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NextCAT secures license agreement for advanced biofuel technology from Wayne State
Date:2/23/2011

NextCAT Inc., a Detroit-based company, announced that it has secured a license agreement for advanced biofuel catalyst technology developed at the National Biofuels Energy Lab at Wayne State University.

The license agreement will allow NextCAT to commercialize a class of catalysts that enable biodiesel producers to use cost-effective raw materials such as waste vegetable oil, animal fats and residual corn oil, and convert them into biodiesel. This technology offers a unique process solution for an industry that has been mostly idled in the United States since 2008, when rising feedstock prices rendered the production of biodiesel uneconomical. With a cost savings of at least $1 per gallon over traditional diesel fuel, the NextCAT solution greatly changes the economics of a biodiesel plant.

NextCAT recently secured seed funding from Automation Alley to begin the design, build and installation of a reactor at an idle biodiesel plant in Michigan. With this investment, along with other investments and grant funding, including awards from the National Science Foundation, NextCAT has received more than $800,000 to bring this technology to market.

In addition to the cost and energy savings associated with biodiesel fuel, there are several advantages that make it a smart choice to manufacture and use. Biodiesel is nontoxic and biodegradable and therefore is environmentally safe. Advanced biofuels, in general, are produced domestically, thus lessening dependence on foreign oil. Also, producing advanced biofuels can stimulate the local economy through job creation in farming, transportation and production.

"The science team of Dr. Steven Salley, associate professor of chemical engineering, College of Engineering; Dr. Shuli Yan, research director at NextCAT; and I are excited to see our technology progressing toward usage by the biodiesel producers, and we look forward to a successful production demonstration later this year," said
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Contact: Julie O'Connor
julie.oconnor@wayne.edu
313-577-8845
Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research
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