CONVERSION PROCESSES 9700 Elmira Circle Sacramento, CA 95827-1120 Tele/FAX: 916-363-9705 Email: ROBSACROB@cs.com RICE STRAW BALE COMPRESSION The hay compressors can be utilized for rice straw bale compression. The next wave of renewable energy will be by three methods for cellulosic ethanol which are; 1. Fischer-Tropsch catalytic synthesis of ethanol from synthesis gas. 2. High pressure fermentation of synthesis gas/ 3. Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation(SSF). All of these methods require long term storage of large quantities of rice straw bales because the straw is available only during the harvest season which starts in August and may last only 45 days. If the bales were compressed by utilization of a hay bale compressor, there would be less volume to store. One or two mobile compressors would go to rice grower facilities. Also, since the bales need to covered with tarpaulins to protect them from the elements such as rain, it might be possible to build a covered straw bale storage facility made from regular rice straw bales and covered with a plastic sheet roof which would be manipulated by the overhead crane used to transfer the stored bales to a conveyer taking the bales to the ethanol biorefinery for the bales. Typically, an ethanol biorefinery producing cellulosic ethanol would produce 20 million gallons per year of ethanol fuel from 113,000 BDT of rice straw. References: 1. Conversion Processes is listed at www.ricestrawmarkets.org <http://www.ricestrawmarkets.org> as a consultant. 2. Fischer-Tropsch catalytic synthesis of ethanol is covered by USP2007001588 to Stanley R, Pearson of Pearson Technologies, Inc. 3.High pressure fermentation of synthesis gas is covered by USP6136577 to James L. Gaddy of Bioengineering Resources Inc. 4.SSF is covered by USP6333181 to Lonnie O. Ingram of the University of Florida. 5. The Double Press Manufacturing hay compressor is covered by USP4,718,335 to Gene Ast. 6. The Quality Hay of Iowa Co. hay bale compressor is covered by USP5,540,143 to Valere D. Stromer and Harold R. Winston. 7 The Hunterwood Technologies Inc. hay bale compressor is coveredby USP20000023550 to Ed Van Hierden. 8. The ACX Inc. hay bale compressor is covered by USP5,001,974 to John M. Gombos. 9. “Gridley Ethanol Demonstration Project Utilizing gasification Technology: Feedstock Supply Plan”, March 15, 2004 by TSS Consultants for National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 10. “Storage Systems for Rice Straw in California”.September 2005, by William Huisman, Bryan Jenkins and Matt Summers for Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California.

I have discarded this process in order to concentrate on the methanol from glycerine process described below. This process would resolve the glycerine excess from treansesterification in the Biodiesel Fuel Industry. Also, using the triglycerides feed combined with the glycerine am existing methanol plant could converted to a different feedstock. CONVERSION PROCESSES 9700 Elmira Circle Sacramento, CA 95827-1120 Tele/FAX: 916-363-9705 Email: ROBSACROB@cs.com METHANOL FROM GLYCERINE 1. Synthesis gas from glycerine 700oC/290psi HOCH2(CHOH)CH2OH + H2 ------------------> 4H2 + 3CO Glycerine hydrogen CAS No.56-81-5 CAS No.1333-74-0 2. Methanol from synthesis gas 200-300oC/300-1500psi 2CO + 4H2 ------------------------------> 2CH3OH carbon monoxide CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 methanol CAS No.64-1 7-5 CAS No.67-56-1 1.Methanol from glycerine is illustrated by US2007101640 as well by EP1698681, WO2005052097 and JP2995154647 invented by Tetsoya Koshikawa and ssigned to Revo International, Inc. 2.Both reactions are consecutive as shown in Reference 1. For sound economics, the glycerine is charged in at zero value. 3. Since the surplus glycerine from transesterification at one biodiesel plant is not enough material to produce methanol for the one plant, the surplus glycerine might be collected at one plant or the glycerine might be supplemented with another polyol such the triglyceride used for the biodiesel oil at the one plant. Also, since the process technology includes basic methanol technology, an existing methanol plant could be converted to this process. 4. Conversion Processes is reporting the details of this process and does not represent Revo International who have the website http://www.e-revo.jp/english/bdf/index.html. 5. Biomethanol Chemie Nederland (an Econcern subsidiary http;//www.econcern.com)operates a methanol plant in Delfizijl The Netherlands that it acquired from Methanocar. It is believed that the plant produces the methanol from synthesis gas derived from glycerine but no patents are available.

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