The waste-to-gas conversion technology developed by Sault Ste. Marie company Elementa is being acknowledged through a prestigious American awards program.
Ohio-based R&D facility Batelle, Elementa’s strategic partner, has won an award from the 2013 Defense Energy Technology Challenge/Utility Technology Challenge based on its collaboration with Elementa.
The challenge programs recognize companies and technologies focused on cleaner and more environmentally sustainable energy solutions and are designed to meet the complex needs of the military and commercial industries. Thirty awards were given to the technologies with the best balance of stage of development, potential impact, cost and ease of implementation.
The technology developed by Elementa produces clean and efficient renewable energy from waste feedstock. It is based on a unique steam reformation (SR) process, a patented clean-energy technology that uses high temperature SR in a non-oxidizing environment to chemically break down carbon based materials into a clean syngas.
Unlike most current systems that require oxidation/incineration, the system does not generate noxious oxides. Syngas can be utilized to generate electricity or produce hydrogen and a variety of liquid fuels. For military installations, the Battelle waste-to-energy solution provides a means to locally generate power and fuels using government-owned infrastructure or via third-party ownership/operation.
The development of an independent, efficient and secure energy system that can integrate with existing and future grid architectures and that uses readily available feed stock, reduces dependence on outside energy sources and provides a path to more cost-effective mission accomplishment, as well as to meeting compliance mandates.
