11. Damselfly

Bacto-filter
1. Introduction
Here at "Damselfly", we aim to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions to create a cleaner world, withour new “bacto-filter”. Through the use of Thermophilic acetogenic bacteria, the Bacto filter converts CO2
produced by factories into Acetone and IPA. Acetone and IPA created by the filter are separated andcan be utilized to create plastics, biofuel stabilizers, and many more products.
Using our Bacto filter system businesses can: reduce co2 emissions and reuse the byproducts. creating
a more sustainable system.
2. Production process/Technologyi) Bacteria
Bacteria that produce acetone and IPA from CO2 (acidogenic) are used in the bacto-filter. To protect thebacteria from the heat of the gas plume, genes from thermophilic bacteria, that reside in geysers, werespliced into the acidogenic bacteria. The thermophilic properties of the bacteria allow the bacteria tosurvive at temperatures upwards of 90c. The heat resistance helps in the separation of the acetone andIPA via distillation, creating high purity acetone and IPA, while not killing the bacteria.
ii) Bacto-filter
The Bacto-filter keeps the bacteria alive while facilitating distillation of the acetone
and IPA. The filter is adjusted to smokestacks. The filter collects the acetone andIPA in a collection box. Pollutants like sulfur can decrease the efficiency of the
Bacto filter, Thus a sulfur filter is also attached.

3. Business model
Plastics factories use acetone in the production of plastics, and the “Bacto-filter” produces acetone. By
installing the “Bacto-filter” on the plastic factories’ smokestacks, the factories benefit from the acetone
produced. It is also beneficial for the factories with high carbon dioxide emissions. For factories with highcarbon dioxide emissions, the purchase or rental of their own "Bacto-filters" would eliminate the need topay for higher carbon dioxide emission taxes they would otherwise have to pay for under thecap-and-trade system.
We earn the profits by renting out or selling the Bacto-filter. In other words, the buyer, the plastic
factories, has two options: 1-time purchase or rental service.
4. Marketing method / Strategyi) Target
Our firm plans to manufacture “Bacto-filter” in Texas, a state with a thriving economy, factories withsmoke stacks, and the largest number of plastic factory workers in the United States. We plan to expand
our business to plants within Texas.
ⅱ) Marketability
We plan on advertising directly to businesses as well as making an official company website andadvertising on Social media. This is how we plan to sell to companies. On social media, we plan on
advertising allowing the public to access our website where our product information is written. We also
will advertise our products on YouTube, increasing our impression of the local people.
5. Financial plani) Start-up cost
Including the cost of research & development, employment of scientists, product materials, and factorytake-over, this start-up cost will be covered by a small business bank loan.

ii) Take-overWe chose to take over a small factoryfor manufacturing our products since it
helps to reduce the start-up costs.
We have 2 purchase options for theBacto-filter; a rental service and a 1-time
purchase. We plan to sell Bacto-filter at$2083 per month per unit for the rental
service and a selling price of $78111 perunit. We will turn a profit in our 3rd year
while rapidly increasing sales over thefollowing years.
6. Summary
We believe that our 'bacto-filter' canchange the way we control and deal with
CO2 emissions. Together we can stop
global warming with: bacto-filtration.

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