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1st International Conference on Algal

Biomass, Biofuels & Bioproducts

July 20, 2011

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DR. STEPHANIE SMITH,

CHIEF SCIENTIST

www.AlgaeVS.comOther Key Team Members

JIM COOK,

DIRECTOR

COMMERCIALIZATION

ROSS YOUNGS,

CEO

• DR. BEN STUART, ARPA-E Chief Scientist

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Ohio University

• DAVID R. COHO, Vice President Of Business Development

Global Sales & Marketing

• ERIC ROY, Contract CFO

Financial & Capital Planning

• CHRISTOPHER ALLEN, Patent Attorney,

Intellectual Property Counsel

• CHAD HUMMELL, Government Relation,

Industries And Collaborations

• JOE JURATOVAC, Development Project Leader

Design Team Leader

• NICK MEISTER, Bio-Chemical Engineer

• JON MARTIN, Growth Team Leader

• SHANNONOGERS, Materials Engineer

Team Attending

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Algaeventure Systems

Marysville OH

GLSM Field Office

Natural Algae Collection & Concentration through RAC

SLS Dewatering

Solar Drying (summer 2011)

Similar activities at demonstration sites 2011-2012

• Energy and key commodities costs up over 200-300%

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• 64% of U.S. waters impaired, >400% increase from the 10-20% in 1972*

• Harmful algae blooms increasing at alarming rate worldwide

Grand Lake Saint Marys, Ohio, USA 2010

* E.P.A. (2009) National water quality inventory

Energy

Materials

Fuels

Foods & Feeds

Unique High Value

Providing higher-value products while

using co-location to reduce CAPEX

and OPEX

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GRAND LAKE ST. MARYS (OHIO’S LARGEST INLAND LAKE)

• Passive Collection

• Remove after density increase

• Ideal for < 1 gram / liter

Variables

• Materials

• Dwells

• Removal Method

Tube Worm Feather Duster

• 30 minutes – 2 hours for Dwell

• Batch or Continuous

• Energy 0.02 - .8 kWh/kg

Example

Nick Meister, AVS

Low-Energy• < 5% energy use of a Centrifuge• Applications for any dilute solutions

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Nature’s Way• Surface Physics• Adhesion & Cohesion• Capillary• Wicking

Patent Applied

Fouling of screen due

to differential

pressure

No fouling of screen

because of SLS Capillary

Separation

Push

Pressure

Pull

Molecular Adhesion

Vs. How compression occurs or not

Scale Improvements

• Porous Media

• Materials

• Pre-well

Leads to

• Volume

• Size

• Materials

Nick Meister, AVS

• Efficiently dewaters micro-solids in dilute solutions

• 2.2 billion-dollar centrifuge industry

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SLS has successfully processed:

• Poultry Fats

• Coal Fines

• Wastewater Slurry

• Waxy Gluten Plant Starch

• Spent Brewer’s Yeast

• Corn Ethanol Solubles

• Anaerobic Digestate

• Livestock Waste

• Food Waste Streams

Volume Remains the Challenge -

Getting to Scale of Tons per day

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SLS Pilot Model for small-scale production

SLS Industrial Model for large-scale production

Mobile platform for SLS Industrial field deployment

SLS Lab Model for low-energy evaluation

Global Customers

• USA• Japan • Austria• New Zealand• Australia• Hungary

Patents FiledLicensingExposure

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