EcoPlus Inc. (Pink Sheets: ECPL) recently contracted with O’Neal Inc. of Greenville, S.C. to perform a review of the systems associated with the EcoPlus Technology for converting restaurant waste to alternative fuel. O’Neal will add control features to the package and modify the system for higher throughputs and improved materials handling, especially for truck offloading, and will provide related piping and instrumentation diagrams.
Ralph Rogers – president of ECPL – noted in a press release, “A review of costs and delivery schedules are important given the rise in energy and the demand for raw materials for equipment fabrication. Additionally, discussions with potential purchasers have identified certain digital system configurations that will provide improved control over the process. We feel that the collaboration with O’Neal will yield significant benefits, and we have been impressed with their staff and their commitment to our project.”
Rogers continued, “We do not take this step lightly, as it involves significant commitment of time and cash. We do, however, feel that the timing is correct, given the profile we have achieved with our technology and the interest from potential clients.”
ECPL (www.ecoplusinc.com) has a patent-pending, commercially proven technology that utilizes an environmentally friendly process for turning brown grease restaurant refuse into a high quality, solid fuel product. This product can be used as a coal substitute to produce power, as an adjunct fuel in waste-to-energy and steam plant operations and as a fuel for industrial process heat over a broad range of applications.