turning grams into tonnes
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Bio Base Europe Pilot PlantTurning Grams into Tonnes
Gezamenlijke ledenbijeenkomstFBBV / BPT
May 24, 2019
Tom DelmulleProject Acquisition Coordinator
Flanders and the Netherlands – At the interface of chemistry and bio-economy
European biorefineries in 2017 ARRR: Biggest chemical cluster in the world
Dense network of universities, RTO’sand pilot plants…
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Open access pilot plant for biobased processes
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Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
Mission statement
To enable the transition to a sustainable
bio-based economythrough
Development, scale-up and custom manufacturing
of bio-based product and processes
About BBEU
Multi-purpose pilot facility for bio-based products and processes
Facts and figures– Independent service provider
– Operational since 2010
– 4 process halls
– Current number of employees: 75
– No industrial shareholders
– Bilateral projects: > 300 projects for > 120 companies
– Consortium projects: 24 projects ongoing
A one-stop-shop
Pretreatment
Biocatalysis FermentationGreen
Chemistry
Downstream Purification
BBEPPA leading pilot plant for industrial biotechnology and bio-based products in Europe
BBEPP
Excellent location
In the heart of the Belgian bio-industry
EuroSilo
300.000 mT biodiesel
240 MWbio-electricity
200.000 m³ bio-ethanol
Biorefinery rodenhuize docks: the largest integrated production complex for biofuels in europe
Excellent location
Create a hub for industrial biotechnology in the Port of Ghent
80 ha of land reserved for bio-refineries and bio-based production plants
Investments and facility expansion
Lab Floor : fermentation, analysis, small scale DSP
Process Hall 1: Pretreatment, DSP and biocatalysis
Process Hall 3: Green Chemistry (ATEX)
TechnicalServicesBuilding
Process Hall 2: Fermentations and DSP
Storage Hall
Medium Prep. & Spray Drying rooms
IMPACT
Extended officesPilot hubsGreen chem labFermentation lab
BIO BASE FLOW
Process Hall 4: Large scale (food grade) DSP
Process Hall 1
Biomass pretreatment, biocatalysis and DSP
Process Hall 2
Fermentations and DSP
Process Hall 3
Green chemistry and ATEX proof DSP
Process Hall 4
Under construction
Services
• Concept design
• Fermentation optimization
• Downstream processing (DSP) development and optimization
• Techno-economic assessment (in-house developed model)
Process Development
• From 10 L to 15 m3 for fermentation + DSP, up to 50 m3 for other processes
• Generation of samples for application research
• Demonstration of technology at larger scale
• Pilot scale data (mass-and energy-balances, …)
Scale Up
• 1,5 m3, 4,5 m3 and 15 m3 in house
• access to 85 m3, 100 m3 and 250 m3 through partners
• Fermentation
• (Solvent-)based DSP
• Biocatalysis
Custom Manufacturing
Equipment overview
•Mechanical, physico-chemical and enzymatic pretreatment of biomass feedstocks•e.g. acid hydrolysis, organosolv, …
•Enzymatic conversions in aqueous and two-phase systems•e.g. chemical conversions and oligosaccharide synthesis
•Batch, fed-batch, chemostat, cell recycle•Bacterial, yeast, fungal•e.g. production of biofuels, biochemicals, industrial enzymes, food ingredients, flavors, fragrances
•Solvent-based chemical reactions using bio-based feedstocks•Production of biodiesel
•Evaporation, micro-, ultra-, and nanofiltration•Crystallization, ion exchange, chromatography, spray- and freeze-drying•Solvent extractions
Pretreatment
Biocatalysis
Fermentation
Green Chemistry
Downstream Purification
RELAX! We have all the equipment you need
©Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
Business ModelOpen Innovation Projects
Bilateral projects with industry
Consortia-based projects
• Bilateral, privately funded
• Intellectual Property remains with customer
• > 300 projects for > 120 companies
• Partly subsidized, partlyprivately funded
• Building expertise
• Value chains
• Allows publicity and communication
• Independence
• Flexibility
• Confidentiality
BioBase4SME
Needs & challenges of SMEs in the bioeconomy in NW Europe
BioBase4SME
9 categories of barrier
With a total of 43 suggested barriers.
Scored from 1 to 5.
50 SME responses
Country Number of SMEs
IE 8
NL 8
FR 7
DE 9
UK 10
BE 8
Identified barriers
Top 3 barriers
Demand-side policy
Poor stakeholder perception
Investment risk
BioBase4SME strategy
Bio Innovation Support for SMEs
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We hope you are convinced that:
We offer all stages to success