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Arkenol Technology Center
The Arkenol Technology Center (located in Orange, CA) is contained within a 15,000 sq. ft. warehouse building in an urban area zoned for light industrial use. The Center contains the Arkenol Pilot Facility and support facilities and is operated by Applied Power Concepts. The Analytical and Fermentation Laboratories are also operated by Applied Power Concepts.

The Arkenol Pilot Facility is rated at a nominal 1 ton per day biomass throughput, assuming a 24 hour, 3 shift operating schedule. During normal operation, 1 shift per day is sufficient for feedstock studies, design trials, and normal maintenance. The Facility was constructed using readily available pilot equipment using no exotic materials.

An integrated, full-scale commercial process plant consists of five basic unit operations:
  1. Feedstock preparation;
  2. Decrystallization/Hydrolysis Reaction Vessel;
  3. Solids/Liquid Filtration;
  4. Separation of the acid and sugars;
  5. Fermentation of the sugars; and,
  6. Product purification.

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