-- Hydal biotechnology's biopolymer end product adds further
value to the technology
LONDON, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its
recent analysis of the waste oil upcycling industry, Frost &
Sullivan recognises Suzhou Hydal Biotech Co. Ltd. (hereinafter as
"Suzhou Hydal Biotech") with the 2015 European Frost & Sullivan
Award for Technology Innovation for turning waste cooking oil into
a biodegradable polymer, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). With this
technology, Hydal addresses the two biggest concerns of the waste
oil upcycling industry: the limitations of feedstock suitability
and sufficiency of feedstock supply. Hydal has obtained evaluation
on excellent level both for technology and business potential.
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Using Hydal's innovative technology, waste cooking oils, along
with inorganic salts as nutrients, are fermented by naturally
occurring microorganisms in the presence of water, air, and steam.
The fermentation produces PHA, which is an energy source for the
microorganisms and stored as grains in the produced broth. The
produced PHA is harvested by isolating and disrupting the
microorganisms and then extracting and precipitating the polymer
using a solvent, which is recovered and removed. The quality of the
waste cooking oil was found not to affect the quality of PHA
produced.
As Hydal is able to use any cooking oil, feedstock suitability
and sustainability are non-issues. This technology benefit helps
the industry avoid the potential oversupply of bio-based waste oils
when they are deemed unsuitable for motor oils application.
Moreover, microorganisms have been known to be tolerant toward
toxic elements; as such, the possibility of waste oil contamination
and consequent disruption is remote.
"In China, the huge surplus of used frying oil has resulted in a
black market that recycles the oil for cooking, causing major
health risks," said Frost & Sullivan Senior Industry Analyst
Jennifer Tan. "Suzhou Hydal Biotech
will make the most of China's huge
waste cooking oil market and resolve its accompanying problems with
its unique technology."
Hydal's technology is more environmentally sustainable than
waste oils re-refining technologies. Current re-refining
technologies, such as vacuum distillation, are energy intensive,
whereas Hydal's fermentation-based technology uses less energy, in
milder operating conditions. Additionally, by virtue of being
fermentation-based, the Hydal solution is modular and can be easily
scaled to the required capacity.
Besides solving the challenge of waste oils disposal, Hydal's
PHA emits less greenhouse gases and is almost carbon-neutral due to
'free' energy gains from kitchen waste processing. The two-fold
benefit, from the technology and end product, aligns the technology
with the 'Innovating to Zero' Mega
Trend, as it ensures zero carbon, zero waste, and zero
emissions.
Apart from adding to the technology's marketability by being
biodegradable, Hydal's PHA also costs less than those in existing
markets because the feedstock is unwanted waste. The only feedstock
costs incurred are on the collection and transportation of waste
cooking oils. The well-established cooking oil collection
infrastructure in Europe and many
countries of the world is a potential avenue for technology
licensing.
"Unlike with waste oil re-refining, Hydal's flexible technology
makes it unnecessary to decontaminate and screen the waste cooking
oils," noted Tan. "Producing PHAs instead of conventional biofuel
also widens its range of usefulness because the PHAs can be used
for a multitude of applications."
Overall, due to its strong performance in the waste oil
upcycling industry, Suzhou Hydal Biotech is truly deserving of the
2015 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award.
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the
company that has demonstrated uniqueness in developing and
leveraging new technologies, which significantly impacts both the
functionality and the customer value of the new products and
applications. The award lauds the high R&D spent towards
innovation, its relevance to the industry and the positive impact
on brand perception.
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About Suzhou Hydal Biotech
Suzhou Hydal Biotech is the first and only industrial technology
for production of biopolymers in the world which uses waste, used
cooking oil, as a source and doesn't exhaust raw materials from the
food chain. It also exhibits highest productivity and yield of the
polymer thanks to patented know-how and used resources.
Suzhou Hydal Biotech is EU-China Joint Venture founded by two
partners that reached significant synergic effects. Suzhou Hydal
Biotech was founded in February 2014
in Suzhou, and it is a result of Czech-Chinese cooperation in the
area of biotechnologies. Its founders are NAFIGATE Corporation and
Jiangsu Clean Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. Czech Company
NAFIGATE Corporation, specialized in the transfer of high-tech
technologies, has introduced its unique Hydal biotechnology to the
Chinese market. NAFIGATE has partnered on this project with
China-based Suzhou Cleanet, a
company that collects and processes waste cooking oil at an
increasing number of locations in China.
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SUZHOU HYDAL BIOTECH CO., LTD.
Room 202, CN-23 Nanopolis Suzhou
99 Jinji Lake Avenue, Suzhou Industrial Park
Jiangsu Province, Suzhou,
China 215123
Lenka Mynarova
Marketing Director
Tel.: +420603412555
E-mail: lenka.mynarova@nafigate.com
Adelaide Mendes
Best Practices Group
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