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To: scion who wrote (2402)	9/28/2010 11:08:17 AM
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Ohio company to open plastics, rubber recycling plant By Frank Esposito \| PLASTICS NEWS STAFF Posted November 12, 2009 plasticsnews.com AKRON, OHIO (Updated Nov. 13, 1:30 p.m. ET) -- Recycling technology firm Polyflow LLC has attracted new investors and now is confident it will break ground on its first commercial-scale plant in 2010. Akron, Ohio-based Polyflow also announced Nov. 11 that it is working with two other northeast Ohio firms — Chemstress Consultant Co. of Akron and Niagara Systems of Perry — to design and build the new plant. Polyflow has narrowed down its site search to two locations in the Cleveland-Akron metro area and will make its final decision by year’s end, Polyflow Chairman Joe Hensel said by phone Nov. 13. “This the right time for this idea,” he said. “It’s an opportunity to reduce our dependence on crude oil.” Hensel declined to identify Polyflow’s new investors, but said that he is much more confident about the new plant than he was earlier in the year. The ongoing recession had reduced the level of investment in the firm this year, after it had drawn $1 million from angel investors in 2008. Hensel also declined to specify the two remaining sites being considered for the plant, citing ongoing negotiations with state officials for tax credits. The plant would be able to process up to 5,000 pounds of plastics and rubber waster per hour through a continuous-feed commercial processor. Polyflow uses pyrolysis technology developed in the late 1970s by Charles Grispin, an Akron-area inventor who now serves as the firm’s chief information officer. In the process, scrap is placed into a tank and cooked at nearly 1,000° F until vaporized. The vapor is then condensed; the resulting liquid contains aromatic chemicals including styrene and benzene. Only 6 percent of the waste items used by Polyflow currently are recycled, according to Hensel. The remaining 94 percent otherwise would end up in landfills. Since scrap used in the Polyflow process is melted down, contamination is not a factor. Items processed at the firm’s pilot plant in Akron include carpet, tires, children’s toys, leftover plastic compounds and polystyrene foam. Chemicals refined from the slurry liquid can be reused by petrochemical firms or used in paints, coatings, solvents or other products. In addition to the pilot plant, Polyflow has plastic waste supply agreements in place with the city of Stow, Ohio, and with Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio. The pyrolysis concept has been around for years but never has been commercialized fully. That may be changing. In addition to the Polyflow project, Canadian Investment firm 310 Holdings Inc. is building a similar unit in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and technology firm Envion Inc. in September opened a pyrolysis pilot plant in Derwood, Md. — just outside of Washington, D.C. Officials with Washington-based Envion said they expect to have between 75 and 100 of the units in operation worldwide by this time next year. plasticsnews.com

To: scion who wrote (2402)	9/28/2010 11:52:23 AM
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Groundbreaking held for waste-to-fuel facility By Holly Jessen Posted Friday, September 3, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. biomassmagazine.com A groundbreaking ceremony held Aug. 31 in Edmonton, Alberta, was the culmination of many words—painting a picture of possibilities, visions and ideas for a waste-to-biofuels project, said Vincent Chornet, president and CEO of Enerkem Inc. “This morning, we put our words in action,” he said. Enerkem is starting construction with its partners, the City of Edmonton and the Government of Alberta. The $80 million project will produce 10 MMgy of cellulosic ethanol from municipal solid waste (MSW). That’s enough ethanol to fuel more than 400,000 vehicles yearly with E5, Chornet said. "This plant is the genesis of a world transformation where our non-recyclable garbage will power the vehicles we drive and reduce carbon emissions," he added. The project is the result of many years of planning and will have a positive effect on the environment, said Ed Stelmach, premier of Alberta. It will help Canada reach long-term emission reduction targets. “This is truly an investment in our environment, our economy, and most importantly, our future,” he said. The plant, which is expected to be completed in 2011, will be built, owned and operated by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enerkem, Enerkem Alberta Biofuels LP. Edmonton has signed a 25-year agreement to convert 100,000 metric tons of the city’s MSW yearly, all of which cannot be recycled or composted. The project was awarded $23 million in funding from the Government of Alberta and the City of Edmonton. The facility will reduce Alberta’s CO2 emissions by 6 million metric tons over the next 25 years by replacing a portion of petroleum fuels and avoiding methane emissions that happen during waste decomposition in landfills, the company said. Besides biofuels production, the facility will also include an advanced research facility and a municipal waste processing and transfer facility. The research facility will focus on developing and demonstrating technologies to convert biomass into biofuels and biochemicals. Enerkem, which is headquartered in Montreal, operates a pilot facility in Sherbrooke, Quebec, and a 1.3 MMgy wood-waste plant in Westbury, Quebec. The company also hopes to build in the U.S. and has proposed a 20 MMgy waste-to-ethanol plant in Pontotoc, Miss. SOURCE: ETHANOL PRODUCER MAGAZINE biomassmagazine.com

To: scion who wrote (2402)	9/28/2010 12:48:26 PM
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Re Polyflow Corp. - patents: USPTO: United States Patent 7,344,622 Grispin March 18, 2008 Pyrolytic process and apparatus for producing enhanced amounts of aromatic compounds Abstract A pyrolysis process and reactor converts various hydrocarbons such as waste materials, for example, scrap polymers, tires, etc., into various chemical components or amounts thereof, not otherwise produced by conventional pyrolytic processes. A large reactor size is utilized in association with a low heat input per unit weight of charge. A thick pyrolyzate/"char" layer is formed during pyrolysis. The product or various components thereof can be utilized as a fuel or octane additive. Inventors: Grispin; Charles W. (Akron, OH) Appl. No.: 10/409,983 Filed: April 8, 2003 is.gd EPO: PYROLYTIC PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ENHANCED AMOUNTS OF AROMATC COMPOUNDS Publication number: US2008200738 (A1) Publication date: 2008-08-21 Inventor(s): GRISPIN CHARLES W [US] + (GRISPIN CHARLES W) Applicant(s): POLYFLOW CORP [US] + is.gd INPADOC Patent Family