ICM, Inc. this week announced a strategic collaboration with Western New York Energy to implement ICM’s cutting-edge FOT Oil Recovery™ system.

Under the terms of the agreement, ICM will be responsible for engineering, equipment procurement, and installation of its proprietary FOT Oil Recovery™ system at WNYE’s advanced facility in Medina, New York. This agreement marks the sixth commercial installation of ICM’s proprietary oil recovery technology.

FOT Oil Recovery™, a two-step separation system integrated after the distillation process, significantly increases downstream oil recovery by optimizing solids-liquid separation in the whole stillage. This system also dewaters the whole stillage cake as it goes to the dyer, reducing a plant’s natural gas load.

The on-site installation of FOT Oil Recovery™ will start this fall, with a system startup planned for next spring.