With the original award by NSF moved (with PI) from Electricon (in Delaware) to White Dog Labs, Inc. (WDL), the (new) firm is working on a new class of fermentation technologies designed to enable sustainable biochemical and renewable fuel processes. The approach synergizes biobased and fossil feedstocks -- a new paradigm for converting biobased feedstocks into drop-in chemicals and fuels -- with very high yields. The firm's MixoFerm⢠technology platform that enables FlexFeedstock⢠fermentation employs proprietary microorganisms and fermentation processes to feed and convert carbohydrates (e.g., sugar) and gas (e.g., CO2 , hydrogen and CO) into nearly any desired biochemical. Whatâs more, with the right combination of sugar and gas, Zero-CO2 -Fermentation⢠can be achieved, characterized by no CO2 emissions from the fermentation, which promises rich environmental advantages. The firm suggests MixoFerm⢠and FlexFeedstock⢠can achieve sugar-to- chemical and fuel mass yields that are 50â100% higher than the theoretical maximums of conventional microorganisms and fermentation processes also allowing flexibility in the type and ratio of feedstocks employed. White Dog Labs has made a major investment to significantly scale both MixoFerm⢠and theirproprietary extraction technologies. Their facilities in New Castle, DE are capable of scaling batch and continuous fermentation process to 1,000 â 18,000L scale and include distillation and liquid-liquid extraction that can handle several tons of m
