KITSAULT BIOFUEL: DIRECT & EFFICIENT

Kitsault Biofuel, a division of Kitsault Energy, is developing methods for conversion of woody biomass to a solid high energy density solid biofuel.  The Kitsault steam process uses a patent pending catalyzed method to convert wet wood to a solid biofuel more efficiently than standard biochar processes.

The images on this page show piles of forestry slash piled beside a logging road ready to be burnt.  Burning the waste wood adds to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere undoing the entire carbon fixation the trees accomplished over the years growing in the forest.  This material can be used as a feedstock to make biofuel using the catalyzed steam process.

The catalyzed steam process was developed as an industry – academic collaboration with researchers at Carleton University in Ottawa and industry researchers in Vancouver.  The process eliminates the excess water of other hydrothermal processes while still making an excellent high energy density fuel.