Horizon 1: Gasification and Pyrolysis - Biotechnology ...

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Horizon 1: Gasification and Pyrolysis Unique expertise and facilities for your business

Joop Groen July 17th 2018

BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology - Philadelphia

Powered by: TNO, VITO, ECN & Green Chemistry Campus

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• ECN part of TNO is one of the major RTO’s in Europe

• Unique expertise and facilities in Gasification and

Pyrolysis, with BTX co-production

• Looking for partners to team up in converting

gasification/pyrolysis-based aromatics into

applications


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Highest efficiency compared to competitionFeedstock flexibility (RDF, recycle plastic, biomass, waste wood)

Harvesting of high value co-products


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Bioenergy Biochemicals

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Different feedstocks result in different yieldsOrganic waste, heterogeneous recycle plastics very promising


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• First step after OLGA tar removal

• Successful litre-scale production

• >95% separation, BTX = 90/9/1

• Simplifies downstream processes

• Improves business cases

• Ethylene co-processing to boost BTX yield (double)

BTX scrubber (2 nm3/h)


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• Consortium of Synova/DRT, Gasunie, ENGIE, PDENH and ECN>TNO

• 4 MWth input, 300 Nm3/h green gas production

• BTX and ethylene harvesting pilot in slipstream

25 kW (~ 5 kg/h) 0.8 MW (~150 kg/h)


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Gasification based energy and chemicals

– Builds on existing MILENA OLGA BTX infra

– Skid-mounted mobile units, for on-site operation at client

– Built-in gas phase fermentation options

– New BTX and ethylene aromatization units

– Biofuel production set-up (Fischer Tropsch synthesis,

Methanol synthesis, liquefaction)


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Auger moving bed (Pyromaat)Feedstock intake 5 kg/hr, T up to 650°CContinuous operation, fully automatedSlow – intermediate pyrolysis

Bubbling fluidised bed (BFB)Feedstock intake 1 kg/hr, T up to 1100°CContinuous operation, fully automatedIntermediate – fast pyrolysis

Entrained flow (EF) – BFB (PYRENA)Feedstock intake 5 kg/hr, T up to 900°CIntegrated char combustionContinuous operation, fully automatedFast pyrolysis

Analytical pyrolysis / thermal desorption – GCMSHigh throughput screening at mg scale, T 350 – 1000°CBatch operation


(catalytic) pyrolysis, fractionated product recovery

Pulp- and paper

2nd G biorefinery

Lignin

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bio-plastics

bio-char for soil improvement

specialty chemicals

bio-bitumen for green asphalt

bio-resins for wood-adhesives

bio-fuel for CHP O O

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Oguaiacols

syringols

alkylphenols

catechols

high volume - low value market 100 €/t

low volume - high value market 10000 €/t

activated carbon, carbon-fibres and carbon-black

monomeric phenols from lignin pyrolysis

oligomeric fragments from lignin pyrolysis

additives for flooring material


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High-value additives in bitumen

Lignin char powder as barrier in PUR-foams

Transportation fuel additives

Replace phenol in phenol-formaldehyde resins

High-value additives in paint


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• ECN part of TNO is one of the major RTO’s in Europe

• Unique expertise and facilities in Gasification and

Pyrolysis, with BTX co-production

• Looking for partners to team up in converting

gasification/pyrolysis-based aromatics into

applications


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This project is made possible by a contribution from

the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

within the framework of OP-Zuid.

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