Post on 18-Feb-2019
End
markets
Fuels and energy
Chemicals
and
polymers
Feedstock Conversion
Platform Feedstock Conversion
Platform
Advanced
carbohydrates
(cellulose and
hemicellulose)
Cellulosic Sugars
and
Lignin
Petrochemical way one raw material
Biorefinery way many raw materials
The biorefinery concept is analogous to today's petroleum refinery, which produce multiple fuels and chemicals from petroleum
The Biorefinery Concept
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The barrel of oil is replaced by the new biomass barrel
CELLULOSE (35 - 50 %)
EMICELLULOSE
(15 – 35 %)
LIGNIN (15 – 20 %)
ASHES (5 – 15 %)
CELLULOSE (35 - 50 %)
EMICELLULOSE
(15 – 35 %)
LIGNIN (15 – 20 %)
ASHES (5 – 15 %)
Biofuels
Biochemicals
Biochemicals (Aromatics)
Silica
Sustainability of the Biorefinery: a question
of energy
Producing multiple products and integrating waste treatment, Biorefineries can maximize the values derived from biomass feedstock and turn biomass processing into real opportunities
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Our R&D Center
Rivalta, Italy Rivalta Scrivia, Piedmont Italy
Biochemtex research facility is equipped with
4600 m2 dedicated to fuels chemistry and
technology from renewable resources and
counts engineers, biotechnologists and
chemists dedicated to R&D activities.
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our R&D Units Rivalta R&D Center
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Activities:
R&D on biofuels and renewable resources
Operational pilot plants for bio-ethanol and target chemicals from lignocellulosic feedstocks
Products applications support
Fully equipped analytical and fermentation
laboratories
Pilot Plants 130 people dedicated to
R&D activities
Technology: A Snapshot
More than USD 200M investment into R&D since 2006
Extensive agronomic studies and supply chain logistics investigation
A continuous 1t/d biomass pilot facility operational since 2009
A contiuous 60 kg/d LIGNIN Pilot plant for MOGHI Technology
A continuous 60 kg/d GREG pilot plant
Intellectual Property – 44 patent family applications filed, 25 are public, several patent GRANTED.
Collaboration with chemical, catalyst and/or Biotech companies
Commitment of Mossi Ghisolfi Group / Biochemtex and its partners to continuous development and improvement
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PROESA™ Technology Step by step
Scouting of Technologies
Generation of key inventions
Proof of UNIT OPERATION in the labs
2006-2008
Pilot plant construction & start up (June 2009)
Pilot Plant operation and data gathering
Test of Plant flexibility using multiple biomasses
2009-2010
Crescentino Plant
Collaboration Agreements with leading synthetic biology companies
License Agreements
Formation of Beta Renewables
2011-2012
Crescentino Plant
Start-up
Q2-2013
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Steam Water
CO2 Water
Ethanol
Steam
Power
Biomass Enzymes
Boiler + Generator
Recovery Hydrolysis + Fermentation
Pre-Treatment and Viscosity Reduction
Feed Handling
Cost-effective sugars from biomass
Aggregation: fully integrated process design
Agronomy best energy crops, based on field experiments
Biomass pre-treatment and viscosity reduction: continuous process
Hydrolysis and fermentation: unique hybrid SSCF process yielding high ethanol concentrations
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A Platform for Sustainability
PROESA® Technology for cellulosic sugars production
PROESA® Technology
Chemical & Biological
Conversion Platform
BIOFUELS
BIOCHEMICALS
BIOPOLYMERS
LIGNIN CHEMICALS
Ethanol JetFuel Butanol
Fatty Alcohols 1,4 BDO Farnasene
Lactic acid Acrylic acid Succinic acid Adipic acid
Phenols Benzene Xylene Terephtalic Acid
*production of all the reported chemicals have been already proven at lab /pilot scale in collaboration with Beta Renewables partners
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The Concept of Biorefinery
Hydrogen Catalyst
MOGHI Technology
BTX
GREG Technology
Hydrogen
Polyols
PROESA Technology
BIOMASS
C5,6 Sugars
YEAST
Lignin
Fermentation Separation Ethanol
Fermentation
/Separation
MO’
Isobutanol
Fatty Alcohols
1,4 BDO
…
• MG is developing its own technologies for sugars conversion and lignin processing.
• A biorefinery will produce various products: initially ethanol, then diols, later aromatics.
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GREG
Pre-Treatment PROESA
GREG
Ethanol
EG, PG
Raw Biomass C6
C5
Ethylene Glycol (EG) to M&G PET production
1,2-Propylene Glycol (PG) to cosmetic, anti-freezing/de-icing and resin industries
GREG process
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Process concept
Process
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Raw oligomeric C5 sugars
Purified monomeric C5 sugars
Glycols mixture
Hydrogenation/Hydrogenolysis
Purification/hydrolysis
Separation and product recovery
from Proesa
EG PG
GREG
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Observing its three-dimensional structure, it is easy to identify three main molecules such as: p-coumaryl alcohol, coniferyl alcohol, sinapyl alcohol, they could be considered main building blocks from the lignin polymer.
Phenolic structure Guaiacylic structure Siryngilic structure
1 methoxy group 2 methoxy groups
Lignin: chemistry and structure
MOGHI
MOGHI
Phase I Phenol Oil
Phase II Bio-
reformate
BTX (B, X for polymer
production)
Jet Fuel
Marinediesel
…
Phenols for Phenolic
Resins
Guaiacols for food
industry
Cresols
…
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Lignin
Hydrogen Catalyst
Technology scheme
Sugar Platform – example of cooperations
Codexis and Biochemtex together for production of C12-C14 fatty alcohols from
cellulosic biomass.
Proesa® Fermentation Separation
2G-FOH TECHNOLOGY
C5-6 sugars FOH Biomass
Genomatica and Biochemtex
together for production of 2G
bio-BDO from Proesa® sugars
Gevo and Biochemtex
together for production of 2G
isobutanol from Proesa®
sugars
Cobalt, Rhodia and Biochemtex together for
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2G Biorefinery
GREG Technology
Hydrogen
Polyols
Hydrogen Catalyst
MOGHI Technology
BTX
Fermentation
/Separation
MO’s
Isobutanol
N-butanol
Fatty Alcohols
1,4 BDO
…
PROESA Technology
BIOMASS
C5,6 Sugars
YEAST
Lignin
Fermentation Separation Ethanol
C5 Sugars
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