Advanced Trailer selects Iowa State University for second research grant to test the benefits of using Advanced Drying Trailers to remove moisture from biomass. Iowa State to dry multiple biomass products during fall semester.

Abilene, TX,October 7th, 2009

Texas entrepreneur Randy Hill today announced he has selected Iowa State University as the recipient of a grant to study the use of his patent-pending Advanced Trailer to remove moisture from another potential biomass source, corn residue.

“The goal of this grant is to explore the possibility of the Advanced Trailer for drying freshly-harvested cobs and corn stover,” Hill said in making the announcement.  “This grant will provide research funding, along with the use of two Advanced Drying Trailers and a dryer during this year’s corn harvest. The research will measure load weight, load depth, propane and or natural gas consumption, electrical energy use, ambient temperature and relative humidity, drying air temperature, and airflow rate. We believe this testing will conclusively demonstrate that the Advanced Trailer for Biomass is the key to drying and transporting corn residue that can help fuel biomass.”

ABOUT ADVANCED TRAILER: APT Advanced Trailer and Equipment LP is best known for their trailers which are used to procure (dry) various agricultural products. Currently Advanced Trailer has over 3,000 drying trailers in service in all 10 U.S. peanut producing states. Additionally Advanced Drying Trailer’s are used to dry almonds in California and grass seed in Kansas. In April Advanced Trailer founder and CEO, Randy Hill announced that the University of Idaho had been selected as the recipient of a grant to implement the use of Advanced Drying Trailers to remove moisture from woody biomass used to fuel the universities steam boiler plant at their campus in Moscow Idaho. Texas Tech has also used an Advanced Trailer to dry manure for bio fuel-methane gas conversion. Advanced Trailer is Headquartered in Abilene Texas with a semi trailer conversion plant located in Vienna Georgia. Patent applications are currently pending in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office covering various aspects of the Advanced Trailer and including over 50 patent claims.