Senior Researcher PhD Henning Jørgensen Center for BioProcess Engineering

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1 Maabjerg Energy Concept, biogas plant, Måbjerg, Denmark Senior Researcher PhD Henning Jørgensen

2 Biorefinery demonstration and pilot plants Denmark has a number of successful pilot and demonstration plants for advanced biofuels and biorefining. Aarhus University Thermal platform

3 The DONG Energy Inbicon Demo plant Been operating pilot scale unit since 2003 Operating fully integrated demo scale plant since 2009 Facts demo plant Fully automated 3 operators 4 ton/hr of straw 5.4 mill l of ethanol/yr 13,100 tons of ligning pellets/yr 11,250 tons of C5-molasses/yr Rebuild in 2013 to include C5 fermentation using GMO yeast

4 The MEC biorefinery Consortia of local power companies (50%), DONG Energy and Novozymes (50%). Expect final investment decission 2016 Total investment 294 mio Expect startup of 2G bioethanol plant in 2018 In Center July for 2014 BioProcess awarded Engineering 39 mio in funding from the NER300 program, but still waiting for political Technical framework University of Denmark to support 2G ethanol production in Denmark (e.g. blending mandates)

5 The MEC biorefinery

6 Renescience waste to energy and recycling Enzymatic degradation and liquefaction of bio degradable materials: Core technology Makes the solid liquid separation and sorting possible Downstream processing is all of known technology Stable process

7 Renescience pilot plant Pilot plant (800 kg/h) situated on Amager Ressource Center in Copenhagen It has been in operation since December 2009 More than operating hours

8 Renescience full scale plant Full scale plant 15 tons/hr - 120,000 tons per year. Generate 5 MW renewable electricity and recycable materials Located in Northwich, UK Full operation expected 2017

9 Danish example of innovation to facilitate transition to BioEconomy A Strategic Platform for Innovation and Research on Value-added products from Biomass (BIO-VALUE SPIR) Platform manager Jane Lindedam, lindedam@biovalue.dk

10 Facts about BioValue Largest strategic initiative on biorefining in Denmark Knowledge- and innovation base for substitution of fossil raw materials with sustainable value chains based on refining of biomass July July 2018 Budget: 21 million ( 1,5 million dedicated to SME-projects) Funded by InnovationFonden (50%) and the Partners (50%) Currently 18 PhD students and 7 Postdocs, total approx. 90 people Partners 4 Universities 11 Companies 1 GTS 1 Innovation network 10

11 BioValue objective Target the entire value chain Conversion of all components into value-added products: Vision: DK Global technology leader in biorefining

12 BioValue research at DTU Biomass pretreatment and fractionation Enzymatic lignin modification, incl use of laccases, to improve lignin recovery and purity and facilitate lignin valorization Pretreatment equipment at DTU Hydrothermal pretreatment reactor up to 4 kg DM batch. Up to 210 degree C

13 BioValue research at DTU Separation of phenolic acids from monosaccharides by lowpressure nanofiltration integrated with laccase treatments Detoxification and purification of sugar streams from pretreatment using membrane technology and reactive separation integrating enzyme processes with membrane separation Lou et al., (2015). Journal of Membrane Science 482,83 91

14 BioValue research at DTU Separation of xylose from glucose by enzyme assisted nanofiltration Enzymatic oxidation of glucose to gluconic acid and separation by nanofiltration. Xylose separation factor of 34 and a through put of 18.7Lm -2 h -1. Separation factor for solutions of xylose and glucose 1.4 Morthensen et al., (2015). Journal of Membrane Science 492,

15 BioValue seminar on bioplastics May 18 th from 9-16 Location: Novozymes, Krogshøjvej 36, Building 8X, Bagsværd, Denmark Participation is free of charge, but only a limited number of seats are available See more at

16 Conclusion Denmark has build up a number of pilot and demonstration plants for production of advanced biofuels that holds significant potential for further development of biorefinery concepts First full scale plants close to construction The BioValue SPIR project is a good example of a large biorefinery project trying to bridge partners across traditional sectors and include whole value chain perspectives

17 More information Senior Researcher PhD Henning Jørgensen Links to mentioned companies/projects: Biofuel Technology - Inbicon Maabjerg Bioenergy REnescience - Steeper Energy BioValue SPIR Financial support Danish Energy Agency Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program