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Technology
Nova Fuels is a technology innovation company that develops biomass-to-fuel conversion facilities with select joint venture partners. Such partners may be municipalities, private corporations, or other qualified entities. The joint venture arrangements allow Nova Fuels to widely distribute its technology without having to manage the day-to-day operation of all facilities.
The core process for gasification and synthesis of the blend of fuel alcohols called Novahol(TM) can be combined synergistically with other technologies to offer a wide palette of benefits to the surrounding community.
Utilizing a process of gasification, Nova Fuels can ease disposal problems by using what are often problematic waste streams, such as municipal solid waste (presorted), green waste, agricultural and forest byproducts, while generating a renewable supply of fuel alcohols.
Gasification is not burning, nor does the process generate the dangerous byproducts of incineration. Instead, a low oxygen environment allows the safe conversion of carbohydrates into syngas without creating dioxins or furans. The small amounts of inert ash produced can be disposed of in a standard municipal landfill, used in concrete production, or returned to the soil as fertilizer.
Syngas, made up of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, is converted through a catalytic process with minimal release of carbon dioxide or nitrogen oxide to the atmosphere. Our facilities operate well below California emission standards.
The end product of the catalytic process is Novahol(TM), which is made up of a range of fuel alcohols and can, if necessary, be refined to ethanol, propanol, butanol, and pentanol. Novahol(TM) can be used as a fuel by itself, as an oxygenator for gasoline and diesel fuels (including biodiesel), and as an octane booster for gasoline.
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