TekGar

MELE Associates has teamed with Tek Gar, LLC who has the exclusive marketing rights for the Bionics Microfuel Reactor in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The underlying technology is called thermo catalytic depolymerization. Many materials, such as plastics, rubber (tires), sewage sludge, and animal waste contain long chains of hydrocarbons called polymers. For example, a typical fat molecule is C50H92O6. Diesel fuel consists of relatively short hydrocarbon (CH) chains 16 to 20 units long. The catalytic depolymerization process involves controlled heating of the feedstock to break apart the long chains. A chemical catalyst, zeolite, is used to isolate the diesel fuel. The chemistry of the catalytic depolymerization has been known since the late 1950’s. It is related to “catalytic cracking”, a standard method used in refinery operations to produce transportation fuels from heavy oils and waxes. This technology has only recently become commercially viable when bionics made a critical breakthrough by employing pulsed microwaves as the primary source of reaction energy in combination with a zeolite catalyst.

Two things distinguish the TekGar technology from what is being used in the industry today, including the Conoco Phillips process. First, the microwaves are absorbed by particular molecular bonds in water and in the feedstock. Thus, all of the heat for the conversion process is released internally in the feedstock and is then convected to the surrounding feedstock which is very energy efficient. Second, the microwaves also interact with the catalytic conversion sites on the catalyst surfaces which gives the TekGar technology its ability to form the diesel range hydrocarbons.

Compared to other biomass technologies, Tek Gar Biomass Pulse Microwave technology has several compelling competitive advantages including High-Efficiency Biodiesel Production, Clean “Green” Output, Commercial Operating History, Modularity and Flexibility of Output and Closed loop feedstock production

For more information, please visit TekGar's website at: www.tekgar.com