the university’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences laboratory at the Buckeye Technology facility, following an onsite system test and commissioning.
Earlier Greenbelt and Diversified were selected by the university to provide the technology, a system with intelligent automation controls for onsite and remote monitoring and support.
Additionally, Greenbelt will also provide a dehydration module, the technology required to complete the waste-to-fuel ethanol process, for the plant.
Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels at University of Florida director Lonnie Ingram said that distillation solution installation will help meet its requirements of grant funding and convert cellulosic biomass as usable byproducts such as fuel ethanol.
"Greenbelt and Diversified have proven to be solid partners with us in our quest and we look forward to equal success with the remaining system installation," added Ingram.
