Saudi engineer invents unique biotechnology

RIYADH: Saudi engineer and inventor Ibrahim Alalim has come up with a new biotechnology to break down the composition of any animal fat, crude oil or any petrochemical product.
“This biotechnology involves a liquid extract from vegetables that could be instrumental in coming up with products that will be useful in cleaning utensils, floors and marble,” Alalim said.
Explaining the biotechnology, the 70-year-old inventor said that it involves what he calls “Al-Raheef,” a liquid extract from a vegetable. Al-Raheef means “very elegant” in Arabic. He did not name the vegetable since he had not yet registered the patent with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland where had earlier worked for 20 years in the 1980s.
“Al-Raheef in liquid form is responsible for decomposing any fat into its smallest particles to get rid of it,” said Alalim, who took more than 12 years to develop Al-Raheef.
To demonstrate how the biotechnology works, he poured five grams of Al-Raheef to 95 grams of gasoline and shook it hard.
After two minutes the brown-colored gasoline changed to a white creamy substance. It was no longer gasoline.
He added that Al-Raheef could also be used in cleaning up oil spills at sea or on land.
“If you spray Al-Raheef on an oil spill, it breaks down its composition and the seawater will be cleaned. The broken down composition will sink to the seabed,” he said.
He added that if you spray Al-Raheef on sand with an oil spill, it cracks the oil to smaller particles and sinks into the soil like water.
By doing so, the environment can be cleaned up in a simple, easy way.