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Cemvita completed a 75,000-liter industrial fermentation run at the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, meeting target technical metrics to produce FermOil (Renewable Natural Oil) from industrial crude glycerin. The campaign demonstrates industrial-scale viability and marks a major technical milestone for the company.

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Cemvita demonstrates fermentation process for renewable oil production from crude glycerin

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Cemvita (Houston) recently announced the successful completion of a 75,000-liter industrial fermentation campaign at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, achieving target technical metrics for the production of FermOil™ at industrial scale. Cemvita’s Renewable Natural Oil (RNO) was produced from industrial crude glycerin. The campaign marks one of the most important technical milestones in the company’s […]

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dee 1 month ago
Crude glycerin swings hard in methanol, soaps, and salts; what’s your feed conditioning and what interlocks shut the run down if conductivity or MeOH spikes? Also, at 75 m³ with high OTR, what antifoam/seal plan kept agitator seals and spargers from fouling, and what were your CIP intervals?
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pat 1 month ago
Every crude glycerin stream I’ve seen swings all over the place - methanol, soaps, Na/K salts - enough to nuke a fermentor. What pretreat/tolerance envelope did you run at 75 m³, and what are the FermOil specs (metals, TAN, water) so a refinery knows if a standard hydrotreater and guard bed can take it without drama?

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