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Got Feedstock? Have Greenbelt Resources Test For Feasibility
Got Feedstock? Have Greenbelt Resources Test For Feasibility.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nGot Feedstock? Have Greenbelt Resources Test For Feasibility\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGot Feedstock? Have Greenbelt Resources Test For Feasibility\nGreenbelt's Commercial Scale Feedstock Testing Service Celebrates 3rd Anniversary\nPR Newswire\nPASO ROBLES, Calif., Nov. 2, 2017\n\n\n\nPASO ROBLES, Calif., Nov. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The beauty of bioethanol is that it can be created from an amazing number of feedstocks of which many are considered waste – especially \"food wastes\". Greenbelt Resources Corporation (OTC: GRCO) (Greenbelt) evaluates these feedstocks through its Feedstock Feasibility Testing Services and the results determine whether an unexpected or cellulosic feedstock will succeed at commercial scale. The program is celebrating its three-year anniversary and has successfully tested many feedstocks. Greenbelt's feasibility testing has found that trub, winery wastes, fruit around the nut, or the undesirable part of the fruit, all show great potential. \n\nGreenbelt Chief Technology Officer Floyd Butterfield explains the three main issues in determining whether a feedstock is commercially viable:\n\n\nCan enough alcohol be extracted from the feedstock?\nHow easily does it distill and is pre-treatment needed?\nAre contaminants present?\n\"It's important to run such tests because the final determination of feasibility may seem counter intuitive,\" says Butterfield, \"For example, a feedstock may not seem to pass one of the three questions, but if there is a high cost associated with other alternative uses, the feedstock could still prove to be economically viable.\" \n\nAnother factor that improves a feedstock's viability is what, if any, other byproducts other than bioethanol can be produced during the process. Feedstocks that produce bioproducts such as animal feed, edible dietary protein supplements, organic fertilizer and/or distilled water become more economically viable feedstocks at commercial scale. \n\nGreenbelt has developed and commercialized a \"community scale\" waste-to-energy technology that annually pr...