Leading algae company to distribute Evodos’ patented harvesting technology

GILBERT, Ariz. and RAAMSDONKSVEER, The Netherlands (April 30, 2013) – Heliae, an Arizona-based algae technology company, has announced a partnership with Evodos to offer its proprietary Spiral Plate Technology to North America.

“Our goal has been to create a commercially-viable platform for algae production, from strain to product. Harvesting is a critical step and we’ve worked with Evodos for two years, testing its systems and offering feedback on performance.” stated Dan Simon, president and CEO of Heliae. “Evodos’ technology offers a flexible and effective harvesting solution for most algae strains we’ve worked with. We are happy to formally work with Evodos to promote its technology.”

The Evodos technology is applicable to many markets, but its initial focus has been on the algae industry. Its gentle harvesting process delivers a dewatered live algae paste that is over 98 percent free of extracellular water and extremely stable for product development. The economics of the Evodos technology make it a clear winner for algae production facilities worldwide.

Marco Brocken, CEO of Evodos, says, “Heliae is an ideal distribution partner for our technology. As one of the top algae companies worldwide, it offers both the opportunity to expand into new markets and the ability to get direct feedback on the Evodos technology. Because Heliae has scaled its operations, it has critical insight into how our technology fits into a larger algae production facility.”

With this deal in place, Heliae has a license to distribute the Evodos technology with a focus on the North American markets. Heliae will be including Evodos harvesting technology in its new commercial facility scheduled for completion in Q3 2013, but will begin distribution for Evodos immediately.

About Heliae

Heliae® is a platform technology company that uses sunlight and waste carbon to produce high-value products from algae.  Based in Gilbert, Ariz., Heliae is leveraging its core production technology into four target markets: nutrition, therapeutics, health & beauty and agrosciences.  With a seasoned management team and world-class science, Heliae is advancing the future of the algae industry by delivering novel algae-based products to dynamic markets around the world. www.heliae.com.

About Evodos B.V.

Evodos B.V. is the leading developer of low energy and chemical free centrifugal systems. Evodos brings to the market centrifugal systems based on their patented Spiral Plate Technology (SPT). With SPT sol-ids can be separated in the form of a stackable cake or paste. Solids may take any shape and can be abrasive, soft and even greasy. The high separation sharpness leads to low energy requirements. In case of liquid-liquid separation no interface level needs to be set.

The Evodos high-tech equipment is positioned in high sustainability markets. Harvesting algae is such a focus point. For this market the Evodos algae harvesting machines are developed. The footprint of the machines is small, noise levels are low and maintenance is minimal.http://t.ymlp254.net/uwebapaqqwyafaejsagab/click.php

Evodos has demonstrated excellent performance on desludging Bitumen. 

A Dutch oil processing company examined a bitumen blend with a sediment load of 2,6% m/m. They stated it was not possible to process the blend with conventional stacked disk centrifugals.

For us it was a positive surprise to read the advertorial of GEA Westfalia in the March issue of Biomass Magazine. Here disc stack centrifuges are positioned against our Spiral Plate Technology. Headed by the title "Setting the record straight on Algae Separation". We at Evodos regard this as a major compliment for which we would like to thank our colleague’s. 

Spiral Plate is the new Technology. It excels in separation effectiveness, costs efficiency, user friendliness and ease of maintenance. Our first customers have brought us in the market. At this moment we count over fifty. Of course we also thank them. 

"We've known Evodos since they entered the algae industry - At Heliae, we've field-tested their equipment at our demo plant along with multiple other methods. We've run various strains at different operating parameters and believe they offer the best performance and value in the industry. Evodos is one of a kind for harvesting technology tailored to microalgae." Dan Simon, Heliae, President & CEO 

"I have done an apples to apples comparison between Evodos and other technologies. I am very happy to say that the Evodos equipment exceeded my expectations for dewatering, temperature, power consumption, continuous operation and most important sheer stress. If the sheer force is high in the dewatering step, than we cannot have a pristine product. Our company demands that the algae remain alive in order to retain the bioavailability thru to our extraction. Evodos is a "plug and play" technology with very low maintenance and does not need balancing adjustments as the others require." Geronimos Dimitrelos, Algae to Omega, President & CEO 

With Evodos equipment running on five continents a stable foundation is created. A foundation that enables us to service our customers by improving and broadening our product portfolio. And to enter new markets and applications. We are determined to continue this encouraging journey.

We gladly make use of the stage offered by GEA Westfalia to further market our technology. In the coming months Evodos will publish a series of articles. Here the power of Spiral Plate Technology will be highlighted. Follow our website for the magazines, topics and dates.

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Marco Brocken (CEO) en Hen Boele (CTO)

Evodos B.V., the developer of highly effective centrifugal machines, has closed a partnership with SKion and eCAPITAL. This partnership gives Evodos a launching platform to expand its customer base on a global scale.

The Evodos Type 10 is a true hit amongst universities and research centers across the world. But it is also used by pilot algae plants. And even the US Airforce has chosen it.

The Type 10 is Evodos' entry model and it produces exactly the same high quality algae paste as the other Evodos machines.

We are proud to announce that the Florida based algae producer Algae to Omega Holdings is the launching customer for the new Evodos Type 250 centrifuge that is in development now.

Evodos designs all its centrifuges for durability and low maintenance. This also shows in the design of the rotor.

Our engineers have developed a self balancing construction of the rotor and a shaft design that gives a high stiffness. This is added with the use of carbon composites and highly accurate tolerances.

The result is a main shaft that needs no balancing. Practical experience shows that this works very well. The maintenance time is limited, and so are the associated costs.

Key design parameters that match customer expectations

A generation of centrifuges that is designed whilst starting from your expectations. With the end goal in mind. That is why the Evodos centrifugals give you revolutionary performance.

The harvesting process with Evodos results in a totally dewatered algae paste. This is demonstrated on multiple strains varying from the smallest salt water micro algae such as Nannochloropis to sweet water strains such as Chlorella. In all instances the result of the Evodos harvesting process is a Totally Dewatered algae paste that is over 98% free of extracellulair water.

Evodos developed a Mechanical – Biological manure processing solution:
- Based on proven technology with guaranteed results
- Delivering valuable end-products and a maximum volume of disposable water
- At competitive and predictable costs

Think of a paradigm shift as a change from one way of thinking to another.

It's a revolution, a transformation, a change-maker.

"It is Evodos' mission to support our customers with best in class products for mechanical separation at minimal energy consumption and without using chemicals or consumables. Thereby we aim to win or preserve natural resources."

Key design parameters that match customer expectations

A generation of centrifuges that is designed whilst starting from your expectations. With the end goal in mind. That is why the Evodos centrifugals give you revolutionary performance.

Murphy's Law states that "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong". This is a guiding principle for the Evodos engineers, make it right the first time, make it robust and make it reliable. They avoid any action with an unacceptable outcome. The results speak for themselves.