HydroMax Advanced Gasification Technology

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HydroMaxAdvanced Gasification Technology

• 8 Sundial Circle, PO Box 1150
• Carefree, Arizona 85377-1150
• 480/488-3388
• www.alchemix.net

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Introduction

• Gasification
• Markets
• Challenges to Commercial Implementation of
  Gasification
• Hydromax Gasification
• Hydromax Advantages
• Alchemix Objectives

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Gasification

• Gasification as a chemical process can convert
  low cost and waste hydrocarbons into a
  combination of hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas.
  This syngas can be reacted to produce a wide
  range of hydrocarbons. These hydrocarbons include
  replacement of all products made from imported
  oil and natural gas.
• Gasification was first commercialized in the
  1930s.
• Gasification has the potential to be a major
  contributor to energy independence and economic
  resurgence for coal-rich oil-importing nations.
• For example, the United States has 23 of the
  total world reserves of coal. This translates to
  the capability of

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• meeting current coal based electric power
  generation needs as well as replacing all
  imported oil for the next 100 years.
• Economics preclude the implementation of
  conventional gasification processes unless oil
  prices are maintained above 50 per barrel for a
  sustained period.
• For the first time, due to 100 oil and a general
  expectation that oil will remain above 50 per
  barrel, gasification is a viable and financeable
  alternative to oil and natural gas for all uses.
• Alchemix HydroMax technology provides a unique
  vehicle to very efficiently and economically
  achieve the benefit of gasification.

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Syngas Markets
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Challenges to Commercial Implementation of
Gasification

• Low oil and natural gas prices.
• High capital cost.
• High maintenance and operating costs.
• Low plant operation reliability.
• CO2 emissions.
• Hyper-sensitivity to feedstock consistency.

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HydroMax Gasification

• HydroMax is a steady state process utilizing
  molten iron as its gasification medium.
• Syngas (COH2) is the primary gaseous product.
• Co-products can include electric power, steam,
  vanadium, nickel, cement and sulfur.
• HydroMax is the subject of 240 claims of
  invention granted by the United States Patent
  Office.

Syngas
Steam Hydrocarbon
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• HydroMax employs highly reliable, low cost bath
  smelter reactors. Over 100 in commercial
  operation in the metallurgical industry
  worldwide.

BATH SMELTER
SYNGAS
METAL ALLOY
SLAG
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HydroMax Advantages

• High Efficiency in conversion of feedstock to
  syngas.
• Feed Flexibility High thermal inertia in the
  reactor allowing the utilization of a wide range
  of feedstocks including petroleum coke, coal,
  vehicle tires, municipal waste and biomass.
• Enhanced on-stream availability and reliability.
• Low CO2 Footprint Proprietary features to
  minimize carbon dioxide emissions and allowing
  sequestration of CO2 .

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• Multiple co-products.
• Lower capital costs.
• Reduced operating costs.
• Recovery of valuable metals which may occur in
  feedstocks.

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Alchemix Objectives

• Create compelling economics including multiple
  high value products with minimum feedstock cost.
• Provide value for clients that cannot be matched
  by others.
• Provide minimal greenhouse gas emissions.
• Establish HydroMax as the worlds premier
  gasification technology.