Hydrochloric acid-driven hydrolysis provides the most powerful and industrially proven technology for converting all cellulosic wastes – wood, solids from city sewage plants, bagasse, grasses etc - to sugars that can be fermented to ethanol or other bio fuels as well as a large variety of bio-products and food.
HCL CleanTech’s use of concentrated hydrochloric acid (HCl) efficiently hydrolyzes all cellulosic materials and so allows a large variety of feedstocks to be used with minimal configuration. Using the proprietary technologies developed in our laboratories, HCL CleanTech has radically improved the recovery of the acid, as well as the recovery of valuable byproducts such as high quality lignin and high quality tall oils. The process uses very little virgin water and is completely self sufficient energetically.
In May 2009 HCL CleanTech has closed its Series “A” financing with Burrill & Company, Khosla Ventures and a group of founders and angels led by Zohar Gilon.
HCL CleanTech is building its first US pilot plant which will start operating June 2010.
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