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Stéphane FEDOU

Renewable Fuels & Chemicals

Axens Innovative Technologies

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Our Business

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Technology Licensing

Catalysts & Adsorbents

Services

Refining

Petrochemicals

Gases

Alternative

Fuels

Water

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Renewable Fuels and Chemicals Innovative Commercial Technologies

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Renewable Oils & Fats

PRETREATMENT

TRANSESTERIFICATION

Esterfip-H™

HYDROTREATMENT

Vegan™

Renewable Jet & Diesel (HVO/HEFA)

BioDiesel (FAME)

Lignocellulosic

Biomass

Sugars

GAZIFICATION

FISCHER-TROPSCH &

UPGRADING

Gasel®

High Quality Jet & Diesel

ENZYMATIC

CONVERSION

FERMENTATION

SYNGAS

ETHANOL ALCOHOLS TO OLEFINS

Atol™ Bio-Ethylene

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The Vegan technology was

developed to convert liquid lipid

sources (vegetal oil, animal fats, algal

oil…) into high quality Jet and Diesel

Fuels

This innovative process, loaded with

state-of-the-art catalysts, is a very

flexible drop-in solution optimized for

maximization of product yields with

fine tuning of the product cold flow

properties

Hydroprocessing of Renewable Lipids: Vegan™

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Alternative Fuels from Biomass Gasel® Technology

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NATURAL GAS, BIOMASS, COAL

Syngas H2/CO ~2

Fischer-Tropsch

Hydrocracking

Gasel ® Technology Suite Joint Development:

Gas

Bubbles

Slurry Outlet

Offgas

Wax

Slurry

Return

Liquid

recirculation

Dense phase

or slurry

Syngas inlet

FT Slurry Bubble Column

1st Commercial

reference:

High Quality 2nd generation

Bio-Jet & Bio-Diesel

Finland Ajos

Ajos

Pilot plant

Wax

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Stéphane FEDOU

Renewable Fuels & Chemicals

Partnerships for New Developments

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BioButterfly Project : Bio-based Butadiene

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Project Challenges:

Producing economically

competitive bio-butadiene

Reducing environmental

impacts, especially carbon

emissions, across the entire

production chain, compared

with fossil fuels

Manufacturing high-

performance synthetic

rubber and adapting the

process to all uses of bio-

butadiene

Lowering investment costs

Preparing the future French

bio-sourced synthetic

rubber industry

Complementary skills and expertise:

IFPEN’s ability to conduct highly innovative research on

industrial processes and catalyzers

Axens' experience in the process engineering and

marketing of new technologies for transforming renewable

materials

Michelin's expertise in developing innovative materials

that make it possible

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Objective Produce 2nd generation biodiesel and biojet

from biomass such as agricultural residue

Partners Axens, CEA, IFP Energies nouvelles,

Sofiprotéol, ThyssenKrupp Uhde, Total

Budget > 100 Million Euros

10 years R&D and Demo program 2010-2020

2 demonstration units in France:

Biomass pretreatment (torrefaction) gasification, syngas purification and synthesis

BioTfueL chain includes the Gasel® technology for Fischer-Tropsch and Upgrading,

jointly developed by IFPEN, ENI, and Axens, and already licensed by Axens

Alternative Fuels from Biomass BioTfueL Project

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By 2020 (market launch), Axens will license the complete process chain:

Biomass

pretreatment Gasification

Syngas

purification and

synthesis

Fischer-Tropsch

+ Upgrading

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A portfolio of innovative, commercial,

state-of-the-art technologies for the

production of Bio-based Fuels and

Chemicals:

• Esterfip-H™

• Vegan™

• Gasel®

• Atol™

New strong partnerships for

ambitious technology developments:

• BioButterfly (BioButadiene)

• BioTfueL (2nd Generation BTL Jet and Diesel)

Conclusion

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A truly unique service provider with a complete chain of quality

certification covering basic engineering design, catalyst and adsorbent

manufacturing and supply, start-up, technical assistance and advanced

services for the refining, petrochemical and gas processing industries

That’s quality you can count on!

A Step Above the Competition

› Axens is a fully owned subsidiary of IFP Energies nouvelles

ISO 9001 (2008 standards)

ISO 14001 (2004 standards)

OHSAS 18001 (2007 standards)

Last renewal June 2011

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