Fiberight – Cellulosic to Ethanol Conversion Facility
APS continues to be a leader in providing technical resources supporting the research and development of second generation bio-fuel production facilities. Leading this emerging industry is Fiberight, LLC of Maryland.
Prior to a scale up project at the Blairstown facility, APS assisted Fiberight with its pilot plant operations in Virginia.
In Iowa, an existing corn based process facility was selected to scale up the pilot process to commercial production. The outdated corn ethanol production process was modified to accept cellulosic feedstock, to include paper mill and municipal solid waste.
APS designed extensive modifications to the plant to incorporate proprietary digestion and fermentation techniques, as well as processes to help convert organic pulps into cellulosic sugars. The ongoing project will continue the technical development of various feed-stocks including municipal solid waste, organic industrial waste, biomass and traditional sugar/starch products.