TECHNOLOGY FOCUSCan Biofuel Replace Diesel? NATCHEZ, MS - An American company, U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp. (USSEC), has developed a patent-pending new biofuel manufacturing process that creates more than three times more biofuel per bushel of soybeans than any other comparable process. In addition, the company says its product is able to serve as a permanent replacement to diesel, without any of the negative traits associated with traditional biodiesel or other green fuel alternatives. "Our biofuel and energy processes provide a clear and direct advantage over petroleum products, with none of the challenges that have kept other green alternatives from being widely adopted," says CEO and Founder John Rivera. According to Rivera, the biofuel is created from all-renewable resources at a nominal cost as the byproduct of producing organic fertilizer from recycled waste products. This discovery was made during research into agricultural biomass now known as the "Rivera Process." The company claims its technology offers a partial solution to foreign oil dependence, does not contribute to global warming and also can be used to produce ethanol at a cost 30 percent to 35 percent less than other methods.
The process According to USSEC, the technology uses a highly efficient process to break down vegetable feedstock, such as soybeans, and extract the most energy possible, so that nearly 100 percent of the feedstock results in three usable products: biogas, carbon ash and liquid biofuel.
