Making Biorefineries Competitive:Making Biorefineries Competitive:PRO.E.SAPRO.E.SATMTM

The only sugar platform available todayThe only sugar platform available today

Guido Ghisolfi

June 8, 2012

Commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, Q3 2012: 20 million gallons, Crescentino (13 to start)

Cellulosic costs less

No subsidies required

Three points that will change the industry:

$3B per year #2 producer

of PET

Engineering Division

Technology for biomass to

sugars

M&G Group: Biomass Technology & Experience

2006 – 2008

Scouting of technologies;Generation of key inventions;Proof of UNIT OPERATION in the labs.

2009 – 2010

Pilot plant construction & start up (June 2009);Pilot plant operation and data gathering;Test of plant flexibility using multiple biomasses.

2011 – 2012

Crescentino unit;

Technology licensing.

PRO.E.SATM Technology Step by Step

Ready solution for industrial production of 2G Ethanol

PRO.E.SATM

Technology

BIOMASS

C5 Sugar

C6 SugarFermentation

YEAST

ETHANOL

LIGNIN

Separation

( Energy Generation)

A Total Project Solution based on:

1. Agronomy: Field experimentation and best energy crops identified and characterized;

2. Biomass Pre-Treatment and Viscosity Reduction: Continuous process developed and piloted to produce cost-effective and clean fermentable sugars;

3. Hydrolysis and Fermentation: Unique hybrid SSCF process scheme yielding high ethanol concentrations.

PRO.E.SATM Technology

Crescentino Plant

PRO.E.SATM Technology: From Biomass to Sugar

Without use of chemicals;

Optimizing C5 and C6 sugar extraction;

Minimizing the formation of by-products/inhibitors;

Using continuous equipment enabling design for

large scale plant;

Minimizing CAPEX and OPEX.

The Continuous Pilot Plant: How it operates…

Biomass agnostic;

No biomass drying / grinding required;

Low level of inhibitor (lower then in P.O.C.);

No use of chemicals (only steam is added);

Reduced enzyme loads;

Rapid liquefaction of the solid material;

High solid concentration (>40%) in the hydrolysis step.

Biomass: Our Experience at Pilot Plant

PRO.E.SATM technology is flexible in feedstock supply: possibility to treat worldwide crops;

Several biomasses were evaluated and tested as potential feedstock for the PRO.E.SATM technology:

Internal analysis according to Chemtex methods

Pre-Treatment Section: Biomass Type

High feedstock flexibility

Energy crops:

Arundo donax (giant reed);

Miscanthus giganteus;

Panicum virgatum (switchgrass).

Agricultural and industrial residues:

Wheat straw;

Rice straw;

Sugarcane bagasse.

Woody species:

Eucalyptus;

Poplar,

Internal data tests at pilot scale

Differences in yield (4 to 5 tons dry biomass/tons EtOH) index mainly depends on feedstock composition;

It is possible to reduce the yield variability optimizing the process condition.

Hydrolysis and Fermentation

High solid concentration enzymatic hydrolysis is needed to guarantee the economics of

ethanol recovery through distillation

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C5 conv=90%

C5 conv=60%

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Available solution

M&G solution

LCA – Full Scale Projection

    E100 Gasoline

CO2 emissions [g/km] 15 169

GHG emissions [gCO2 eq/km] 27 172

- 91%- 84%

The lifecycle performances of bioethanol produced through Chemtex technology at a full industrial scale have also been estimated by means of the GREET model;

Scale benefits will allow a further improvement of the bioethanol environmental profile.

Baseline Process Scheme

2G Bioethanol Plant

Biomass

THOSE INTERMEDIATES REPRESENTTHOSE INTERMEDIATES REPRESENTA STARTING POINT FOR A NEW GREEN A STARTING POINT FOR A NEW GREEN CHEMISTRY BASED ON RENEWBLES CHEMISTRY BASED ON RENEWBLES

PRO.E.SA™PRO.E.SA™

M&G

Lignocellulosic

sugar

technology

C6 Sugars

C5 Sugars

By-product Lignin

TECHNOLOGY

IS

READY!

2G BIOETHANOL

How to exploit PRO.E.SATM Technology

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ETHANOLOGEN

ENZYMES

PRO.E.SA™PRO.E.SA™

M&G

Lignocellulosic

sugar

technology

We can adapt the composition of the sugar stream to

various fermentations:

With / without lignin;

Higher / lower sugar concentration;

Free from inhibitory compounds.

How to exploit PRO.E.SATM Technology

BUTANOLBUTANOLGREEN DIESELGREEN DIESEL

JET FUELJET FUELETHANOLETHANOL

1,4 BDO1,4 BDO

FATTYALCOHOLS

FATTYALCOHOLS

ADIPIC ACID

ADIPIC ACID

ACETICACID

ACETICACID

PEPEEGEG

PXPX

THE BIOMASS SUGAR PLATFORM