De-icing
BioAmber has built a strong patent portfolio covering the use of succinate salts, and in particular potassium succinate, as de-icing and anti-icing solutions. Extensive testing has shown that potassium and sodium succinate have a far better corrosion profile than potassium acetate, potassium formate or sodium chloride brine, the current standards.
Potassium and sodium succinate represent a new generation of de-icing solutions that dramatically reduce the corrosion of steel, alloys and concrete, without negatively impacting the environment. The fact that BioAmber’s succinate solutions are renewable, and that they consume large quantities of CO2 in their production, is an added benefit.
Equally important, BioAmber’s succinate solutions have a cost comparable to potassium acetate, and unlike acetic acid, are not subject to fluctuations in the price of oil. Succinate based de-icing solutions have several potential markets:
- Runway de-icing (AMS 1435 certified)
- Bridge and overpass de-icing (anti-icing including FAST systems)
- Road de-icing (added to NaCl as a wetting agent to dramatically reduce steel corrosion)
- Consumer de-icers (less harmful to grass, no concrete scaling)
Runway De-icing
Non-Runway De-icing/Anti-icing
