Pilot Units, Scalability and Performance

Enhanced Biofuels is currently operating two fully automated pilot units with nominal capacities of 3,000 gpy and 250,000 gpy. These pilot units have a nearly 100:1 scale-up factor which is accepted as good engineering practice to ensure further scalability. Of the feedstocks tested, Enhanced Biofuels chose four representative feedstocks to demonstrate and optimize the HS Reactor System™ feedstock flexibility capability. These feedstocks span the full spectrum from refined vegetable oil (0% FFA) to industrial waste (100% FFA).

The HS Reactor System™ uses a methanol ratio between 4 and 9 depending on feedstock. Other competing technologies with similar benefits require methanol ratios between 25 and 42.

Feedstock	Typical FFA Range	Source	Result
Tall Oil Fatty Acid	100%	Non-Food Pulp & Paper Waste	Successful
Yellow Grease	0% - 20%	Restaurant Waste	Successful
Lard	0% - 15%	Animal Fat	Successful
Canola	0%	Vegetable Oil	Successful