Signing Ceremony Set for Tuesday, October 12, 2010
GRAND FORKS, N.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota announced today that Fujian Longking Co., Ltd., based in Longyan, Fujian, China, is signing an exclusive license with the EERC Foundation to demonstrate and commercially deploy the EERC-developed advanced hybrid particulate collector technology to improve global air quality. A signing ceremony is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 12, 2010, in the EERC’s Discovery Hall.
“Longking distributes its projects within China and is currently expanding into overseas markets, working with partners such as the EERC”
The technology being licensed focuses on the removal of particulate emissions from the air and is one of the most advanced technologies in the world for this purpose. The technology was invented and developed by EERC Senior Research Manager Stan Miller and his team.
“The EERC Foundation is an independent, nonprofit corporation that invests in the protection of EERC-developed intellectual property and acts as the EERC’s technology commercialization organization, stimulating economic growth in our region,” said EERC Director Dr. Gerald Groenewold. “This partnership with Fujian Longking is a tremendous example of the value extraction our Foundation provides for the technologies developed by the EERC—it is the EERC’s culture and business model in practice,” he said.
“Fujian Longking is an international corporation that provides turnkey emission control systems and is listed on the Shanghai stock exchange,” said Carsten Heide, Associate Director for Intellectual Property Management and Technology Commercialization.
“Longking distributes its projects within China and is currently expanding into overseas markets, working with partners such as the EERC,” said Huang Wei, Director and General Manager of Fujian Longking Co., Ltd. “In the past, we have licensed technology from General Electric and have evolved as a leader in providing emission control solutions for coal power plants in China.”
The signing ceremony will feature several platform guests, including Dr. Groenewold; Dr. Robert Kelley, UND President; Michael Brown, Grand Forks Mayor; Klaus Thiessen, President and CEO of the Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation; Wen Xihao, Vice Mayor of Longyan Municipal People’s Government, People’s Republic of China; Tom Bechtel, EERC Foundation President, and Huang Wei.
The technology allows the removal of fine particles from exhaust gases of coal-fired power plants, incinerators, and mineral-processing facilities and can also be used in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The technology integrates an electrostatic precipitator and a filter bag (two typical emission control technologies) into the same housing. The unique synergy between the two creates a compact, durable, cost-effective, and highly efficient particulate matter collection system.
“This is a superior technology, and the establishment of this partnership will not only help market this technology on a worldwide stage, but it will also help Fujian Longking become a green technology developer in the United States, leading to numerous green jobs in this country,” Groenewold said.
