In Japan, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,(MHI), a global engineering and technology firm and ICM, Inc. (ICM), a U.S. process technology provider for bioethanol production, have entered into a strategic alliance to accelerate innovation in ethanol dehydration.
The collaboration focuses on integrating MHI’s Mitsubishi Membrane Dehydration System (MMDS) with ICM’s bioethanol process design. Together, the companies aim to increase efficiency in ethanol production by reducing energy consumption, enhancing process reliability, and supporting the industry’s efforts to lower carbon intensity.
“Through this collaboration with MHI, we’re exploring new approaches to ethanol dehydration that can further improve efficiency and reliability in ethanol production,” said Shaun Hubler, Director of Technology Commercialization at ICM, Inc. “The pilot results are very promising, and we look forward to building on them as we move toward full commercial deployment.”
“This partnership represents an important step toward realizing MHI’s vision for carbon-neutral industrial solutions,” stated Fumitaka Miyashige, Business Manager of MMDS project at MHI. “Working with ICM allows us to bring this advanced separation technology to the global renewable fuels market.”
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