from pulp and fiberboard to 2g ethanol opportunities and ...from pulp and fiberboard to 2g ethanol...

From pulp and fiberboard to 2G ethanol – opportunities and challenges

Mattias Erixon

• Providing technologies,

automation and services for the

pulp, paper and energy

industries

• Research and development

spend EUR 64 million in 2017

• Leading market position in all

markets

• Pulp

• Energy

• Board

• Tissue

• Paper

• Services

• Automation

• 120 service centers

• 87 sales offices

• 36 production units

• 16 R&D centers

• 12,000 professionals

‒ EMEA 8,000

‒ China 1,700

‒ North America 1,200

‒ Asia-Pacific 700

‒ South America 500

• Five consecutive years in Dow

Jones Sustainability Index

• Three consecutive years in

Ethibel Sustainability Index

Europe

• A- rating in CDP climate

program 2017

This is Valmet

18 March, 2019 © Valmet | Author / Title 2

Unique offering Strong global presence Market leadership Leader in sustainability

Orders received

EUR 3,272 million

Comparable

EBITA margin

7.2%

Employees

12,268 (In India about 300)

220 years of

industrial history

Orders received by business line

37%

10% 21%

32%

Services

Automation

Pulp and Energy

Paper

21%

6%

46%

17%

10%

North America

South America

EMEA

China

Asia-Pacific


Key figures in 2017

1920 1930 1980- 2010- 2018 2019

Steam gun

Birth of BioTrac

History 2G ethanol


Developed

refiner

technology

deliveries to

various bio

applications

”Pretreatment

systems”

Dedicated bio

organization

established,

New Pilot

”BioTrac” Increased

market

activities

Commercial

size BioTrac

2G Ethanol &

Black pellets

BioTrac

Pretreatment

Systems

deliveries

Journey

Forward

Continues

W.H. Mason

A. Asplund

Print paper

Digitalisation

Valmet’s Potential Offering

2G ethanol unit operations


End product supply chain

Valmet

Other

Raw material

supply chain

Valmet DNA

Integrated operations

Valmet DNA Integrated operations

Biomass handling Fermentation

Steam and energy

recovery

Valmet DNA Process Automation system

Evaporation Lignin separation Distillation

BioTrac

pretreatment Enzymatic hydrolysis

Energy island

Molasses Lignin Ethanol

• Based on proven technology

• Developed to fit process needs

• >20 BioTrac sold

Designed to needed process

BioTrac pretreatment


Based on proven technology

Technology background 2G ethanol


• Technology developed from Pulping and Fiberboard

• Designing system to process biomass is in our DNA

• Several hundred deliveries done wood based

• Market leader in non wood pulping > 50 deliveries done

Non-wood chemical

pulping line, India

Location Year Raw material Production, odt/d

Clariant, Romania 2020 Non wood 800

FICAP, France 2020 Wood 360

Confidetial, Europe 2016 Non wood 1000

Confidential, Asia 2016 Wood 1

Confidential, Asia 2016 Bagasse 1

Confidential, Europe 2016 Wood and non wood 70

Confidential, Thailand 2015 Non wood 8

Confidential, Canada 2015 Wood 600

Bio Pilot Facility, Delft, Netherlands 2014 Non wood 1

Greenfield Ethanol, Canada 2014 Wood and non wood 3

Confidential, Europe 2013 Non wood 1

Clariant, Germany 2011 Non wood 10

References BioTrac Pretreatment systems

© Valmet | Mattias Erixon / Training Biomass Conversion 2019 8

2G ethanol and Black Pellets

Commercial break throughs achieved 2018


Valmet has agreed with Clariant on the

delivery of a BioTrac biomass

pretreatment system for their Sunliquid®

cellulosic ethanol plant in Romania.

Start-up is planned for 2020.

Valmet has agreed with FICAP on the

delivery of a continuous steam explosion

system, Biotrac, for production of black

pellets. The black pellet plant will be a

part of an existing large industrial area,

located in the region of Champagne-

Ardenne in France. Start-up is planned

for 2020.

• Emerging business and new value chains

• Valmet’s role in the value chain?

‒ How do Valmet create most value

‒ How to do business together

‒ Project execution model

• Existing but also new customers

‒ Align expectations

‒ Business with new partners

Commercial, examples

New opportunity but also some challenges


• Raw material typically annual fibre, e.g. straw,

bagasse

‒ Wear on equipment

‒ Feeding bulky material

‒ Bridging/blockages

• Process conditions, e.g. high pressure and

temperatures, low pH

‒ Design need to be fit for purpose

‒ Choice of material quality

Technical, examples

New opportunity but also some challenges


Challenges addressed in design of BioTrac!

Summary

12

• Reliable partner with > 100 years

experience in designing and delivering

systems to process biomass

• Technical readiness for commercial size

BioTrac pretreatment systems

• We are committed to moving our

customers’ performance forward with our

unique offering and way to serve

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