R3 Fusion Delivers Ethanol Recovery System

ALBANY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--R3 Fusion, Inc., a clean technology company based in Rensselaer Technology Park, has delivered its first commercial system for recovering ethanol from waste scrubber water – the SPaCeR^TM. Utilizing principles of process intensification, this state-of- the art system is designed to process fifty gallons per minute of scrubber water generated from a 50 MM Gallon Per Annum ethanol plant. The modular system will be fully operational in April 2011. R3 Fusion has already begun discussions with other ethanol plant operators for implementation of this technology.

“We are very excited about the launch of our SPaCeRTM technology and the enormous implications we believe it will have on global water supplies”

According to Dr. Roshan Jachuck, the inventor of the SPaCeR^TM technology and CTO of R3 Fusion, “We estimate that over $400 million of ethanol can be recovered each year from the waste water in US ethanol facilities alone. The unique engineering and process technology incorporated in our systems provides, to our knowledge, the most economical, energy efficient means available to capture that critical element of our national energy equation.”

Herb Goodman, a veteran executive of the international oil and gas industry, commented: “R3 Fusion has an important and timely solution to what most knowledgeable people understand will almost certainly be the greatest problem the world is beginning to face".

The patent-pending SPaCeR^TM technology was developed to address the increasing challenge in fresh water supply. With less than one percent of the planet’s water available as fresh water for human use, the need to reuse, recycle, and remediate contaminated and waste water streams is becoming critical. Furthermore, identifying new approaches to reliable, energy-efficient desalination of seawater and brackish water has become a focus of numerous organizations around the globe.

“We are very excited about the launch of our SPaCeR^TM technology and the enormous implications we believe it will have on global water supplies” said Keith Blakely, R3 Fusion’s CEO. “The interconnectedness of our water, energy, and environmental challenges is well-established and a system like ours that addresses all three simultaneously is, we believe, of great importance to the future of our planet.”

About R3 Fusion, Inc. – R3 Fusion is a cleantech company focused on the development and commercial application of process intensification technology. The company is focused on applying its technology to water purification and desalination in a wide range of markets, ethanol recovery, biofuel synthesis, and green chemistry.

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