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Biobased Chemicals

Cemvita Factory scales up waste-to-oil process ahead of schedule

by Craig Bettenhausen
July 29, 2024 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 102, Issue 23

 

A person with a beard pipettes an amber liquid out of a glass bottle while standing near two industrial fermentation tanks.
Credit: Cemvita Factory
Cemvita Factory is engineering microbes that upgrade waste products into oleochemicals and fuels.

The industrial biotechnology firm Cemvita Factory says it is 5 years ahead of schedule on the scale-up of its waste-to-oil plant in Houston, having reached a capacity of 79,000 L per day. The firm says the advance comes from evolution of its microbes, reactor optimization, and deployment of solvent-free product extraction. The plant in Houston converts organic carbon waste, including cellulose and glycerin, to lipids that can replace palm oil or be used to make sustainable aviation fuel, according to a Cemvita spokesperson.

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