competitors in the market and technologies to convert biomass into sugar

1. ‚Lignocellulosic Ethanol:
Competitors in the Market and Technologies to
Convert Biomass into Sugar‘
Dipl.-Bw. Dirk Volkmann
17th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition
Hamburg, July 2, 2009, Session OD8.1
Volkmann Consult – Corporate Advisors, Joachimstrasse 24, D-40545 Duesseldorf, dirk@volkmann-consult.de

2. Lignocellulosic feedstock
 Wood
 primary (native)
 plantation
 primary forest waste
 secondary processing waste
 Agricultural residues
 straws (wheat, barley, rice)
 bagasse (sugarcane, sweet sorghum)
 stover (corn, milo)
 Municipal waste
 Waste paper
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3. - complexity of the raw material -
composition:
target:
cellulose
(35 – 50%) to separate the lignin
and the hemicellulose
hemicellulose from the cellulose and to
(20 - 35%) break up the protective
skin of the cellulose to
lignin make it predisposed for
(10 – 25 %) enzymes
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4. cellulosic technologies
acid hydrolysis enzymatic
concentrated acid
processes
hydrolysis
dilute acid hydrolysis lignocellusic removal (pretreatment)
ethanol of the lignin present in
new acid hydrolysis
lignocellulosic
feedstocks
biomass
synthesis gas
production of ethanol from
biomass synthesis gas
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5. acid hydrolysis: technologies
 Sulfuric
 concentrated: one stage
 dilute: one stage
 dilute/concentrated: two stage
 dilute/dilute: two stage
 Hydrochloric
 concentrated: liquid phase
 concentrated: vapor phase
 dilute
 Organic (autohydrolysis)
 steam pressure
 steam and mechanical pressure
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6. acid hydrolysis: market players
 Agresti Biofuels, US
 Arkenol, US
 Blue Fire, US
 Chempolis OY, FIN
 Green Star Energy, US
 Green Sugar, Germany
 Lignol Energy, CAN
 Pure Energy Corporation, US
 St. Petersburg State Forest-Technical Academy, RUS
 TNO, NL
 …..
your contact: Dirk Volkmann – dirk@volkmann-consult.de

7. concentrated acid hydrolysis
sulfuric acid :
Arkenol Technology (USA)
source: www.arkenol.com
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8. concentrated acid hydrolysis
hydrochloric acid :
biomass
Green Sugar Technology (GER)
Pre-sugar solution ( salts, amino acids, sugar [xyl, glc, ara, gal])
module 1
module 2 Main sugar solution (glc)
biomass
Hydrolysis wash water (glc)
pretreatment
HCl 32%ig
HCl 41%ig
Water
L ign in
HCl
module 3
module 4b module 4a
acid/sugar- water
acid recovery Acid absorbtion
Separation
w at er,
acet ic acid
sugar syrup sugar syrup
C5-rich C6-rich
(mainly xylose) (mainly Glucose)
source: www.green-sugar.eu
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9. dilute hydrolysis:
Pure Energy Corp. (USA)
technology used for Green Star Products projects
www.greenstarusa.com
source: www.pure-energy.com
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10. enzymatic processes: technologies
 pretreatment options
 autohydrolysis
 steam pressure
 steam and mechanical pressure
 steam explosion
 acid pre-hydrolysis
 dilute sulfuric acid
 dilute hydrochloric acid
 acetic acid
 concentrated sulfuric acid (cold)
 concentrated hydrochloric acid (cold)
 Alkali (Sodium hydroxide, Ammonia)
 Organolsolv (Methanol, Ethanol, Butanol, Phenol etc.)
 Mechanical
 attrition mill, roller mill, vibratory rod mill, extruder
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11. enzymatic processes: market players
 Abengoa, ES/US
 AE Biofuels, US
 BioGasol, DK
 Citrus Energy, US
 Dupont Danisco, US
 Ecofin, US
 Gevo, US
 IOGEN, CAN
 Mascoma, US
 Old Town Fuel and Fibre, US
 Pacific Ethanol, US
 Qteros, US
 Sekab, SWE
 ST1, FIN
 SunOpta, US
 Verenium, US …..........
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12. enzymatic hydrolysis:
Abengoa Bioenergy (ES/USA)
source: www.abengoabioenergy.com
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13. biomass synthesis gas: technologies
 production of synthesis gas
 steam reforming
 partial oxidation
 conversion processes
 methanol synthesis and homologation
 fermentation
 distillation
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14. biomass synthesis gas: market players
 BRI Energy, US
 Coskata, US
 Enerkem, CAN
 Flambeau River, US
 Guld Coast Energy, US
 IneosBIO, US
 Liberty Industries, US
 New Planet Energy, US
 Nova Fuels, US
 Range Fuels, US
 ......
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15. biomass synthesis gas:
Coskata Technology
source: www.coskata.com
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16. biomass synthesis gas:
Range Fuels Technology
Biofuels Storage
Syngas
Cleaning Alcohols
Devolatilization Separation
Gas Production
biomass feedstock Catalytic
Steam Reforming
handling Conversion
Syngas Production
Alcohols
Production
source: www.rangefuels.com
your contact: Dirk Volkmann – dirk@volkmann-consult.de

17. References and Links:
 The Cellulosic Ethanol Race,
 http://www.investincellulosicethanol.com/
 http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/tag/cellulosic-ethanol/
 http://www.ethanolrfa.org/resource/cellulosic/
 http://www.thecesite.com/index.html
 and the websites of all mentioned companies
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