Axens Biobased Technologies

on the Road for Biofuels and

Biochemicals
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Julie MAILLOT
Powering a Sustainable Future with Axens Group

5 markets
covered

 CATALYSTS & ADSORBENTS

 TECHNOLOGIES: FROM
PROCESS LICENSING TO UNIT
START-UP

 ENGINEERING PROCUREMENT
& CONSTRUCTION: FROM
EQUIPMENT SUPPLY TO
MODULAR UNITS

 AUDIT & CONSULTING

 DIGITAL APPLICATIONS

 ENERGY EFFICIENCY

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Renewable Biofuels and Biochemicals: Axens’ Portfolio
Vegan® HYDROTREATMENT
Renewable
Gasel® GASIFICATION & FT
Diesel & Jet
BioTfueL
Project
ENZYMATIC CONVERSION Cellulosic
Renewable Futurol™ Ethanol
Oils & Fats
DEHYDRATION

Atol™ Ethylene
Lignocellulosic
Biomass
CATALYTIC
BioButterfly SYNTHESIS
Project Butadiene

BioTcat CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS

Project Aromatics

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Renewable Biofuels and Biochemicals: Partnerships

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Technology Development and Industrialization Strategy

Technology Industrialization Industrial

Conception Scale

Example:

Pilot & Demo

Lab Scale
Scale

Example:

On-demand
tests

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Renewable Biofuels and Biochemicals: Axens’ Portfolio
Vegan® HYDROTREATMENT

Renewable
GASIFICATION
Diesel & Jet
BioTfuel & FT

Project
ENZYMATIC

Renewable Futurol™ CONVERSION Cellulosic

Oils & Fats Ethanol

2G EtOH DEHYDRATION

Atol™
Lignocellulosic Ethylene
Biomass

BioButterfly
CATALYTIC
SYNTHESIS Butadiene
Project

BioTcat CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS

Aromatics
Project

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 Futurol™(Ethanol): an Integrated 4-Step Process
1 PRETREATMENT Lignocellulosic 4 PRODUCTS RECOVERY
 Standardization step
biomass
 Energy and process integration:
 Low moisture  Steam/power production
 High C5 sugars yield and  Water/stillage direct recycle
cellulose digestibility

Ethanol
2 BIOCATALYSTS PRODUCTION
 On-site production
 Tailor-made enzymes/yeasts 3 HYDROLYSIS & FERMENTATION
 High resistance to inhibitors
 One-pot process
 Fully adapted to substrate
 CAPEX and OPEX minimization
Hemicellulose  Full C5 and C6 sugars conversion
Lignin  High ethanol yield and content
Cellulose

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Futurol™ (Ethanol): R&D Tools
2011 - Pilot 2016 - Industrial

 Capacity: 1 dry ton/day biomass 2015: Enzymes Production Step

 Location: Pomacle, France  Capacity: 100 m3 fermentors
 Full process chain

 5 000 m2 facility 2016: Biomass Pretreatment Step

 Multi-feedstock  Capacity: 100 dry tons/day biomass

 Location: Bucy-Le-Long, France

 Multi-feedstock

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Futurol™ (Ethanol): Certifying Technology Scalability

Pretreated
Raw Biomass Pretreatment Biomass Enzymes
Unit Production
(100 tpd) (100 m3)
> 1 650 tons Poplar
> 2 350 tons Straw Scalability Scalability
validation validation

Lab testing Pilot Plant

(1 tpd)
> 30 operating conditions Continuous
> 9 000 analytical results processing
Support to performance
> 1 000 000 L of ethanol guarantees

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Futurol™ (Ethanol): For a Wide Range of Biomasses

MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY

Sugarcane
Wheat Rice Straw Resinous Soft wood Corn stalks
Miscanthus bagasse & Bamboo Corn cob
Straw wood (poplar) & stover
leaves

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Renewable Biofuels and Biochemicals: Axens’ Portfolio
HVO => Vegan® HYDROTREATMENT

Renewable
GASIFICATION
Diesel & Jet
BioTfuel & FT

Project
ENZYMATIC

Renewable Futurol™ CONVERSION Cellulosic

Oils & Fats Ethanol

DEHYDRATION

Atol™
Lignocellulosic Ethylene
Biomass

BioButterfly
CATALYTIC
SYNTHESIS Butadiene
Project

BioTcat CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS

Aromatics
Project

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Vegan® (HVO): a Strong Technology Background

Know-how in Renewable Oils and Fats

More than 20 years experience in renewable lipids treatment
(Esterfip-H)

Extensive testing in pilot plants

> 6-month runs on Rapeseed Oil and Palm Oil

Feedstock-flexible model for performance prediction

Versatility & Representativeness

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Vegan® (HVO): Accurate HDT and HDI Modeling
Pilot tests and Model comparison

Hydrogenation &
Decarboxylation Hydro-isomerization

-0.4%
+0.5% +0.3%

Pilot tests

Modeling

HDT Yield HDI Yield - HDI Yield - Winter

Summer Diesel Diesel
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Vegan® (HVO): For a Wide Range of Renewable Lipids

MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY

Animal FFA Tall Oil

Palm Soybean Rapeseed Sunflower Corn Jatropha UCO
Fats (PFAD,…) (TOFA)

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Vegan® (HVO): Total La Mède Biorefinery

■ A major Industrial Reference:

 End user

 On-going start-up

 Retrofit of 2 HDT Units into

a Vegan® Unit

 500,000 t/y of biodiesel

Vegan®

Source : https://www.total.com/en/energy-expertise/projects/bioenergies/

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Take-aways

■ Axens pool of bio-based technologies aims at

providing both Renewable Biofuels and
Biochemicals:
Atol™
Vegan ®

BioTcat
and more to come …

■ Futurol™ and Vegan® are today commercially

available solutions:
 Pilot & Demo plants operation  technology derisking
 On-demand trials at pilot plants  reliability & flexibility

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