Patriot Sustainable Fuels is a private company that is developing containerized biodiesel production facilities using groundbreaking biodiesel production technology licensed from the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC).
The technology, detailed in a recent study published in the American Chemical Society journal Energy & Fuels, utilizes sodium tetramethoxyborate (NaB(OMe)₄) to simplify the conversion of used vegetable oil into biodiesel. Unlike traditional methods, this process requires only mild heat—operating at temperatures as low as 40°C (104°F)—and completes the reaction in under an hour. It also allows for easy separation of biodiesel from byproducts and enables regeneration of the most expensive production component, the sodium tetramethoxyborate catalyst, significantly reducing costs over time.
Patriot Fuels plans to leverage this technology to create portable biodiesel production units housed in shipping containers. These mobile systems will empower industries, farms, and transportation fleets to produce carbon-neutral biodiesel on-site using waste oils, bypassing the need for large-scale refineries. With the U.S. transportation sector consuming approximately 3 million barrels of diesel daily—accounting for 75% of total diesel use in 2022—this innovation could accelerate the adoption of biodiesel as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels.
Existing legacy biodiesel production using large plants is capital intensive, energy intensive, and prone to obsolescence in the face of new production methods.
The Patriot Sustainable Fuels Containerized BioBox Unit is inexpensive, and requires less energy per unit of fuel production, therefore can produce biodiesel at costs lower than the price of refined diesel. By producing new units with the latest technologic advances, the Patriot BioBox is inherently resistant to obsolescence.
Unit Production: 30,000-100,000 gallons per month.
Feedstock: Vegetable oil/used cooking oil (UCO).
Feedstock Price: 50¢ to $1 per gallon.
Key features and advantages of the BioBox Biodiesel Production Unit:
- Produces high-quality biodiesel fuel meeting ASTM specifications.
- Uses proprietary catalyst.
- Patent pending.
- Low energy intensity = low production cost.
- Housed in shipping container, easy to move and set up on location.
- Modular, transportable, scalable. Perfect for growing companies.
- Useful life of 10+ years.
For Companies using more than 1 million gallons of diesel per month.
Patriot Sustainable Fuels is seeking large users of diesel fuel who want to reduce their fuel costs to enter into joint ventures regarding the deployment and utilization of BioBox units.
Advantages of this business approach:
• Lower costs of diesel fuel.
• Internal profit center for user.
• Patriot is partner in JV structure, will co-invest and share in benefits.
• Excellent economics.
• Flexibility of creating blended fuels as needed.
• Patriot will deliver, install, operate and maintain facilities.
• Easy to expand or contract total units in service.
Contact:
Alex Kennedy – CEO
267-221-3985