ccu-now: fuels and chemicals from waste
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CCU-Now: fuels and chemicals from Waste
2018 LanzaTech. All rights reserved.
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Recycling Carbon
Industrial Off Gas
Steel
Refining
Ferroalloy
Gas
Feed
Stream
Compression Fermentation Recovery ProductTank
Proprietary
Microbe
Biomass
MSW
Waste Solids
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CO
CO + H2
CO + H2 + CO2
H2 + CO2
e- + H2O + CO2
Industrial Waste GasSteel, Ferroalloys
Waste Carbon Streams as a Resource for Gas Fermentation
Biogas
Solid WasteIndustrial, MSW
Biomass
CO2
Reforming
Gasification
Gas Feed Stream
Gas ReceptionCompression
FermentationRecovery
ProductTank
AvailableHigh Volume/
Low Intrinsic ValueNon-FoodMost point-sourced
Gases are the soleenergy and carbon source
Pure continuous process
Acetogenic
Microbe
Liew et al., 2016, Gas Fermentation – A Flexible Platform for Commercial Scale Production of Low Carbon Fuels and Chemicals from Waste and Renewable Feedstocks. Frontiers Microbiol 7: 694.
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DemoPilotLabStrainDevelopment
Commercial31X
20,000 L Vessels1-10L vessels 200-500L Vessels 500,000+ L Vessels
Process scale-up and optimization
32X50X
2005
2008
2012
Today
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It takes Time….It takes Data
Multiple Demo plants
at various scales;
>70,000 operating
hours
Caofeidian, ChinaS/U: Q1 2013
300 MTA
Shanghai, ChinaS/U: Q1 2012
300 MTA
JapanS/U: Q4 2014
15 MTA
Kaohsiung, TaiwanS/U: Q1 2014
30 MTA
Glenbrook PilotAuckland, NZ
S/U: 200815 MTA
CELEBRATING12 YEARS
Freedom PinesSoperton, GA
S/U 2015
Strain
Development Lab Pilot Demo Commercial
Validate in real world Validate with your customer Validate microbe AND process Balance need for data and push to scale
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Commercial Scale Beyond Steel!
Panipat, India
39k MTA
Refinery Offgas
2019
Modesto, California
24k MTA
Biomass Syngas
2019
7
South Africa
42k MTA
Ferroalloy off-gas
2019
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The European Union is supporting Steelanol
The project successfully applied for funding from Horizon 2020
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Steel Mill Value Proposition
Providing 2x More returns from ethanol than from power
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Power Ethanol
US$
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Gas
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Recycling Gases: Environmental, Economic, Social Benefit
Life Cycle Analyses (LCA) for ethanol performed in cooperation with: Michigan Tech University, Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB),
E4Tech, Ecofys and Tsinghua University
50-70% GHG Reduction overConventional Gasoline
WaterRecycle
No LandBiodiversity
Provides economic development
that creates “green jobs”
Provides affordable options to
meet growing demand
Provides energy security from
sustainable, regional resources
Provides new revenue stream
from waste materials
Conventional
Gasoline
LanzaTech
Ethanol
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gC
O2
e/M
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Life Cycle GHG Emission
90
25-45
1st RSB Certified Facility in China
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Global Ethanol Production Potential
Fuel EtOH
Steel Mill Offgas150M MTA EtOH
Refinery Offgas25M MTA EtOH
Gas fermentation expands available feedstocks for fuel and chemical production
Municipal Solid Waste90M MTA EtOH
Residual Biomass1.8B MTA EtOH
Ferro-Alloy5M MTA EtOH
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Japan
Unsorted MSW Syngas
Demonstration Scale
2013-2017
35k MTABiomass Syngas
2019
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Unsorted MSW feed
Successful demonstration of continuous ethanol from unsorted,
non-recyclable, non-compostable, MSW-derived syngas
2013Proof of concept
2014Pilot commissioned near Tokyo
15 MTA Slip stream of commercial, non-plasma gasifier operated to
produce syngas for electricity production Reactor design leverages LanzaTech steel-mill experience
Carbon Recycling: Converting MSW to Ethanol
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Consistent Performance Through Sequential Campaigns at MSW Pilot Plant
Highly consistent ethanol production performance within and across campaigns
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R1
Target
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Gas utilization efficiencyTarget
Highly robust process in face of a fluctuating syngas
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Ethanol… Acetic Acid… 2,3-BDO… Biomass…
Stable ethanol selectivity at 95%
Ethanol Acetic Acid 2,3-BDO Biomass
Demonstrated 80% water recycle
Low environmental footprint
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Basis for commercialization
•4 pilot/demo units; 2 @ 100k gpy capacity•Over 40,000 combined hours on stream•Multiple runs exceeding 2000 hours•3 commercial projects past basic engineering design; 2 permitted; 1 LLE ordered
Field experience since 2008
•Continuous, stable ethanol production from synthetic PSA tail gas in lab•High CO2 utilization (>45% of carbon fixed from CO2)
Lab and engineering/design experience since 2015
•MSW Pilot facility in operation•2 commercial plants in basic engineering design•Over 15,000 combined hours on stream since 2015
Field experience since 2014Steel (CO)
Refinery Gas(CO+H2+CO2)
Syngas (CO+H2)
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Lanzanol(Ethanol)
From Waste to Wing
Jet &Diesel
Ethanol
FractionationDehydration Oligomerization Hydrogenation
Jet range hydrocarbons (C8-C16)
selectively built from smaller molecules
16,000 liters of on spec Jet Fuel, 2,400 Diesel produced
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1 Organism, over 20 Products…
Pyruvate
CO/CO2/H2
Acetyl-CoA
Ethanol
Succinate
Lactate
2,3-Butanediol
FAEE, FABE
3-Hydroxypropionate
Isopropanol
3-hydroxybutyrate
1,3-Butanediol
Joint
Development
Isobutene
1,3-Butadiene
2-HIBAMethyl Ethyl Ketone
Ketogluterate
Acetoin
1,2-Propanediol
1-Propanol
Farnesene
Isoprene
Benzoate
(p-Hydroxy; 2-amino)
Scale
UpOne Platform, over 50 Products…
Acetate
Lab OptimizationDiscovery
n-Butanol
Butyrate
Valine, leucine, Isoleucine
Mevalonate
PHB
Fatty AcidBiosynthesis
MVA pathway
Shikimatepathway
Phenylethanol
C6-C14
Alcohols
Acetone
Citramalate
Salicylate
2-Butanol
1,3-Propanediol
Alanine
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“hardware”
Ethanol & 2,3-BDO
“software”
Ethanol only Improved efficiency & stability
New product: AcetoneNew product: IPA
Microbe 1.0(Native microbe)
Microbe 1.1(Improved microbe)
Microbe 2.0(Enhanced microbe with existing pathways)
Microbe 3.0(Synthetic microbe with designer pathways)
New product: IsobutyleneNew product: Higher alcohols Any product
AdvancedGenetic Toolbox
High-throughputpathway engineering
Computer-Aided Design, Modelling & Deep Learning
Disrupting cycles
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Food and Fuels from CO2
Acetate Lipids
Energy Source
CO2CarbonSource
Acetate is the new sugar: Efficient capture of CO2 into Acetate using low cost sources of H2 ensures that acetate can be available in high volumes at low cost
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Conversion of CO2 and H2 to Acetate by
LanzaTech microbes
Conversion of Acetate to Lipids and protein by
IOC microbesFuels
Chemicals
Feed