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AXENS

Seminário Franco-Brasileiro

Axens developments in Biofuels & Green Chemistry

Focus on Futurol Technology

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Axens in Brief

> 2400 References

as of June 2015

> 55 kT of Catalysts &

Adsorbents manufactured each year

> 40% of world’s refineries operate at least one refining unit

licensed by Axens

production

sites Axens was created in 2001

through the merger of

Procatalyse with the Technology

Licensing & Service Division of

IFP Energies nouvelles.

This combination provides a

single-source offering of

technologies, products and

services enabling us to respond

more efficiently to customer

needs.

Axens’ creation

6 10 subsidiaries

Mark

ets

Refining Petrochemicals

Gases

Process Licensing

Catalysts & Adsorbents

Consulting Services Alternatives

& Renewables Water

Acti

vit

ies

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Axens

worldwide

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Axens’ Experience in Biofuels


More than 20 years industrial experience in

Biofuels Production

VeganTM

1st FAME Production Plant in

France licensed by

IFPEN/Axens

90’s

1st ETBE Plant In France

(Total refinery) licensed by

Axens/IFPEN

AXENS’ VeganTM Technology

Selected by TOTAL

Renewable Biofuel Production

2015

90’s

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“Drop-In” Biobased components production

Easily processed in existing downstream polymerization units

Technology solutions for the full chain: From Biomass to

Biobased components

Biorefinery concept / Optimize integration between blocks

Strategic alliances with R&D, upstream actors & industrials

Develop & benefit from know-how in feedstocks

Fine tune solutions to fit industrial needs

Synergy of strong backgrounds for fast track development

Axens development Objectives


Axens gradually expands its technology portfolio to provide

innovative and profitable solutions

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Biosourced Materials one solution providing environmental performance


Vegan™

Gasel™/BioTfueL™ Project

Futurol™ Project

Atol™

BioTCat™ Project

BioButterfly Project

Renewable

Jet & Diesel

(HVO/HEFA)

High Quality

JET & DIESEL

2G ETHANOL

BIO-ETHYLENE

BIO-AROMATICS

BIO-BUTADIENE

GREEN

POLYMERS

GREEN

FUELS

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Futurol Technologies™: Project Timeline

Project Start-up 2008

2008

R&D partners

Futurol Partners


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Pilot Plant Project Start-up 2008

2008

2011

Pomacle, France

100 000 l/year

5000m2 facility

Multi-feedstock


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Industrial Scale Validation Pilot Plant Project Start-up 2008

2008

2011 Today

• 100m3 production

• High enzymatic activity conserved

• Extrapolation/design data available

• Total yield/productivity preserved

Large Scale Enzymes

Production

• Unit design by Axens

• 9M€ investment

• Biomass capacity: 100 dry tons/day

• Integrated on Tereos industrial site

(Bucy-Le-Long, France)

• Unit start-up: Summer 2016

Full-scale Biomass

Pretreatment Unit

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Lab testing

Continuous

processing

Scalability

validation

Pilot Plant

(1 tpd)

Pretreatment

Unit

(100 tpd)


Certifying Technology Scalability

Wheat Straw

Poplar

Pretreated

Biomass Compost

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Full-scale Biomass Pretreatment Unit


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Jan. 2016

May 2016

Aug. 2016


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Futurol Technology™ Full-scale Biomass Pretreatment Unit


DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OPERATION &

PERFORMANCES

LONG RUN OPERATION

& INSPECTION

N E X T S T E P A C H I E V E M E N T S

Unit built in ~1 year

(from PDP to Start-Up)

2 biomass tested Consolidate

Performances

Availability at large scale of

equipment validated

Hundreds hours of

operation Evaluation of unit

behavior during time

Supply of all equipment

secured & delivery time

validated

Encouraging Performances Validation of

extrapolation model


feasibility demonstrated

Support Axens for Technology

Licensing and guarantees

Equipment

inspection

Evaluation of

corrosion, erosion,

fouling…

Implementation of

improvements from

operation feedbacks

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Final Steps Pilot Plant Project Start-up 2008

2008

2011 Today

Full-scale Pretreatment Unit

Process Licensing

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