sunliquid for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural
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BIO Pacific Rim Conference2014
San Diego, CA
December 9, 2014
Cellulosic ethanol: Scale Up to Commercialization with sunliquid® technology
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Clariant’s Biotech & Renewables sites –Munich & Straubing
Munich
Research & Development Center
Since 2006
93 employees
Lab and office space: 3,300 m²
Pilot plant since 2009
Straubing
sunliquid® demonstration plant
Since 2011
18 employees
Area: 2,500 m²
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Clariant’s Biotechnology platform offers holistic solutions for bio-based products and processes
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System
solutions out of
one hand
Catalysts
Bio-technology
Chemistry & Materials
Process Technology
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sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol process is undergoing
commercialization
Integrated on-site enzyme production
Fermentation of C6 and C5 sugars into
ethanol
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Feedstock- and process-specific enzymes
Flexible ethanol separation technologies incl.
adsorption
Key features and advantages
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With its focus on integration, sunliquid® is designed to achieve optimal efficiency
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Bio-
technology
Process
Design
Enzymatic hydrolysis
High sugar yields through
feedstock and process-specific
cellulase enzymes
Integrated on-site enzyme
production with biomass as
nutrient source
Standard equipment
Low scale-up risk due to
established equipment
Standard protocols for plant and
equipment operations
Integrated
Technology
Solution
Low OPEX through process design and efficient conversion
Reduced CAPEX risk
Flexible feedstock input and product output
Ethanol Fermentation
High ethanol yields with
proprietary high-end yeast
technology
Simultaneous one-pot C5&C6
fermentation
Energy integration
Side products (e.g., Lignin) as
energy sources
Integration with site-specific energy
infrastructure
Thermal pre-treatment
Chemical-free & low-cost pre-
treatment
Conditions optimized jointly with
enzyme production
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Clariant’s chemicals-free pretreatment is flexible and reduces OPEX
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Clariant’s low-opex pre-treatment
Chemicals-free mild conditions steam-based
pretreatment
‒ Reduced operation cost, no acid or base
required leading to 45% less overall chemical
costs
‒ Reduced health risk from chemicals handling
Optimized conditions for multiple feedstocks
‒ Wheat Straw1
‒ Corn Stover1
‒ Bagasse1
‒ Long list of other feedstock tested in lab and
pilot plant2
Pre-treated raw material used for screening for
optimized enzymes strains
Hardware technology based on standard equipment
from the Paper & Pulp industry
1 Optimized at Clariant’s demonstration plant in Straubing
2 E.g., Cane Straw, woody biomass (hard and soft), empty fruit bunches, risk husks, rice straw, oat hulls, energy crops, etc.
3 Cost of total chemicals required for process (excl. enzyme production) in case pre-treatment with acid vs. chemical-free pretreatment is used
Sugar cane bagasse
Wheat straw
Chemicals-freeAcid based
-45%
Overall chemicals cost3
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Clariant’s enzymes are high-performing and cost-saving
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1 Results were performed on chemical-free pre-treated biomass using standard hydrolysis conditions (identical enzyme concentrations)
2 Commercial enzymes from a leading enzyme provider for cellulytic enzymes (externally produced, purified and formulated for shipment)
Commercial
benchmark2
Lower cost
Higher cost
On-site biomass as
nutrient source
Not required,
whole broth used
for hydrolysis
Produced on-site
Standard enzymes
Expensive synthetic
nutrient source
required
Required for
stabilization
Produced off-site,
Transport required
Chemicals and
energy required
Nutrients
Purification
Formulation
Transport
Clariant’s enzymes show better performance
Clariant’s has established the efficient process of
Selection & Optimization & Screening to
develop and the best strain and activities
Clariant’s integrated on-site enzyme production reduces
cost by cutting out required processing steps and transport
Integration also enables feedstock specificity
Self-sufficiency from external supplier and logistics
Clariant’s enzymes perform better… …and reduce cost through integrated on-site production
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The sunliquid® demonstration plant
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Output: 1,000 t/a Ethanol
Location: Straubing, Germany
Operational since July 2012
Feedstock: ~ 4,500 t/a wheat
straw, corn stover or bagasse
Scale-up towards commercial
scale only 50x
Wheat Straw, Corn Stover, and
Sugarcane Bagasse converted
to Ethanol
Commercial-scale design
confirmed
Scale-up experience from pilot
plant and solution finding
sunliquid® demo plant
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sunliquid® is being successfully tested as E20 blend
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Since January 2014, sunliquid®20 is being tested in Mercedes’ fleet
Gasoline-Ethanol blend containing 20% cellulosic ethanol from Clariant’s demonstration plant
Joint Press Announcement on September 23
4% reduction in energy content through increased engine efficiency compared to E10 –> high quality fuel
with high octane!
Particle emissions are decreased by 50%
Advanced and sustainable! High GHG emission savings through cellulosic ethanol
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The Engineering Process Design Package allows implementation to get underway quickly
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Complete, comprehensive process design allows
implementation to get underway quickly.
sunliquid® Process Design Package
Technological blueprint for
50.000 to 150.000 metric tons of
cellulosic ethanol production
Modular concept makes it easy to take account of
site and project specific boundary conditions.
Use of standard hardware already established in
other industries, significantly reduces risk.
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For a 50 kt/a plant, a footprint of
approx. 14-18 acres is required
Process design package completed for commercial plant
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Clariant’s offers a comprehensive packages around technology and services
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Integrated process technology
package including all steps along
the ethanol production chain
Starter cultures for proprietary
process-integrated enzyme
production
Starter cultures for the proprietary
fermentation organism which
converts C5 and C6 to ethanol
Proprietary ethanol separation
material for ethanol purification
sunliquid® technology package sunliquid® service package
Testing of customer-specific
feedstock in our demonstration
plant and pilot plant
Training of customer employees
in demonstration plant
Process Design Package to
provide technical specifications
and input for engineering
Support for feedstock logistics
and sourcing
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Cellulosic
Ethanol
sunliquid® is the ideal technology platform for highly sustainable bio-based products
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sunliquid® sunliquid®
Catalytic conversionsunliquid®
Sugar platform standalone
Development opportunities for
biobased products
Extensive know-how in
biocatalysis, strain optimization
and heterogenous catalysis
Biotechnology
Catalytic conversion
BiotechnologyBio-based
chemicals
Catalytic
conversionCellulosic
Sugars
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Clariant’s sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol links with JV partner Scientific Design’s catalytic MEG technology
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EthanolEthylene
Key facts about Scientific Design
50:50 Joint Venture between Clariant and SABIC
Licenser of Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol Technology (SD awarded ~80% of non-captive
licenses since 1980 with 30 licenses since 1990)
Licenser of alcohol dehydration technology (SD awarded two ethanol-to-ethylene and six
ethanol to EO/EG licenses since 2006)
Integration study has been completed between sunliquid technology & SD downstream
conversion to bio-MEG (including site retrofit and capital estimates)
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sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol undergoing commercialization
2006
Start of the development
(as Süd-Chemie)
Setup of Biotech R&D
Center in Munich
2009
Pilot plant operational
Capacity 1 t/a Ethanol
2012
Demo plant operational
Capacity 1,000 t/a Ethanol
Validation on wheat straw
2013
Validation with corn stover
and sugarcane bagasse in
demo plant
ISCC certification
2014
E20 fuel testing with
Mercedes Benz & Haltermann
2014
Process Design Package for
commercial-scale plant
finalized
Commercialization
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For further information please contact:
Martin A. Mitchell
Global Business Development Manager
Group Biotechnology, Biofuels & Derivatives
Clariant Corporation
309 Court Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309 USA
Phone: +515 699 8518
E-mail: [email protected]
For more information on sunliquid® technology visit www.sunliquid.com
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