Toups Technology Introduces New Emission-Free 'Waste To Energy' Process
PR Newswire - June 21, 1999 13:30
Pyrolitic, Or 'Burning Without Air,' Technology Uses Municipal And Industrial Waste To Create Clean-Burning Gas And Carbon Black
Environmentally Friendly Process Eliminates Waste On Municipal Scale
LARGO, Fla., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Toups Technology Licensing, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TOUP)(TTL), a diversified technology development and manufacturing company that concentrates on environmental solutions, has introduced a new, high-volume "garbage to gas" technology developed by its Environmental Solutions Division.
The patent-pending process and underlying technology, called PCE(TM) (for Pyrolitic Carbon Extraction Process)(TM), can turn municipal-sized quantities of household garbage and industrial waste -- and virtually any other hydrocarbon-based liquid or solid waste -- into a clean-burning gas and valuable carbon black.
"This wholly owned TTL technology addresses both the overflowing problem of solid waste disposal and the increasing need for clean-burning alternative fuels," said Leon Toups, president of TTL.
"The capability of processing solid wastes on this scale also rounds out TTL's line of commercially viable waste treatment technologies."
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that hydrocarbon- based household and commercial garbage represents about 86% of the U.S. waste stream or some 188 million tons. Most of this finds its way into more than 2,300 landfills nationwide. 30 million tons, or 16% of the waste stream, is incinerated.
This traditional method of disposal, according to a cover story in the June 13, 1999 issue of Parade Magazine, presents two serious environmental problems:
-- Landfills produce leachate, or "garbage juice," a toxic runoff that can contaminate groundwater; and,
-- Incinerators have "risky emissions," including fly ash, which often escapes to the atmosphere. "The fly ash is very toxic," reports Paul Connett, a professor of chemistry at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y.
TTL's PCE process, on the other hand, treats all hydrocarbon-based waste in a closed system without releasing harmful emissions, fluids or solids to the environment. The non-burning system transforms about 40% of the waste into carbon black, which can be used for a variety of purposes. The rest becomes a clean-burning gas that contains mostly hydrogen and methane.
The gas, given the lab name Phoenix 777, demonstrates exhaust and combustion properties superior to natural gas. Phoenix 777 combustion emits less than half of the carbon dioxide emissions of natural gas and virtually no carbon monoxide or hydrocarbons. It also contains 7-9% oxygen and water vapor. And like natural gas, it is lighter than air. Additionally, it has a natural odor -- both important safety features.
The modular PCE technology can be scaled to process anywhere from 100 pounds to thousands of tons per hour, and can generate an estimated 15,000 cubic feet of gas from each ton of garbage on a continuous basis.
Phoenix 777 can be used to generate electricity on a commercial scale. It can provide an estimated 1 megawatt per 16 tons of waste, a rate about 23 times more efficient than some of the best existing waste to energy (incineration) technologies.
The process is highly economical and its positive environmental attributes are enhanced, since PCE uses about 20% of the clean-burning gas created by the waste treatment process to fuel itself. A number of other factors can also contribute to a profitable operation, including tipping fees, the elimination of environmental control equipment, and laws that require the purchase by utilities of electricity generated from alternative fuel processes.
"Village Concept" To Become a Reality
The U.S. DOE estimates that the average American uses 3.3 kilowatt hours per day of electricity and the EPA says that same American produces 4.4 pounds of garbage per day. The average family of five generates about 3.5 tons of hydrocarbon-based waste per year.
Incorporating PCE technology, TTL envisions a self-sustaining, waste-to- energy system operated at the local level, or "Village Concept." Gases and heat generated by the process can be used to meet many needs of a typical community:
-- Electricity
-- Potable water by desalinating salt water
-- Water for irrigation
-- Alternative fuel gas for cooking and vehicle operation
-- Hot water
-- Air conditioning
In the process, garbage disposal and sewage treatment byproducts cease to be an issue, having been treated with virtually no negative environmental impact.
Additional information on TTL and PCE will be available on the company's website at toupstech.com /
Company Contacts
Mark Clancy, executive vice president, (mclancy@toupstech.com) or James Doulgeris, vice president of marketing, (jdoulgeris@toupstech.com), tel 727-548-0918, fax 727-549-8138; James Dryer/Geoffrey Plank (GFCComm@aol.com), public/investor relations, tel 561-655-7575, fax 561-655-2171; Darrel Hackman (dahackman@worldnet.att.net), public/investor relations, Western States, tel 303-680-8014.
This publication may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Many factors may cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements. These factors include orders which are received and can be shipped in a quarter; whether and when order options are exercised; customer order patterns and seasonal variables; contract mix and shifting production and delivery schedules; manufacturing capacity and yield; cost of labor, raw materials, supplies and equipment; technological changes; competition and competitive pressures on pricing; economic conditions in the United States and worldwide, and other risks that are detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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/CONTACT: Mark Clancy, executive V.P or James Doulgeris, VP, Marketing,
727-548-0918; or James Dryer or Geoffrey Plank, Public or Investor Relations,
561-655-7575; or Darrel Hackman, Public/Investor Relations, Western States,
303-680-8014, all for Toups Technologies/
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