TM Bioproducts from Woody Biomass Alan Potter Vice-President FPInnovations ABIC, Saskatoon, Sept 15 th, 2010 2010/2011 www.fpinnovations.ca 1
Introduction FPInnovations Forest Sector Transformation Bio-Opportunities for Wood Biomass 2
FPInnovations is A merger of Canada s forest sector research institutes Feric Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada Forintek Canada s National Wood Products Research Institute Paprican Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada Canadian Wood Fibre Centre CWFC Canadian Wood Fibre Centre of the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) of Natural Resources Canada 3
Our offices and laboratories FPInnovations offices and laboratories Industry, Universities, Provincial and Federal Governments CWFC FPInnovations: Forest Resources, Wood Products and Pulp&Paper divisions Pulp&Paper Division Prince George Forest Resources Division Fire Operations Group (Hinton, AB) Head Office Pointe-Claire / Forest Resources and Pulp&Paper divisions Wood Products Division 4
Canada s Forests 5
A Sustainable Foundation More protected forest and more forest regeneration than any other country. More certified forest than all other countries put together. 6
With some convincing to be done 7
The Forest Products Transformation Sustainable Forests Commodity Wood Products Commodity Pulps & Papers Building and Living with Wood Engineered Composites & Building Systems Sustainable Construction Appearance Products Bio-energy & Bioproducts Energy Self Sufficiency Energy Export Bio-products Specialty Pulps & Papers Modified Fibres Green Papers & Packaging Add-on Plant 8
Building Materials Evolution Better use of small and low grade logs (all species) Parallam Veneer Strip Lumber Oriented Strand Lumber Laminated Veneer Lumber 9
Green Building & Sustainable Construction 29 tonnes of CO 2 are captured in a typical house. Offsets five years of driving the family car. 10
Increased use of Wood 11
Bio Definitions Bioproducts: Bioenergy Biochemicals (including Biofuels) Biomaterials 12
Energy Self Sufficiency Triple Wins Economic Social Environmental Electricity Generation Natural Gas Substitution Clean Solid Fuel Generation 13
The Bioeconomy Window Technologies Chemical Mechanical Hydrocarbon Attributes Functionality Price Supply Fuels Quality of Life Food Materials Enzymes Genetics Biotechnology Carbohydrate Environment Renewable Price Supply 14
Forest Biorefinery 15
Potential Pathways Forest Residues Bark, Sludges Gasification, pyrolysis Synthesis products Sludges, Effluents Chemical processes New Products Chips Pulp mill Cellulose Conventional processes Pulp, Paper Lignin Chemical processes New Products Hemicellulose Chemical processes Fermentation processes Polymers Ethanol, Lactic acid 16
Biochemical Intermediates Primary Objective: To create new long term value streams from forest origin residuals 17
Cellulose Over 1.5 Trillion Tonnes/Year Cellulose Focus is on new applications for cellulose 18
There a nanoproducts in that wood microfibril : crystalline region amorphous region acid hydrolysis H 2 SO 4 TEM image of cotton nanocrystals 19
Forest Nanoproducts Aerospace Automotive Forest Composites Coatings Medical Pharmaceutical NCC and silvichemicals 20
Potential NCC applications 21
The Forest Products Transformation Sustainable Forests Commodity Wood Products Commodity Pulps & Papers Building and Living with Wood Engineered Composites & Building Systems Sustainable Construction Appearance Products Bio-energy & Bioproducts Energy Self Sufficiency Energy Export Bio-products Specialty Pulps & Papers Modified Fibres Green Papers & Packaging Add-on Plant 22
Summary Sustainable Building and Living with Wood Energy self-sufficiency Biochemicals, Biofuels Biomaterials from Cellulose 23
Wood is moving the future 24