ReCatalyx

ReCatalyx CarbonEthanol

Renewable fuels and ethanol

Brand: ReCatalyx
Discipline: Carbon, Resource Recovery & Waste-to-Energy
Markets: Environment · Industry · Resources & Waste · Water & Utilities
Development status: Product concept

Overview

A licensed gas fermentation development package converting suitable carbon rich gas streams into ethanol using a qualified biological process. Upstream gas conditioning and downstream separation form part of the plant. Its carbon benefit depends on gas origin, utilities, displaced products and the chosen lifecycle boundary.

Product capabilities

Gas conditioning and compression
buffer
gas fermentation reactor
nutrient and culture system
liquid separation
ethanol recovery and distillation

Feedstock and input

Qualified industrial offgas or cleaned biomass syngas. Confirm organism compatibility and contaminants with the licensor.

Core components

Gas conditioning and compression
buffer
gas fermentation reactor
nutrient and culture system
liquid separation
ethanol recovery and distillation
residual gas handling
cooling
instrumentation
containment and licensor control package

Process

Test gas compatibility; condition gas; biologically convert; separate and recover ethanol; treat remaining streams.

Design basis

Secure licensed technology, gas composition history, gas availability, utilities and ethanol offtake.

IoT measurements

Feed-gas contaminants and composition, fermentation conditions, product output and carbon-source records.

IoT architecture

Local PLC/HMI, buffered historian and secure gateway; remote alarms and reports. Cloud loss does not stop local control. See common architecture and acceptance tests.

Future capability

Monitor gas and broth deviations and draft troubleshooting summaries within licensor limits.

Typical applications

U.S. industrial emission sources and biomass fuel developers; selected steel, chemical and waste resource sites worldwide.

Pilot validation

Complete gas compatibility trials, product testing, licensed acceptance and lifecycle assessment. Do not assume all waste gas is renewable.

Problem and deployment scope

Renewable fuels and ethanol

How it works

Gas conditioning and compression
buffer
gas fermentation reactor
nutrient and culture system
liquid separation
ethanol recovery and distillation

Architecture

Confirm data sources, field interfaces and operating requirements during discovery. Integration compatibility is reviewed for each deployment.

Integrations

Interface availability and supported protocols require product-specific confirmation.

Deployment

Scope, installation, security, acceptance criteria and training are agreed with the project team.

Use cases