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Copyright © Rational Energies, LLC 2009
Waste To Fuels
Company Overview
Copyright © Rational Energies, LLC 2009
What We Do
Convert Waste into High Performance Green Diesel
• We produce a biomass based renewable clean diesel with the exact characteristics of ASTM Spec D975 #1 Diesel
• We contract with garbage haulers who pay us a market rate tipping fee to take their garbage
• We sell our product to heavy vehicle fleet owners
• Newest “Next Generation” Technology – We have a proprietary production process and a business model that is economically, ecologically and socially sustainable
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Production Starts With Waste Processing#1 Haulers dump their garbage in our indoor facility
#2 We shred the garbage into small pieces
#3 We then separate out metals and other materials and lower the moisture content
The processed waste is then fed onto our fuel production process
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Fuel Production Overview
#1 Using indirect heat and pressure we reduce processed waste into “Syngas” and ash
#2 We then clean the syngas, compress it and pass it over a catalyst converting ½ into Fischer-Tropsch diesel and wax. The remainder is used as energy to sustain the process
#3 Using our excess hydrogen we upgrade FT wax and inedible fats into additional renewable clean diesel fuel
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Economic Driver
Relative Product Value($/MMBTU of Product Energy)
Process Conversion Efficiency(% Feedstock Energy Converted to Product)
Relative Return on Resource Energy ($/MMBTU of MSW Processed)
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Ecological Driver
• 80% reduction in green house gas emissions
• Modest water usage and air emissions
• Our process can significantly reduce landfill usage and resulting release of methane
• New private sector initiatives are critical to expanding and sustaining the MSW processing technology needed to reduce the use of landfills
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Social Driver• Energy Independence
• Stable local employment base
• Increased revenue flow to community
• Using private risk capital to achieve community benefits
• Green Jobs
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Community Benefits
• Green Jobs Created
• Immediate (engineering, design, permitting) 2009: 40+
• Construction (as early as 9/2010):250
• Operation (as early as 2012 - mostly “head of household”): 90
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Balanced Sustainability AnalysisEconomic• Produce a high demand product from responsible feedstock
• Our product requires no operating subsidy or mandates for use
• Create green jobs, reduce oil imports, re-circulate dollars in U.S. economy
Ecological• 80% reduction in green house gas emissions
• Significantly reduced landfill usage and methane release from landfills
• Modest water use and air emissions
Social• Improved independence from foreign oil
• Head of household jobs that cannot be exported
• Economic stimulus to local area