Advanced Trailer Launches 3rd Project Using Trailer to Remove Moisture from Biomass to be Torrefied

Integro Earth Fuels LLC, becomes third in U.S. to use Advanced Trailer's patent-pending technology to remove moisture from woody biomass materials

Abilene, TX-- Randy Hill, President and CEO of Advanced Trailer, announced that his company has provided an Advanced Drying Trailer along with a dryer to Integro Earth Fuels for use at their pilot torrefaction plant in Grambling, SC. “We are excited about the opportunity to be involved with an innovative company like Integro. When they told us about their work in biomass torrefaction we were very interested in what they are doing and how we might be involved. Drying that uses our trailer is now under way in the Carolinas,” said Hill in announcing the project. Torrefaction is a thermo-chemical process conducted in an inert gas atmosphere at temperatures of 485°F to 535°F (250°C-270°C) during which the biomass undergoes an extraordinary transformation that overcomes many of the constraints associated with co-firing. This makes the third biomass drying project for Advanced Trailer this year, the first two being research grants to both the University of Idaho and Iowa State University. Advanced Trailer is best known for its semi-trailers that are widely used across the nation to remove moisture from various agricultural crops. Advanced Trailer has more than 3000 drying trailers in service in all ten U.S. peanut producing states; they are also used to dry almonds in California and grass seed in Kansas. For the past two years Advanced Trailer explored the possibilities of using its patent-pending technology to remove moisture from woody biomass. For more information on Advanced Trailer and results of this research please contact Randy Hill randyhill@advancedtrailer.com @ 800-860-1360 or www.drybiomass.com Click on the web site and submit your information to receive a free informational DVD video about Advanced Trailer “Going Back To The Future”