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Research Institutes of Sweden

Peter Axegård

Vice president Bioeconomy Strategy

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RISE BIOECONOMY

THE FUTURE FOREST

BASED BIOREFINERY

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The Swedish RISE institutes Innventia,

SP and Swedish ICT have merged in

order to become a stronger research

and innovation partner for industry and

society.

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Three institutes have

become one - RISE

43 %

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▪ 2015 turnover over 3 billion SEK (55 % industry)

▪ 2 200 employees, 30 % PhD

▪ 2 800 incl Swerea

▪ Over 100 test and demonstration facilities, open

for industry, SMEs, universities and institutes

Facts about RISE

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Environment

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and Materials

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and

Transport

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Divisions

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and

Innovation

areas

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Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Our vision ofthe future

From a fossil-based

economy…

…to a bio-based

Growth 380 TWh/y

Used 200 TWH/y

Export value 124 billion SEK (13 billion euro)

Growth 380 TWh/y

Used 200 TWH/y

Export value 124 billion SEK (13 billion euro)

The forest sector in Sweden

Pulp and paper million t/y 14.4 (export 13.0 )

Solid wood products million m3/y 17.5 (export 12.3 )

Gross export value billion/y € 13


Current forest industry

Pulp wood

Forestry

residues

Round woodSolid wood

products

Pulp

fibres

Paper, tissue

packaging

Residues

Products from

residuals

Heat &

electricity

CO2 uptake

CO2 from

used products

Pulping

Paper

making

Saw

milling

Solid fuel

A circular forest industry

▪ CO2 from used products is taken up

by the growing trees

▪ Mill operations are highly circular as

regards water, energy and materials

▪ Used products are recycled into new

products in several cycles


Production

Forest

Bioenergy

Material use

Recycling

of materials

CO2

Raw material

CO2

Modern kraft pulp mill


Kraft

pulping

Chemicals

& energy

recovery

Cellulose

pulp fibres

Tall oil

0.25 TWh/y

Electricity

0.4 TWh/y

Paper

Tissue

Packaging

Pulp wood

Forestry

residues

1.4 million

tonnes/y

0.14 million

tonnes/y

0.6 million

tonnes/y

The pulp mill biorefinery

Cellulose 40 – 50 %

Hemicellulose 20 – 30 %

Lignin 20 – 30 %

Major wood components

Extractives 1 - 5 %

Forestry/saw

mill residues

and other

Celluloses

PulpingPulp

wood

Pulping and

alt. biorefinery

processes

Black liquor

Production paper, tissue, board

Textile materials Cellulose

Lignin separation, up-grading, derivatization

Conversion to C5/C6

Diesel, gasoline, chemicals

Carbon fibre composites

Paper, tissue, packaging

Fermentation and

chemical conversion

Pulp fibres

Chemicals

and energy

recovery

Dissolution

Melt spinning

Chemicals and materials

Chemicals, transport fuels

Other sugars Upgrading/ and modification

Fuel, chemicals, materials

Thermal

routes Chemicals, transport fuel

Production of CNF and CNC CNF and CNC applications

Filament spinning

Thermal proc.

Gasification

Pyrolysis/HTL

Depolymerization, further processing Lignin

Biooil/Biochar

Biocoal

CF-composite

Lignin

Torrefaction/HTC

Combustion Heat and elelctricy

Saw millingRound

woodSawnwood

Processing Engineered wood

See lignin above! See lignin above

Solid fuel/pellets

Pre-

treatment

Production cellulose fibre composites Cellulose fibre composites

Pulp

wood

Forestry/saw

mill residues

and other

biomass

Lignin separation, up-grading, derivatization

Extrusion

Fuel, chemicals, materials

Depolymerization, further processing

Pulp

wood

Other lignin

Cellulose value chains


Kraft

pulping

Chemicals

& energy

recovery Heat & electricity

Pulp woodCellulose pulp

fibres

Celluloses

Paper

Tissue

Packaging

Composites

Textile materials

Fibrillar cellulose

Forestry residues

Pulp mill biorefinery

Barriers

Kraft cellulose products

NFCKraft pulp

fibres

Transparent

films

Fibre PLA

composite

NFC

NCC

Textile fibres

from regenerated

cellulose

Forest cellulose based textile fibres produced in pulp mills

Production of adaapted pulp

Dissolution Fibre spinningProduction ofadapted pulp

Dissolution


ACCELERATING INNOVATION

Cellulose filaments

2017-06-05 17


Fibrillar cellulose (CNC, CNF) - Potential applications

Paper and board

▪ Strength

▪ Bulk

▪ Coating

▪ Barriers

New materials

▪ Composites

▪ Films

▪ Foams

Other applications

▪ Food

▪ Cosmetics

▪ Paint

▪ Life science

CNF Pilot plant in Stockholm (100 kg/day)


Production of NFC for testing in paper mills

Mobile CNF demo plant


▪ Industrial partners

Holmen

Melodea

Organofuel

S2Medical

SEKAB

Tetra Pak

CNC pilot in Örnsköldsvik

Lignin value chains


Heat & electricity

Cellulose

pulp fibres

Lignin

processing

Paper

Tissue

Packaging

Carbon fibre

Aviation fuel

Chemicals

Advanced materials

Kraft

pulping

Chemicals

& energy

recovery

Pulp mill biorefinery

Pulp wood

Forestry &

agricultural residues

Diesel, gasoline

Pulp capacity: 370 000 t/y

Lignin capacity: 50 000 t/y (135 kg/ADt)

Domtar, Plymouth, USA2013 -

Stora Enso, Sunila, Finland2015 -

Commercial LignoBoost installations

Pulp capacity: 466 000 t/y

Lignin capacity: 25 000 t/y (54 kg/ADt)

Scale

• gram in laboratory

• kg in mobile pilot

• ton in demo plant

The LignoBoost process

LignoBoost® process schematic

provided by Valmet Inc.


Lignin is a new kraft pulp mill product

C 64 - 66

O 25 - 28

H 5 – 7

S 1 - 3

N 0.1- 0.3

Na 0.05 - 0.4

Ash 0.3 - 1

Typical composition, %


Lignin is a new kraft pulp mill product

C 64 - 66

O 25 - 28

H 5 – 7

S 1 - 3

N 0.1- 0.3

Na 0.05 - 0.4

Ash 0.3 - 1 (0.01% with extensive washing)

Typical composition, %

Carbonised lignin based carbon fibre


Demonstrators for lignin based carbon fibre

Epoxy carbon fibre laminate on balsa wood

Toy car roof

• lignin-based carbon fibre epoxi composite

• lignin-based rechargeable battery

• Partners; Innventia, Swerea, Blatraden and KTH



Lignin can make pulp fibres and paper hydrofobic

How to use forestry residues, saw dust, energy wood, etc?

Electric Power

Pellets

2G sugar for chemicals

Pyrolysis oil

Heat Biocoal

• Leaf Reources (Solvents)

• Remondis/BASF (Supercritial)

• Virdia/StoraEnso (Strong acid)

• SEKAB (Steam explosion)

Further conversion with catalysts/enzymes

• Virent/Coca Cola

• GF Biochemicals

• Avantium/BASF

• DuPont/ADM

• Global Bioenergies

• ENSYN

• ENSYN/Fibria

Use as fuel oil or conversion

in oil refineries

How to use forestry residues, saw dust, energy wood etc?

ElectricPower

Pellets

2G sugar for chemicals

Chemicals from syngas

Pyrolysis oil

Heat Biocoal

Methanol/DME

Hydrothermal liquefaction

• Licella/Canfor

Further conversion to

chemicals & biodiesel

Pulp mill based biorefinery


Forestry

residues

Round wood Solid wood products

Pulp fibres

Market pulp

Paper, tissue & packaging

Heat & electricity

Agricultural

feedstock

Pulp mill

biorefinery Celluloses

Lignin

Upgraded residues

Mill residual streams

Solid fuel, transport fuels & chemicals

Carbon fibre, transport fuel, chemicals

Nanocellulose, textile, composites

Biogas, food, soil improvment

Saw

milling

Wood

Residues

Northern Pine and Spruce

2 tDS/ha/year

Brasilian Eucalyptus urograndis

20 tDS/ha/year

Vignis

“Energy sugar cane”

60 tDS/ha/year

The challange

Biorefining - what feedstock

and where?

Conclusions

▪ Pulp mills are well positioned to be nodes for new value chains

▪ Countries with forest assets and pulp mills will benefit

▪ Several biorefining processes under development

▪ Momentum for a forest-based economy

▪ Value added products



THANK YOU!Contact

Dr Peter Axegård

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RISE Bioeconomy

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Sugar value chains

Chemicals & polymers

Lignin

processingLignin products

Forestry,

agricultural &

other residues

Pretreatment

• Mechanical

• Thermal

• Chemical

Fractionation

Separation

C5/C6 sugar

processing

• Enzymatic

• Chemical

• Catalytic

Gasoline & diesel

Aviation fuel

Protein


Diesel & gasoline

Aviation fuel

Thermal

processing• Gasification

• Pyrolysis

• Liquifaction

• Torrefaction

Biooil & chemicalsPre-

treatment

Thermal value chains

Forestry,

agricultural &

other residues

Renewable

electricityHydrogen & oxygen

Up-

grading

Heat & electricity

Forestry,

agricultural &

other residuesCombustion

Carbonized materials

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