“Business case Direct Processing with Betaprocess” Ukraine,

Hans van Klink, April 2019

1. Direct Processing concept;

2. Business case;

3. Conclusion;

4. Contact.

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Slide nr. 314-4-2019 DSD/GCC

Fermentation: • Proven technology;

• After Betaprocess fermentation goes

better, efficient and in shorter time;

• Higher yield: + 10-13%;

• Bio-ethanol: 10 – 20% lower investment

costs than from corn/wheat;

• Дуже чистий бічний потік CO2

• More R&D running on use of pectin's,

proteins and (hemi)celluloses.

Slide nr. 414-4-2019 DSD/GCC

Betaprocess: opening cell walls by vacuum explosion:• Much lower energy consumption than standard sugar technology;

• All fermentable sugars readily available;

• Fermentable sugars available for other fermentations or third partners.

From sugar beet to ethanol

After Betaprocess After Fermentation After Distillation

Slide nr. 7

1 HA sugar beet = 8.500 liter

ethanol:

→ 20% higher output

1 ton sugar beet = > 100 liter EtOH

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https://www.biobased-ukraine.nl/study-trends-and-developments-in-the-

bioenergy-sector-of-ukraine/

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Starting points:

Daily processing 2.000 mt sugar beet;

Campaign 350 days (200 days beet and 150 days corn

kernels);

Needed 9.000 HA (45 ton/HA) sugar beet cultivation;

Price farmer € 25 / ton for sugar beet and corn € 100 / ton;Objective: production ethanol for biofuels;

Optimisation of by products.

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Water Energy

industrial 120.000 m3 steam 140.000 mt

water 120.000 m3 5 bar

cooling - m3 gas - m3

< x ˚C electricity 5.000 MWh

380V

Basis

ethanol 60.000 m3

Sugar beet 666.000 mt CO2 50.000 mt

beet 600.000 mt plant 6-8 ha

tare 66.000 mt personel 20 fte

Biogas Biogas

bio-methane 15.000.000 m3

CO2 16.000 mt

Additives

yeast 75 mt

rest 66 mt Bottom-UP Bottom-UP

fibers 110.000 mt

Was stream Dirty water

water 110.000 m3 water 500.000 m3

clay/sand 53.000 mt solids 32.000 mt

BOD

Water COD

cooling - m3 N

< x ˚C P

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CAPEX (2.000 ton beet/day):

Complete factory installation € 45 – 50m;

Additional infrastructure € 2 – 5m;

Biogas plant € 4 – 8m;

Water treatment p.m.

Construction time 18 months, incl. preparation 2 years (critical

permits);

Pay-back period 5 – 6 years, ROI > 20%.

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beet cultivation ethanol

* shareholder factory * sugar beet = industrial crop

* transport = logistics

* area with sugar beets

* sector wise promotion

Odevelopment small scale biorefinery

Sugar beet

farmers Processing factory EtOH off taker

Direct processing is very attractive (as well for the farmer as the factory);

Example = 2.000 ton/day but design is also possible for 7.500 ton/day;

Attractive price paid to farmers (net – income);

Not only for ethanol but also for other green chemicals (future);

For the Government: following RED implementation (Carbon footprint, CO2

reduction);

No crop so efficient in fixation of CO2 and production of oxygen then sugar beet;

Sugar beet in crop rotation = perfect.14

Partner in Ukraine for market implementation;

New laws + support for sugar beet cultivation necessary;

Amendment tax code bioethanol HS code 3814 (chemical

products) and out of 2207 (ethyl alcohol) → duty 0%;

Interest financial institutions / banks.

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Direct processing: starting point for

using sugar beet as raw material for

the chemical industry and as crop for

the most attractive circle economy

model.

Dutch Sustainable Development BVChoorhoekseweg 8b4424 NW WemeldingeThe NetherlandsTel. + 31 113 62 1074www.dsdbv.com / www.betaprocess.eu

Director Project Development: Local Representative:

Hans van Klink Svetlana Demikova

+ 31 65 34 04 721 + 380 674 65 8867

hans@dsdbv.com sdemikova@gmail.com