The Year 2013 was very successful for Stites & Associates, LLC (SALLC). Two major projects were completed quite successfully. Both were bio-mass gasification studies. Two different gasifiers were used. Both methods showed promise for different reasons and different applications of the syngas generated from the bio-mass. These projects again showed just how complex the conversion of bio-mass to fuels or chemicals can be. They made very clear how important good experimental design and careful planning can be when dealing with complex trials.
SALLC continued to expand its role in the international community. Ron Stites was invited to chair the Lignofuels Americas 2013 conference in Philadelphia, PA. The invitation came from the UK owned firm, UCI. The conference was attended by experts for around the world in many aspects of converting lignocellulosic materials into fuels.
The Year 2013 also generated two new provisional patents for SALLC. Both are electrochemistry based. They are described elsewhere in our Blog and eNewsletters. SALLC will be pursuing those provisional patents in 2014. We will be looking for collaborators on these developments and inviting you review our brief descriptions of the technologies. If you are interested in collaborating or otherwise supporting the work, please contact Ron Stites at: [email protected].
And finally, 2013 saw a couple of organizational milestones. This was the first year in which we had significant subcontracting to others within SALLC’s Technology Development Network (TDN). We expect more of that in 2014 and beyond. We also added several strategic partners to the TDN. We will be introducing those partners in more detail in subsequent Blogs and eNewsletters. We also formalized our list of Technical Advisors to SALLC. We will be introducing these experts to our SALLC supporters over the next few months.
All in all, 2013 was a very good year thanks to our many clients, supporters and friends. Without you, success would not be possible.
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