December 2022: Bio2Electric, LLC, started in 2009, successfully advanced early-stage technologies employing over $6 MM of government funding. To better facilitate the commercialization of its innovative oxidative ethylene technology, Bio2Electric was acquired by EcoCatalytic, Inc., a company focused on developing commercial partnerships and licensing.
Author: John Sofranko
EcoCatalytic successfully demonstrates pilot plant scale up of chemical looping ethylene technology
October 2019: As part of its $4 million project funded, in part, by the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the US Department of Energy, EcoCatalytic successfully demonstrated a 1,000 fold scale up of laboratory results in a continuous circulating bed pilot unit of its patented ethane to ethylene ODH technology. The pilot unit runs at a 1.5 kg/D of ethylene product rate using a fluid catalyst prepared by a qualified commercial catalyst vendor.
Bio2Electric receives SBIR to develop mixed plastics up-scaling technology
July 2019: Bio2Electric, LLC was awarded a $200,000 DOE SBIR contract to develop its novel oxidative plastic cracking technology. This technology utilizes Bio2Electric’s core chemical looping know-how and can convert unseparated mixture of plastic waste (HDPE, LDPE, PE, PET, PS, and others) back to their fundamental chemical building blocks. This “ultimate” in recycling technology allows the production of recycled plastics with identical physical properties as virgin plastic, is internally energy balanced and does not require any plastic waste separation.
Bio2Electric, LLC, establishes EcoCatalytic Inc.
April 2, 2018. EcoCatalytic Inc. was formed by the founders of Bio2Electric, LLC. EcoCatalytic Inc. will use funding from strategic investors for advancing hydrocarbon technologies, with a focus on the conversion of shale gas to ethylene and fuels.
EcoCatalytic Technologies wins SBIR contract from US Department of Energy
March 2, 2018. EcoCatalytic Technologies was awarded a $149,999 SBIR contract from the US Department of Energy for the advancement of its newly discovered catalyst for the conversion of methane to olefins. These new materials use a novel “redox” approach for the oxidative couple of methane (OCM) to ethylene at yields far above other industry published results.
EcoCatalytic awarded ARPA-E contract for developing ethylene process
January 29, 2018. EcoCatalytic Technologies was awarded a $2 million contract from the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the Department of Energy for the development of EcoCatalytic’s “flameless combustion” process for the conversion of ethane to ethylene. This project will also be supported by $2 million of non-government matching funds. It allows EcoCatalytic to scale up its recently patented advances in selective hydrogen combustion oxygen transfer agents.
EcoCatalytic commissions continuous circulating bed pilot unit
Developing a new way of making plastics that could be cheaper and less polluting than ever before.
September 3, 2014. A Deer Park Drive-based company is developing a new way of making plastics that could be cheaper and less polluting than ever before.
Bio2Electric, LLC establishes EcoCatalytic Technologies to develop new catalyst technology
PRINCETON, N.J, July 28, 2014 — Bio2Electric, LLC, dba EcoCatalytic Technologies, received a three year, $3.8 million contract from the Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a new catalyst technology for ethylene and propylene production from components of natural gas.
EcoCatalytic joins team to work on intermediate temperature electrogenerative fuel cells
June 19, 2014. EcoCatalytic joins team to work on intermediate temperature electrogenerative fuel cells for the creation of liquid fuels and electricity from natural gas.