About Our Technology

Among the primary thermochemical conversion routes (i.e., gasification, and fast pyrolysis), fast pyrolysis is the most economically feasible way to convert biomass into liquid fuels, and therefore has attracted a great deal of research over the past two decades

Fast pyrolysis shows the highest yield to liquid fuel products and retains most of the energy from feedstocks in the liquid products. The primary liquid product of fast pyrolysis of biomass is generally called bio-oil, which is obtained by immediately quenching the pyrolysis vapors. Bio-oils are composed of a large variety of condensable chemicals derived from many simultaneous and sequential reactions during the pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass.

It is desirable and necessary to improve the quality of bio-oil toward properties similar to those of hydrocarbon fuel by certain upgrading techniques. Oxygen must be removed before the bio-oil can be used as a replacement for diesel and gasoline. Bio-oil can be upgraded either off-line or during the fast pyrolysis assisted with a catalyst, the so-called catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP).

The pyrolysis technology is already widely used industrially in recycling and energy production. Using extreme heats, the energy of feedstocks can be concentrated into usable bio-crude oils. Our patented process increases efficiency of pyrolysis by using an innovative bauxite residue catalyst. No byproduct is wasted as the gases are reused for heating the reactor and useful solids like biochar are captured for use in other industries.

COMPANY PROFILE

BioEnergy Fuels was created to fill the need of research and engineering in the biofuels industry. Our mission is to provide waste valorization services while producing sustainable biofuels. This will lower carbon emissions, solve waste-to-energy conversion, enable energy independence and environmental sustainability.

In accordance with our mission, in 2019 we partnered with USU and began funding their research on the bauxite residue catalytic pyrolysis process. BioEnergy Fuels now has exclusive rights to this patented technology.

Mission Statement:

“Turning waste into sustainable fuels, Nothing is wasted.”

Principal Members:

  • Michael Thompson - Chief Executive Officer / Owner

  • Dr. Foster Agblevor- Chief Technical Consultant

  • Hamza Abdellaoui, PhD - Engineering Operations Manager

  • Sean Thompson - Chief Operations Manager

  • Spencer Thompson - Communications

Our Technical & Engineering Team

Dr. Foster Agblevor

  • PhD, Chemical Engineering, (Applied Chemistry), University of Toronto, 1988

  • MA, Chemical Engineering, (Applied Chemistry), University of Toronto, 1984

  • BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology, 1979

Awards

Worlds Top2 Scientists by Stanford University, 2021

Stanford University

Biological Engineering Researcher of the Year, 2015

Department of Biological Engineering

College of Engineering Researcher of the Year, 2015

Utah State University College of Engineering

Fulbright Scholar, Finland, 2015

J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB)

Deans Excellence in Research Award, 2008

Virginia Tech, College of Engineering

Excellence in Basic Research, 2008

Virginia Tech, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Best Presenter of the Year's Award, 1995

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Best Paper Award, 1993

Gordon Conference on Analytical Pyrolysis

Best Paper Award, , 1991

Gordon Conference on Analytical Pyrolysis

US Department of energy Special Achievement Award, 1991

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