Gulf Ethanol Corporation, [OTC:GFET] revealed details of, what it claims, is a breakthrough in cellulose processing technology today in Houston. The company has recently acquired an exclusive license to the vortex implosion disintegrator technology developed by Meridian BioRefining

This high velocity, high pressure process can, says the company, turn biomass into an easily processable cellulose powder in 5-10 seconds. Using extreme compression and sudden polarity shifts, this process uses molecular repulsion to create powdered cellulose. Gulf’s material has been shown to have significant processing advantages in the production of ethanol.

“Cellulose is the most abundant plant material on earth,” noted JT Cloud, Gulf Ethanol’s President. “By replacing more expensive food crops with cellulose as the basic feed-stock for ethanol production, we believe the price of ethanol can be reduced as its availability increases,” he explained. “We expect to work with existing plant owners to deliver cellulosic processing technology as well as building new cellulosic new ethanol plants,” he concluded.