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Conversion of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin into platform molecules: biotechnological approach Anders Frölander Gudbrand Rødsrud Borregaard Industries Ltd, Norway EuroBioRef Summer school Lecce, Italy 18-24 September 2011

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Conversion of cellulose,

hemicellulose and lignin into platform

molecules: biotechnological

approach

Anders Frölander Gudbrand Rødsrud

Borregaard Industries Ltd,

Norway

EuroBioRef

Summer school

Lecce, Italy

18-24 September 2011

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerobic and aerobic fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration & closing remarks

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Critical sources to replace fossile sources and

reduce CO2 footprint

Agricultural products

Lignocellulose

Algae

Metals & minerals

Green electricity • Hydropower • Solar Power • Wind power

Nuclear power

Gas and petroleum

Coal

Food

Feed

Plastics (Materials)

Chemicals

Building materials

Transport

Mechanical power

Heat

Organic waste

Geo-thermal

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerobic and aerobic fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration & closing remarks

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Sulfite ethanol production all started in Sweden

• Experimentation with

fermentation of spent sulfite

liquor (SSL) started around 1903

• They soon found out they had to

neutralize with lime

Skutskär sulfite ethanol plant in Sweden started operation 1909

The worlds first sulfite ethanol plant The inventors of sulfite ethanol production

Gösta Ekström Hugo Wallin

Source: Persson, Bertil. Sulfitsprit. Förhoppningar och besvikelser under 100 år. Bjästa : DAUS Tryck & Media, 2007. ISBN: 91 7542 258-1.

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Monosaccharide % of DM in SSL from Eucalyptus

% of DM in SSL from Spruce

Arabinose (C5) 0,3 0,8

Xylose (C5) 21,9 5,3

Galactose (C6) 1,6 2,1

Rhamnose (C6) 0,6 0,2

Glucose (C6) 1,6 3,7

Mannose (C6) 1,0 14,6

1

Sugar composition of spent sulfite liquor (SSL) from sulfite pulping

Spruce SSL

• 20,6% of DM is C6 sugars

• 77% of sugars are C6 sugars

Eucalyptus SSL

• 22,1% of DM is C5 sugars

• 82% of sugars are C5 sugars

Sulfite cooking

Filtration

Fibre SSL

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33 sulfite ethanol plants in Sweden from 1909 until today

• First sulfite ethanol plant ever

opened 1909 in Skutskär, Sweden

• 33 plants have been in operation

in Sweden

• Only one in operation after 1983:

Domsjö, capacity of 15 000 m3/y

Source: Persson, Bertil. Sulfitsprit. Förhoppningar och besvikelser under 100 år. Bjästa : DAUS Tryck & Media, 2007. ISBN: 91 7542 258-1.

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17 sulfite ethanol plants in Finland 1927 - 1977

Source: 1. Biorefining in the pulp and paper industry. Niemelä, Klaus. Flensburg : s.n., 2008. 5th European Biorefinery Symposium. 2. Kaukoranta, Antti. Sulfittispiriteollisuus Suomessa vuosina 1918-1978 (Eng:"Sulphite alcohol industry in Finland in 1918-1978"). s.l. : Paino Polar Oy, 1981. ISBN 951-9479-25-2. 3. Niemelä, Klaus. Private communication. s.l. : VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND , 2010.

• Sulfite ethanol production was stopped in 1977 • The last sulfite mill in Finland stopped production in the early 1990’ies

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Sulfite ethanol plants in Central Europe

• Attizholts (later Borregaard) in Switzerland

– Production from 1912 to 2008

– Capacity 13 mill litres

– Also produced yeast and yeast extracts

• M-Real in Hallein in Austria

– Sulfite ethanol production 1941 – 1988

– Capacity 6 mill litres

– Evaluating to restart production in 2016

• Kirov only plant still in operation in Russia

Source: 1) Borregaard internal files 2) Conference Austria April 2011 3) IEA Report: Status of 2nd Generation Biofuels Demonstration Facilities in June 2010, A REPORT TO IEA BIOENERGY TASK 39

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Sulfite ethanol plants in USA

• Georgia Pacific

– Bellingham mill produced ethanol from 1976 –

2001

– Capacity 24 million liters

Source: 1) Katzen customer reference list (http://www.katzen.com/projects.html) 2) Borregaard internal files 3) Graf and Koehler, June 2000, OREGON CELLULOSE-ETHANOL STUDY, An evaluation of the potential for ethanol production in Oregon using cellulose-based feedstocks.

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Hydrolysis of wood for ethanol, SCP and furfural

• Initially developed in Germany around

1900. Yields up to 190 L/mt dry wood

• Used in the USA during World War I and II

– Converted further to butadien for

rubber during WW II

• USSR 1935 – 1985: Construction of

– 18 Ethanol plants,

– 16 SCP yeast plants

– 15 furfural/xylitol plants

– Feedstock hardwood:softwood 6:4

• Technology: weak sulfuric acid (130 –

150°C), 1 or 2 step hydrolysis

• None are profitable without subsidies

Sources: Wood hydrolysis industry in the Soviet Union and Russia: What can be learned from the history? Rabinovich, M.L. Helsinki, September 2009. The 2nd Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference (NWBC-2009), 111-120. Wikipedia contributors. Cellulosic ethanol. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. March 2, 2011, 16:08 UTC. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cellulosic_ethanol&oldid=416750931. Accessed March 8, 2011.

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USSR wood hydrolysis plants 1935 -

Production of ethanol, SCP and furfural

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Borregaard –

world’s largest producer of 2nd gen bioethanol

BRG capacity 20 mill litres of bioethanol pr year

1/3 as 99,5% and

2/3 as 96%

From hemicellulose from spruce in SSL (spent sulfite liquor)

Production started 1938

Yeast strain: Baker’s yeast,

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Adapted to industrial SSL continuously since 1938

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Source: 1. Brekke, A., Modahl, I.S. and Raadal, H.L. Konkurrentanalyser for cellulose, etanol, lignin og vanillin fra Borregaard (Eng: Competitive CO2 footprint analysis for cellulose, ethanol, lignin and vanillin from Borregaard). Fredrikstad : Ostforld Research, Des. 2008. Confidential report. Will be published. 2. Sutter, J. Life cycle inventories of petrochemical solvents. [red.] H.-J., Chudacoff, M., Hischier, R. Jungbluth, N., Osses, M. and Primas, A. Althaus. Life cycle inventories of chemicals. Final report ecoinvnet data v2.0. Duebendorf and St. Gallen : Swiss Centre for LCI, Empa - TSL, 2007, Vol. 8 / 22. 3. Jungbluth, N., Chudacoff, M., Dauriat, A., Dinkel, F., Doka, G., Faist Emmenegger, M., Gnansounou, E., Kljun, N., Speilmann, M., Stettler, C. and Sutter, J. Life cycle inventories of bioenergy. Final report ecoinvnet v2.0. Volume 17. . Duebendorf and Uster : Swiss Centre for LCI, ESU, 2007.

Comparison of CO2 footprint of ethanol produced in different ways

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Sulfite ethanol production 2011

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerobic and aerobic fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration & closing remarks

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Borregaard –

world’s most advanced biorefinery in operation

• Leading supplier of specialty cellulose

• Global leader in lignin performance chemicals, 50%+ market share

• Only producer of vanillin from lignocellulosics

• Production of lignocellulosic bioethanol since 1938

• World’s most advanced biorefinery in operation

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Borregaard product tree

Prodction cont

Production stopped

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Product tree from 2G bioethanol 1950 - 1980

n

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerobic and aerobic fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration & closing remarks

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Composition of lignocellulosics

LIGNIN Binder 20- 30%

HEMICELLULOSE Various sugars 25-30%

CELLULOSE Fiber 35 - 45%

LIGNOCELLULOSICS contain: Lignin Cellulose Hemicellulose

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Lignocellulosic biomass structure

Cellulose fibres for chemicals Width: μm Length: mm

Micro fibrillar cellulose Width: nm Length: μm - mm

Glucose monomers A few Ångstrøm

Planks M and cm

Logs Meters, m

Polymer chains

10 – 100 Å

Plant cells Width: μm - mm Length: mm

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Cellulose

Cellulose

– Long chains of ONE type of ”beads” (polymer of glucose)

– Forming crystals - crystalline

– Same chemical structure in every plant

LIGNIN Binder 30%

HEMICELLULOSE Various sugars 25%

CELLULOSE Fiber 40%

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Hemicellulose

Hemicellulose

– Long branched sugar chains

(polymer, polysaccharide)

– Amorphous

– Composition varies largely

from species to species

– C6 and/or C5 sugars

LIGNIN Binder 30%

HEMICELLULOSE Various sugars 25%

CELLULOSE Fiber 45%

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Lignin

O

H3CO

O

O

OCH 3

O

H3CO

OH

H3CO

OH

HO

OH

HO

HO

HO

O

OCH 3

OH

O

H3CO

OH

HOO

H3CO

OH

OHH3CO

HO

O

OCH 3

O

O

OH

OCH 3

O

CH3O

OH

HOO

Carb.

O

HO

O

OH

OCH 3

HO O

OCH 3

OH

OH

OH

H3CO

HO

O

H3CO

HO

OCarb.

OH O

(Adler, 1977)

Lignin

– Branched long-chain molecule (polymer) made up of 3 types of monomers

– Amorphous (non-crystalline)

– Composition varies from species to species

– Is the binder in all plants gluing the cellulose fibres together

LIGNIN Binder 30%

HEMICELLULOSE Various sugars 25%

CELLULOSE Fiber 45%

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Composition of some lignocellulosic feedstocks

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerob and aerob fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration

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Biomass to products conversion options

Pre-

treatment

Separation

(Partly degraded)

Natural polymers

Chemical and/or

mechanical

processing

Liquefaction/

hydrolysis

- Enzymatic

- Weak acid

- Strong acid

Sugar

in solution

Fermentation

CCS

Chemical

conversion

Pyrolysis Extraction,

BCD Chemical &

Solvolysis Catalytic conversion

Purification

Gasification Catalytic synthesis

Refining, (CCS?)

Synthesis gas,

CO + H2

Marketable

products

- Biocehmicals

- Biomaterials

- Proteins

- Biofuels

- Energy

”Bio-monomers”

Combustion CO2, CCS

Heat, energy

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerobic and aerobic fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration & closing remarks

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Sugar plattform path ways

Hydrolysis processes

• Dissolving celluose and hemicellulose leaving hydrolysis lignins undissolved

– Strong acid

– Weak acid

– Enzymatic

– Microbial

Pulping processes

• Dissolving lignin (and hemicellulose) leaving cellulose undissolved

– Kraft

– Soda

– Sulfite

– Solvent

– Extrusion

Lignin quality depends strongly on process and biomass source

Hemicellulose/xylan form and quality depends on process and biomass

Hydrolysis Lignin (S)

Hemi- Cellulose (L)

Cellulose (L)

Lignin (L)

Hemi- Cellulose (L)

Cellulose (S)

SOLID

SOLID

LIQUID

LIQUID

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerobic and aerobic fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration & closing remarks

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Pretreatment processes

• Hydrolysis processes

– Strong acid pretreatment (low temp, large consumption of acids, need regeneration of acids, low yields): Weyland, TNO, BlueFire

– Weak acid pretreatment (high temp and pressure, creates large amounts of inhibitiors): SEKAB, Iogen

– Steam explosion (followed by enzymatic hydrolysis, also combined with acids or SO2): Abengoa, Inbicon, BioGasol, University of Lund, Andritz

• Microbial (microbes doing the whole job of hydrolysis and fermentation)

– Mascoma, Arbor Fuel etc.

– Solid state fermentation

• Pulping processes

– Kraft: evaluated by Innventia, most common commercial chemical pulping process

– Soda: evaluated by Innventia, old pulping process

– Sulfite: Borregaard, Wisconsin Uni. (SPORL), modified sulfite pulping processes

– Solvent/Organosolv : Lignol, CIM-V

– Extrusion: PureVision (autohydrolysis)

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Steam explosion pretreatment

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpMAiyWoEFo

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BALI™ – the holistic pretreatment process

• The pretreatment and separation process used in EuroBioRef for lignocellulosics Supplying sugars in solution

• A pretreatment process that enables production of valuable products out of all three main lignocellulosic components

– Cellulose

– Hemicellulose

– Lignin

• A pretreatment process that facilitates low cost hydrolysis of cellulose

– Low enzyme consumption (lignin inhibition avoided)

– Resirculation of enzymes (no adsorption to lignin)

Ligno-cellulose

BALI Pretreatment and

separation

Ethanol Chemicals C6

Lignin

Ethanol? Chemicals

Yeast

Performance chemicals

C5

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BALI™ in a nutshell

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BALI™ in a nutshell

pulp cellulases

hydrolysis fermentation

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BALI™

Step 1: pretreatment & separation

Water soluble lignin

Pretreated and ”reactive” pulp

Bagasse or other biomass

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Mass Balance of BALI™ pretreatment process

Flexibility from two optional processes

Bagasse

Lignin Hemicellulose Cellulose

BALI Acidic

BALI Alkaline

Lignin (L)

Hemi- Cellulose (S)

Cellulose (S) LIQUID

SOLID PULP

LIQUID

Lignin (L)

Hemi- Cellulose (L)

Cellulose (S)

SOLID PULP

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BALI pilot plant

• Location: Borregaard Sarpsborg, Norway

• Flexible feedstock

• 1 metric ton dry matter/day

• Start-up Q2 2012

• Budget: 130 MNOK

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerobic and aerobic fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration & closing remarks

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BALI™

Step 2: Enzymatic hydrolysis to sugars in solution

Pretreated and ”reactive” pulp is hydrolyzed using cellulase enzymes

Hydrolysate = monosaccharides in solution

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Cellulose hydrolysis

xylanases, mannanases, hemicellulases

Endoglucanase

b- glycosidase

Cellobiohydrolase

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Enzymatic hydrolysis of BALI™ cellulose

Yield and Viscosity

4 → 6 h

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Enzyme hydrolysis of BALI pulp –

better substrate than soda pulp

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Enzymes not inhibited by residual lignins

Soda cooks 140-160 °C

120-180 min

BALI cooks

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Enzymatic hydrolysis - carbohydrate conversion - dose response Accellerase DUET at 7% cellulose, 50°C, pH 5.0, 72h

0,00%

20,00%

40,00%

60,00%

80,00%

100,00%

120,00%

- 0,10 0,20 0,30 0,40 0,50 0,60

% t

ota

l car

bo

hyd

rate

co

nve

rsio

n

ml Accelerase DUET / g glucan

Reference (hardwood pulp)

BALI bagasse A

BALI bagasse B

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerobic and aerobic fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration & closing remarks

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Fermentation

Established technology from 1G bioethanol

• Saccharomyces cereviciae

(Baker’s yeast)

– Only fermenting hexoses, not

pentoses

– Anaerobic fermentation for

production of ethanol

– Aerobic fermentation for

production of yeast cells

– GMOs for C5 fermentation

C6H12O6 —> 2 CH3CH2OH + 2 CO2

glucose ethanol carbon dioxide

Mw (w%) 46 (51%) 44 (49%)

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Aerob fermentation

Reproduction and production of yeast/bacteria/chemicals

Example of simple aerob fermentation to yeast from pentoses with added nutrients:

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerobic and aerobic fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration & closing remarks

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Technical challenges for 2nd generation bioethanol

• Low % of feedstock useful for ethanol production – Only approx. 40%- 45% of biomass can be converted to product

• Low yield in several process steps – Theoretically maximum 51% yield of ethanol from C6 sugars

– No industrial solution for fermenting C5 sugars to ethanol

– Several process steps with 80%-95% yield create loss and sidestreams

– Lignocellulosic biomass is recalcitrant to degradation – tough demands on pre-treatment and liquefaction/hydrolysis steps

– Sidestreams impure – challenge to convert into valuable products

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Properties of hydrolysis lignins

IAR Reims G Rødsrud 8.9.2010 Borregaard

• Low Mw – high polydispersity

• Strongly condensed (high temp)

• Very few ß-O-4 bonds left – mainly C-C bonds

• Few –OH groups left

• Generally low O content relative to other lignins

• Water insoluble

• Low reactivity - hard to modify chemically at a reasonable cost

• Impurity level will be high

– hard to separate

– impure products

– many side streams

• NOT A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR CHEMICALS

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BALI lignin is water soluble

BALI lignin is sulfonated and therefore highly water soluble at almost every pH Major challenge is to make high quality lignin specialty chemicals Extensive application tests have been conducted Possible uses: dispersing agent, soil conditioner, antioxidant, emulsion stabilizer, crystal modifier for batteries, dust control, binding agent, etc.

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Lignosulfonate structure

At least one SO3- for every four C9 units needed to be water soluble

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Properties of Lignosulfonates

MW 5,000 – 80,000 Da

Polydispersity 6-8

Sulfonate groups 0.6-1.2 per monomer

Organic sulfur 4-8%

Solubility soluble in water at all pH

insoluble in most organic solvents

Color light to dark brown

Delivery powder or

liquid form (40-50% DS)

Non-toxic: LD50 > 5 g/kg

Quality Softwood: good

Hardwood: medium

Annual plants: low

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Intrinsic properties of lignosulfonates

In frequent use

• Binder

• Dispersing agent

• Emulsifier

• Complexing metal ions

Under exploration commercially

• Corrosion reduction

• Plant growth stimulation

• Antioxidant

Not in commercial use

• Flame retardant

• Resins (old, not in use any more)

• UV-absorption/UV-protectant

• Protein precipitation (old, not in use any more)

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BALI - Examples of possible product mixes

41 46

15 16

5

8 20

24

18

5

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Acidic Neutral

Energy

CO2

Yeast

Ethanol

Lignin

% of incoming biomass + added chemicals

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LS decreases viscosity in mortar and concrete

Flow table test

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Lignosulfonate

- emulsifier and dispersing agent

stabilize emulsions disperse color pigments disperse pesticides

Future use: disperse carotenoids and fat soluble vitamins

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Lignosulfonate in lead acid batteries

crystal growth modifier => better discharge/charge performance

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Soil conditioner

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Oxidation of lignosulfonate to vanillin

Copper catalyst is recycled due to strict limitations on copper in effluent

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerobic and aerobic fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration & closing remarks

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Fermentation of C5 and C6 sugars from the BALI process

C6 sugars to ethanol (anaerobic)

• Absence of fermentation inhibitors

• High yields

C5 sugars to SCP – single cell proteins (aerobic)

• No inhibitors

• No toxic compunds

• Interesting yeast strains identified and tested

C5 sugars to ethanol (anaerobic)

• Hydrolysates under testing with many GMO microbes

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Theoretical yield of ethanol from biomasses

How much do we gain from using GMO yeasts?

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. History of second generation bioethanol production

3. World’s most advanced biorefinery – history and learning points

4. Lignocellulosic biomass

5. Biorefinery options

6. The biochemical route (sugar plattform)

7. Pretreatment processes

8. Hydrolysis of cellulose

9. Anaerobic and aerobic fermentation

10. Lignin options

11. Hemicellulose/pentose options

12. Process integration & closing remarks

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Process flow for the BALI process

Integration into a 1st generation bioethanol plant

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Economy of a biorefinery

• Higher turnover

BUT

• Also additional

manufacturing costs

and capital cost

Will it be more profitable ??????

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Turnover for ethanol production and biorefineries

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ROCE for a biorefinery compared to P&P

Sources: 1.CEPI. [Internett] http://www.cepi-sustainability.eu/uploads/graphs/CEPI_graph_18_3.eps. 2. [Internett] Poyry. http://www.poyry.com/linked/en/publications/FIC.pdf. 3. Orkla annual reports

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Environmental Impact

Sources: 1. Directive 2009/28/EC of 23 April 2009 On the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and …. 2. Modahl, I.S., 2011, Klimagasspotensialet ved komprimering, transport og lagring av biologisk CO2. Screening LCA. Confidential report by Ostfoldforskning for Borregaard.

BALI

BALI + CCS

Future limit for advanced fuels in EU and US

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Funding

• EuroBioRef

– Borregaard granted EUR 3.0 mill

funding (2010 – 2013)

– BALI pretreatment & hydrolysis

• Suprabio

– Borregaard granted EUR 1.1 mill

funding (2010 – 2013)

– Microfibrillar cellulose

• Biomass2Products – B2P

– Borregaard granted 2,3 mill EUR from

the Norwegian Research Council

(2009 – 2012)

• BALI·PILOT

– Borregaard granted EUR 7,25 mill

from Innovation Norway

(2011-2012)

BALI • PILOT

Acknowledgement

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union

Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n°

241718 EuroBioRef.

Acknowledgement

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union

Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n°

241640 SupraBio.

Acknowledgement

The research leading to these results has

received funding from the Norwegian Research

Council, the BIA programme, proj. no. 193217

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Thank you