Is your biobased process (almost) ready to scale up?

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1 Is your biobased process (almost) ready to scale up?

2 Take a look at the Pilots4U asset database and discover an open access pilot facility that suits your needs!

3 353 different entries, from 99 organisations located in 19 different countries

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6 VTT pilot facilities in bio and circular economy Pauliina Tukiainen and Mika Härkönen VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd Pitch perfect and boost the European Bio- Economy Cross-border matchmaking and networking event 7 November 2018, 10am-6pm Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel

7 From laboratory via piloting to markets Piloting enables crossing the valley of death for commercialization. New process industry innovations often require extensive piloting. Open access Shared Pilot Facilities: Competence in piloting and scale-up Time saving with ready-to-use facilities Cost savings by sharing the investment and operation costs VTT 2018

8 VTT pilot plants for bio and circular economy 2018 Regional innovation hubs with national, European and global impact Key features for VTT pilots Covers the development chain from raw materials to end products Two types of pilots: Process specific and multi-purpose Scale-up of own and customers technology development TAMPERE Polymeric materials processing JYVÄSKYLÄ Fibre based web production Foam forming Fluidised bed combustion Pilot operations figures (annual averages) 125 customers 45 foreign customers Contract commissions ~40% (varies by pilots 20-80%) SME:s 10-50% ESPOO / BIORUUKKI Gasification Pyrolysis Cellulose fibre spinning Biomass processing Hydrometallurgy ESPOO / OTANIEMI Process chemistry Food and brewery Fermentation and bioprocessing Roll-to-roll coating

9 VTT Bioruukki Pilot Centre An integrated enabler to accelerate higher value business in bio and circular economy Thermochemical conversions Biomass processing and textile fibres New business opportunities demand cross-disciplinary knowhow, piloting and demonstration facilities for a fast track to market. Green Chemistry Fuels from waste Recycled textile fibres Chemicals from cellulose Metal recovery from ashes Plastics recycling to chemicals Process data and digitalisation

10 Bioruukki Pilot Centre Connecting industries THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION PLATFORM Gasification and pyrolysis technologies for biofuels and biochemicals. Recycling concepts. Carbon re-use and energy storage. Started in Bioruukki 2015 BIOMASS PROCESSING and TEXTILE FIBRE PLATFORM Innovative biomass processing and fractionation. Cellulose based textile fibres. Started in Bioruukki 2018 GREEN CHEMISTRY PLATFORM Sustainable chemistry for tailored biobased chemicals and materials, new processes, and recycling concepts. Starts in Bioruukki 2020

11 Our innovation ecosystem partners Process industry Technology companies SMEs, Start-ups RTOs and universities Regions and cities European pilot networks

12 Thank you!

13 TWB BIOSCIENCES & BIOPRODUCTION 30/10/2018

14 OUR MISSION FACING THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE ACCELERATE PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLABORATIVE R&I PROJECTS INDUSTRIAL BIOLOGY 1

15 SKILLS SUPPORT FOR START-UP DEVELOPMENT Hosting & Support use of technological equipment administrative, scientific & business support networking At TWB, today Technological services European project SuperBIO European SMEs «TWB Award» annual contest technological services 4 months, Award 2018 BFC 2

16 CULTURE A multicultural ecosystem > Scientific excellence > Entrepreneurship > Industrial interface > Combined financing > Institutional culture 3

17 CONSORTIUM

18 OUR STRENGTHS 5

19 OUR STRENGTHS > Simplifying the public/private interface SIMPLICITY > Federating a network of experts EFFICIENCY > Fostering scientific creativity CREATIVITY > Integrating ethics and sustainable development vision RESPONSIBILITY >> CREATING VALUE AND EMPLOYMENT 6

20 MEANS : INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORMS Strain engineering molecular biology, synthetic biology, picking and screening low & highthroughput, libraries construction Biotransformation & culture process microbial cell culture, microbial & enzymatic process optimisation, screening in situ, kinetic characterisation Process development scale-up, up stream process, down stream process process transfer, robustness study, batch supply Analytical / Bio-informatics Environmental evaluation / Ethics 7

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22 OUR AMBITION 9

23 OUR AMBITION >>> BEING A KEY PLAYER IN THE EUROPEAN BIOTECH ENVIRONMENT BY 2025 Create a 15,000m² biotech complex on the INSA campus (University of Toulouse) Validate pilot-scale bioproduction projects Stimulate entrepreneurship Develop international activities Strengthen scientific & technological excellence 10

24 WORK WITH US AND BECOME A WOLRD CHAMPION Follow TWB Biotech Biotech 11

25 CENTRO NACIONAL DE ENEGÍAS RENOVABLES NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTER OF SPAIN Goizeder Barberena Strategy and Business Development Manager

26 BIO2C Biorefinery and Bioenergy Centre Integrated trial and demonstration platform designed to develop: processes, equipment and specific components, new bioproducts and biofuels, bio-refinery concepts. Process Development Units (PDUs) for bioproducts and advanced biofuels on a pilot scale level as an intermediate step towards the industrial scale-up of these technologies. Services, among others: Testing and Analysis Product and Process Development Tailor-made research Contracts Participation in R&D Funded projects (i.e H2020) External staff stages and training

27 BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS UNIT PILOT PLANT Pretreatment Enzymatic Hydrolysis Fermentation Continuous horizontal reactor Feed flow: up to 5 kg/h Pressure up to 14.5 bar Temperature up to 200ºC High flexibility in feedstocks High solids enzymatic hydrolysis stirred tank reactor 200l capacity Temperature: ºC Atmospheric pressure Fully monitored bioreactors 40l and 100l capacity Temperature: 23-85ºC Adjustable agitation speed, air/gas ratios, ph, nutrients

28 BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS UNIT INDUSTRIAL PLANT Modular and flexible facility. Main equipments: Biomass feeding system High solid enzymatic reactors (2 x 3 m 3 ) Solid- liquid separation, Detoxification and liquid fraction conditioning Fermentation train consisting of several monitorized bioreactors (1, 3 and 6 m 3 )

29 PRIVATE PROJECTS (EXTRACT)

30 FUNDED PROJECTS (EXTRACT)

31 THANK YOU VERY MUCH! THANK YOU!

32 FACILITIES FOR WASTES AND BIO-RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PhD. Hary DEMEY

33 CEA, LEADER IN R&D OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES 9 centers empl. 4,1 Md /y 195 start ups 743 patents/year DEFENSE FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH HEALTH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES LOW CARBON ENERGIES 7 sites empl. 600 M /y 50 start ups 500 patents/an TRANSPORT BUILDINGS INDUSTRY MATERIALS 3 sites empl. 170 M /y 235 patents/y CEA-LITEN Département de recherche pour la transition énergétique des territoires et de l industrie

34 R&D GOAL Biomass and waste Wood Agricultural residues Heat & power Tires Sludges Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels Microalgae Refused derived fuels (RDF) Biomaterials Hary DEMEY l 3

35 GENEPI RESEARCH FACILITY Hary DEMEY l 4

36 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Grinding Pretreatment Conversion Post-treatment / Purification Torrefaction Gasification Methanation Thermal cracking Drying Pyrolysis Flash pyrolysis Hydrothermal carbonization Separation, extraction Refining Blending Pelletizing Combustion Anaerobic digestion Syngaz purification Catalysis Hydrothermal liquefaction Fermentation Supercritical water gasif. Hydrolysis Esterification Torrefied product Powders Pellets Organic molecules Activated carbon Biochar Syngas Solid fuel (char) Bio-oil Ash, minerals Clean water CO 2 Biofuels (diesel, methanol) SNG Bio-oil, Bio-crude Building block molecule Ethanol, bio-butanol, H 2 Hary DEMEY l 5

37 EXPERTISE AND SKILLS Resource characterization Process engineering and thermodynamics Inorganic species behavior and agglomeration control Design, instrumentation and implementation of experimental pilots Process upscaling : pilot and demonstration performance analysis Modeling of torrefaction, pyrolysis and gasification physical and chemical reactions. Analysis of liquid, solid and gaseous products, tars and trace pollutants Process simulation (Proseet, Prosim) Economical evaluation of the various bioenergy routes (multi-scale, multi-criteria, multi-resource, muti-applications) Hary DEMEY 6

38 Academicals Industrials MAIN PARTNERS Pretreatment Conversion Post-treatment Hary DEMEY l 7

39 THANK YOU MERCI! PhD. Hary DEMEY

40 GREEN ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE Pavlina Nanou, Jan Pels, Levien de Lege Pitch perfect and boost the European bio-economy event 7 th of November 2018

41 EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH - LAB TESTING Filtration Liquid effluent Solids Sewage Sludge (Digested and Undigested) 20-L autoclave vessel C Anaerobic digestion Mechanical Pressing & Characterisation - Mass yield - Dry matter content - Calorific Value - Elemental analyses 2 Green energy and sustainable materials from sewage sludge 07 November 2018

42 TORWASH = TORREFACTION + WASHING Upgrading of biomass that has too much water or too much salt Unique concept: It enables efficient mechanical dewatering It enables complete removal of salts Mild process conditions allow digestion of the effluent No use of flocculants ECN patent WO 2013/ Goal: maximum energy and materials 1 st product: solid biomass fuel 2 nd product: biogas from digestion of effluent Potential for controlled release of phosphorus Solid Biofuel Pellets 3 Green energy and sustainable materials from sewage sludge 07 November 2018

43 DIGESTED AND UNDIGESTED SEWAGE SLUDGE LAB SCALE RESULTS TORWASH and dewatering of sewage sludge results in a pressed cake with wt% dry matter Both effluents are well digestible Net calorific value of solid product increases to MJ/kg Phosphorus largely in solution, but may be manipulated After centrifuge, before 8 TORWASH dry matter content wt% After TORWASH and dewatering Digested sludge After TORWASH and dewatering Undigested sludge Green energy and sustainable materials from sewage sludge 07 November 2018

44 PILOT TESTING AT WWTP ALMERE, NL Sewage sludge TORWASH pilot Slurry Filter press pilot Solid Cake S2PP Project (combustion & gasification) Effluent Effluent treatment pilot 5 Green energy and sustainable materials from sewage sludge 07 November 2018

45 POTENTIAL SAVINGS FOR ALMERE: 1,1 M Almere Dry matter Volume [ton] Disposal costs* Centrifuge 8% M 3.4 Existing Press 21% M 1.3 Best Press 24% M 1.1 TPH 30% M 0.9 TORWASH 65% M 0.2 * 60 per ton as received in all cases repeatedly obtained for various raw materials 6 Green energy and sustainable materials from sewage sludge 07 November 2018

46 MORE INFORMATION Consortium partners Project Leader Financial support Dr. ir. Pavlina Nanou Technical Lead Biomass Upgrading to Fuels Westerduinweg 3 P.O. Box LE Petten 1755 ZG Petten The Netherlands The Netherlands 7 Green energy and sustainable materials from sewage sludge 07 November 2018

47 Product development Ing J.H.F Veldhuis MBA Businessdevelopment

48 Methanol market 72 Mtonne per year production globally (Main producer and consumer) 2/3 is produced by Natural gas Steam reforming, 1/3 Coal gasification Market is moving from Chemicals to Energy fuel Methanol can be used as: Blending fuel (15 % in gasoline), Monofuel or Hydrogen carrier High octane number: 115, No PM emissions, low NOX/SOX Offtakers: Marine fuel, Heavy duty trucks Cost price SMR/Coal gasification route: USD /tMeOH Sales price Methanol:

49 Methanol market Methanol as fuel Methanol as building block

50 Renewable Methanol H2 made from Electrolysis, Europe In these regions USD 60/MWh is possible with load factor (around 4500 h, >4000 h required) Large Electrolyser costs (400 MW): USD 450 per kw USD 3-4 /Kg H2 Methanol price: USD 700 /tonne Syngas can be also made from Wood, Biomass Cost Methanol: varying from USD /t for wood, USD for waste

51 Twente case Electricity price: 10 USD/MWh

52 Companies present in bio methanol CRI first of its kind Emissions-to-Liquids facility in Iceland George Olah (GO) Renewable Methanol Plant, Svartsengi, Iceland First commissioning: 2012 Capacity expansion: 2015 CCU throughput: 5,600 t/yr CO2 Electrolyzer capacity: 800 t/yr H2(1200 Nm3/hr) Production capacity: 4,000 t/yr methanol

53 Follow up in project Twente CO2 to Methanol is part of industrial bio-energy project Twente: CO2 utilization Part of Power to Products program: green gas, bio-lng, Methanol out of Bio Methane October 2018: Greenpower Twente offers a development program with new innovative Methanol reactor and scale up in collaboration with TU Twente