Biocentric Energy Holdings, Inc. (BEHL)

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NAA Presentation Slides and Summarizing Points

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NAA Presentation – summarizing points made slide-by-slide


Slide 1: Title



Slide 2: Outline of the presentation – describing BEHL, the algae value chain (algae growth or “upstream” and product (e.g. omega-3’s, fuels) manufacture or “downstream”. BEHL’s commercial offerings are to be found all along the value chain.



Slide 3: BEHL in a nutshell.



Slide 4: Very recent expert technical additions to BEHL (in addition to Domini Maddox who joined with her algae specialization a little earlier) – bringing hands-on proven commercial experience in the whole value chain from strain development, site selection, algae development and growth to dewatering and extraction and all the way to commercial products including oil, biomass, gasoline, green diesel and jet. Our expertise also includes biodiesel manufacture, pyrolysis, hydrothermal technologies, gasification
and Fischer-Tropsch technology (see later).



Slide 5: BEHL’s area of focus.



Slide 6: Upstream technology for algae production. In particular where do BEHL’s PBR systems “fit”?



Slide 7: If we look beyond BEHL’s own omega-3 production aspirations (see later) then PBR technology will certainly be used to grow algae “seed” or “inoculum” in every algae production facility – accounting for around 10% of the area even if an open pond system is considered (e.g. for fuels) – this alone being a huge market potential for BEHL’s PBR systems. Hence the market for the best, proven PBR technology will be huge once algae manufacture reaches the scales anticipated. Additionally for higher value applications, and applications where purity, consistency and quality are paramount PBR’s are clearly the choice for the whole production process. Finally where the cost-in-use for the PBR approaches that of open ponds (with all their drawbacks – see later) they should become the technology of choice for some massive scale facilities (e.g. in chemicals and fuels).



Slide 8: Comparing open ponds and PBR’s – and looking at one key hurdle for open ponds – predators of every kind: Organisms that eat and destroy algae in open ponds (Chytrids and Rotifers for example), contamination that competes with your production algae (other algae strains and diatoms) that can be delivered by the wind, birds and turtles etc. which also eat and contaminate the crop.



Slide 9: All of these issues can be eliminated by the application of PBR’s – leaving only cost as the remaining ‘predator’. An added advantage of PBR’s is the drastic reduction of water usage (huge evaporative losses in open ponds).



Slide 10: The deployment of the lowest cost PBR’s from BEHL also essentially eliminates the cost issues.



Slide 11: BEHL’s bench-top offerings for inoculum development (the larger “Wall reactor” not pictured – see our website).



Slide 12: First Generation outdoor BEHL PBR system in full growth mode.



Slide 13: Detail of the commercial design (at this point a video was shown).



Slide 14: The Downstream portion of the Algae Value Chain. In terms of fuels there are several potential routes and the jury is still out in terms of which route is the most cost-effective and whether all or any of the routes will be a “winner” and result in the ultimate global-scale replacement for fossil fuels. Several big names (examples were shared) have estimated that it will take 10 years before large scale commercialization of the winning technology or technologies in the biofuel arena (which necessitates $2 a gallon oil to compete with fossil crude). BEHL’s approach is to commercialize its low cost PBR technology now, and deploy them for high value omega-3’s which should rapidly make us profitable and sustainable. We will learn how to scale up our technology, further reduce cost and make valuable contributions to the whole algae and biofuel sector. In parallel we will seek the right partnerships (with oil and chemical companies) in the downstream sector to further leverage our in-house experience, expertise and technology across the value-chain.



Slide 15: “What is Algae Oil”. Since algae oil is extracted from the whole ‘plant’ and not from seeds or beans (Mother Nature’s fat/energy storage systems) as is the case in Canola and Soy etc., it is VERY dirty (filled with chlorophyll, phospholipids, free fatty acids and metals) unless it is extracted in the right way. These dirty oils will have little value for further refining to valuable products including fuels. The desired oil is as pure triglyceride (TAG) as possible.



Slide 16: BEHL has extracted, from algae grown by BEHL, high purity oil (as shown in picture). The oil is very high in the desired triglycerides and very low in impurities (which at these low levels can be easily removed by pre-refining). This data has recently been generated in collaboration with a very large, multinational purveyor of vegetable oils etc. These results have been generated discreetly in-house, since it is not always wise
to share all our business and technology publically as this can negatively impact commercial advantage.



Slide 17: BEHL focus on high purity omega-3 oils from the right algae strains.



Slide 18: Examples of Omega-3 markets. Growing at 15% per annum.



Slide 19: Reminding the audience of our new, deep and broad experience in the algae space.



Slide 20: BEHL’s new offerings as technology provider and expert in the rapidly developing algae space. This approach could enable BEHL to grow and generate high value throughout the oil and chemicals sectors, leveraging our skills and strengths in
much bigger markets, even though they are longer-term in terms of time to commercialization.





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