Green chemicals and fuels from the forest

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1 Slide 1 Green chemicals and fuels from the forest Welcome to this presentation by KIRAM LU Biofuels workshop Lund October 22, 2010 Slide 2 Renewable materials and fuels Five strong market drivers Climate change Security of supply Domestic raw materials Taxation incentives Fossil fuels cost

2 Slide 3 SunPine Renewable diesel from crude tall oil Raw materials Crude tall oil Acid vegetable oils Methanol Products Talldiesel ~65% Bio-oil ~35% Capacity Up to m3 talldiesel per year Slide 4 SunPine plant in Piteå harbour Start up in Q KIRAM

3 Slide 5 SunPine Piteå plant Process block flow sheet V TO CTOt De MR Crude talldiesel FvD MEmu CAT Mix TOrt M W R MEre N NT Bio-oil Slide 6 SunPine crude talldiesel Renewable feed to petroleum refinery Renewable Diesel 6

4 Slide 7 Well to Wheel analysis SunPine diesel compared to other renewable fuels WTW GHG (g CO 2eq / km) 200 Gasoline& Diesel Ethanol ( wheat) 100 Ethanol (sugarcane) SunPine diesel Bio-diesel Ethanol Cellulose Etanol (sugar beats) DME Biogas (black liquor) WTW Energy (MJ / 100 km) 7 Source: Södra, Preem,Concave, Chemrec, ÅF-analys Slide 8 SunPine plant May 2010

5 Slide 9 SunPine plant Byproducts upgrade and valoristaion Byproducts Rosin acids Rosin sizing Rosin esters Phytosterols Crude β-sitosterol Anthraquinone Slide 10 Next steps Increase capacity Fine tuning Valorize Byproducts Sale/upgrade of rosin rich pitch % Rosin Recovery of anthraquinone Recovery of phytosterols

6 Slide 11 Cellulose - a renewable source of fibres Why use cellulose? Utilization of earths most abundant renewable material Occurring at a volume of some 700 billion tons, cellulose is the earth s s most widespread natural organic chemical and, thus, highly important as a biorenewable resource. But even out of the 40 billion tons nature renews every year, only 0.2 billion tons are used as feedstock for f further processing. - Excellent LCA - Cellulose fiber regeneration ( textiles, nonwoven) - Homogeneous reaction chemistry ( green materials and chemicals) - Composite materials Slide 12 Management and control of hydrophobic interactions play a key role in formulating a new cellulose solvent systems Prof. Björn Lindman ( Lund, Coimbra) It is clear that mastering the dissolution of cellulose better has deep implications, not least for industrial developments. Much attention is put on ionic liquids but there are other interesting directions, which may turn out to be more important. Work in developing new solvents for cellulose has been notably empirical. The level of understanding of fundamental aspects is quite low. In fact, the analysis presented above has demonstrated that the current research in academia uses incorrect assumptions. Rather than focusing on breaking hydrogen bonds between cellulose molecules, any major progress must take into account the amphiphilic nature of cellulose molecules and the existence of hydrophobic interactions. Several carbohydrates including β 1 4 linked Dglucose in cellulose may be considered as having two hydrophobic surfaces with a hydrogen bonding edge. Based on a correct understanding of intermolecular interactions, it will be possible to build up a new research strategy and a new research program. In particular it will allow us to identify candidate solvents for cellulose.

7 Slide 13 CelluNova From forest to textile and apparels Slide 14 CelluNova project Partners Research,development and demonstration project Managed within EcoBuild - a Vinnova Excellence Center Industrial / Institutional Partners University partners EcoBuild SP Trätek SwereaIVF IKEA H&M Södra Skogsägarna Svenskt Konstsilke SKS KIRAM KIRAM Lunds University Physical Chemistry Theoretical Chemistry Chem.Eng LTH Karlstad University Cellulose Technology University of Coimbra Chalmers

8 Slide 15 Cotton Major environmental/socioeconomical issues Cotton has major socioeconomical and environmental issues that presumably will grow with increased awareness and consumer responsability Cotton is accounting for 3 % of the global cropland but no less than 25 % of the pesticide use (16 % of insecticides) is connected to cotton production Very large fresh water use Connected to child labour in many countries ( India, Uzbekistan ) Further growth is unlikely due to increased competition for food/feed/fuel crops Slide 16 Cellulose is truly a green material Regenerated cellulosic fibres is made from forest raw material Attractive price/cost Very large raw material base Excellent LCA Low water use No fertiliser No pesticides/insecticides Flexible fibres of widely different qualities can be made High tenacity / High Wet modulus Soft, smooth or stiff fibers Can be blended with other fibers/polymers

9 Slide 17 New business opportunity for the forest industry Forest industry in search for new markets for cellulose products Scandinavian pulp mills have modern, energy efficient machinery Over 10 million ton cellulosic pulp is produced in Scandinavia every year Very low carbon footprint operations Operating in harmony with environment, no or very low emissons All infrastructure is in place for manufacturing of dissolving pulp / staple fiber Environmentally superior sulfur free pulping processes under commercialisation ( NovaCell) Sulfur free by products sa lignin Hydrolysates Furfural Organic acids Slide 18 CelluNova Primary objectives and key target areas Establish an economical and environmentally superior process for manufacturing of textile and nowoven consumer products from regenerated cellulose fibres Production and export of cellulosic staple fibres from kraft and soda pulp mills ( cotton like, mm fibre length Hemicellulose extraction and use Cellulose dissolving, fiber regeneration and staple fibre cutting Pulp mill integration (chemical, energy) From staple fibers to yarns and fabric textiles Waste textile recovery and reuse New fibres with targeted physical quality ( to be further detailed ) Dimensional stability for washing Avoidance of limp, mushy hand Wet modulus Tenacity Bulk, dyeability Fibres for nonwoven applications Chemical industry applications ( cellulose esters etc. )

10 Slide 19 Thank You! KIRAM