20 TWh biodrivmedel genom jäsning - bioteknik. 2011-10-26 KSLA Seminarium Jan Lindstedt SEKAB E-Technology

20 TWh biodrivmedel genom jäsning - bioteknik. 2011-10-26 KSLA Seminarium Jan Lindstedt SEKAB E-Technology

The SEKAB Group www.sekab.com SEKAB E-Technology SEKAB BioFuel Industries SEKAB BioFuels and Chemicals R&D and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol ~30 employees Bioethanol based Green chemicals Biofuels ED95 & E85 ~80 employees Swedish company owned by regional energy companies and private investors Thermal efficiency Ethanol up to 43% Diesel up to 44%

Ethanol - DF CO2 - Linde Cellulose - DF Research - MoRe - Umeå Univ. Energy - Ovik Energi Planned Torrefication - BioEnDev Engineering - Eurocon Ethanol - fuels -Chemicals - SEKAB Cellulose Derivatives - Akzo Nobel Lignosulfonate - DF Planned Black Liquor Gasification - DF/ Chemrec CHP -Ovik Energi Biogas - DF The Domsjö Wood Based Biorefinery One of Top 3 in Europe

Ethanol production pathways Source: Raphael Slade, Imperial College, London

SEKAB focus 40 % cellulose 26 % hemicellulose 25 % lignin Scaling up and economy - productivity in continuous operation - raw material flexibility - plant design/ investment costs - scaling up of bioprocesses - process integration Acid / Enzymes Yeast CO 2 CO CO 2 2 CO 2 CO 2 Hemicellulose and Cellulose Monosugars C6 + C5 CH 3 -CH 2 -OH CH 3 -CH 2 -OH CH 3 -CH 2 -OH CH 3 -CH 2 -OH CH 3 -CH 2 -OH Ethanol + CO 2

E-Tech Biofuels Process Base Configuration

E-Tech business strategies Technology development and verification in demo plant on contract basis and in collaborations with universities, institutes and companies Revenues from: Consulting services such as feasibility studies Process engineering and preengineering design packages Technology licenses

Sulphite liquor ethanol plant Demo plant cellulosic ethanol

Demo Plant Fully integrated from cellulose feedstock to distilled ethanol Operated 24h/ 7d Dilute acid + enzymatic hydrolysis Two continuous flow-through thermochemical reactors Five 10 m 3 bio-reactors Yeast cultivation GMM certified Flexible Process configurations Feedstocks Other biorefinery applications (sugar platform) Capacity, 2 tons of dry wood chips / 24 h

Demo Plant 1. Raw material intake 2. Feeding vessel 3. Steaming and impregnation 4. Pretreatment 5. Neutralisation and inhibitor control 6. Enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation 7. Yeast propagation 8. Distillation 9. Product tank 10. Filter press 11. Solid material to incineration 12. Liquid to incineration/ biogas production 13. Evaporation Equipment www.sekab.com

Achievements Experience > 31 000 hours of accumulated operation High availability, good control Continuous uninterrupted operation for 3 weeks Yields from spruce wood (glucose from cellulose % of theoretical) ~ 50 % for 2-stage dilute acid > 70 % for enzymes. > 4 % ethanol concentration. GMM C5 - yeast succesfully tested Increasing number of feedstocks

What is unique for the E-Tech Process Combination of: Patent protected process solutions/ methods/ integrations 12 Patents/ applications Process know-how Extensive experiences from operation of continuous demo plant A strong CelluloseTechnology Platform with an extensive research and industrial network. Collaborations with; Universities and Institutes national and international Biotech companies active in development of enzymes and pentose fermentation Engineering companies and equipment suppliers with extensive experience from cellulose and ethanol processing

Cellulose feedstocks - Pine - Birch - Poplar - Tops and Wood chips Spruce branches Pulp fibers Sugarcane bagasse Wheat straw Corn cobs Corn stover Strong focus on wood cellulose in Swedish ethanol research programmes Increasing focus on agro materials

Integration options Biorefinery Cellulose-annexe Energy Raw material Energy Integration/exchange Biomass Energy Raw material Integration options 1 st generation ethanol plant Chemical plant Heat & power Pulp & paper Products

Energy Balance for Cellulose to Biofuels Plant Ethanol Total energy efficiency ~ 80-85 % Ethanol plant Wood 1) Solid fuel Biogas Fuels/ Heat/ Power Energy losses 2 ~15-20 % 1) Spruce 2) Energy need for ethanol plant included

20 TWh Cellulose Ethanol TWh/y Ethanol Plant, (150 ml, 5,9 kwh/l) 0,9 Ethanol (23 plants) 20 Biogas 8 Lignin 25 Total 53 Feedstock (30% energy, ethanol yield) 67

20 TWh Cellulose Ethanol and biogas TWh/y TWh/y Ethanol Plant, (150 ml, 5,9 kwh/l) 0,9 Ethanol (23/16 plants) 20 14 Biogas 8 6 Lignin 25 18 Total 53 37 Feedstock (30% energy, ethanol yield) 67 47

CEG production cost development

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