Advanced Biofuels in Sweden
Advanced Biofuels in Sweden Klas Engvall, Chemical Technology [email protected]
Biogas from Biomass 20-21 January 2010
│Outline
R&D Universities/Institutes in Sweden • Demonstration Projects • National Centre for Gasification - NCG •
│R&D Universities/Institutes in Sweden
Luleå Piteå
Umeå Härnösand
Stockholm
Göteborg Växjö
│KTH – Chemical Technology • Long experience of R&D within gasification. Activities started in the 1970s. Technologies at KTH • 15 kW pressurised (30 bar) steam/oxygen & air FB gasifier with secondary reactor • 20 kW air-blown FB gasifier • 5 kW airblown & steam/oxygen FB gasifier • Test rigs for catalytic deactivation and particle separation concepts • Tar analysis equipment • On-line alkali analyses • …
│R&D Activities - Chemical Technology Tar cracking Tar analysis
Steam reforming
Upgrading to vehicle bio-fuels
Gasification
WGS
│Pressurised fluidised bed reactor - LDU
• EU project within the 6th framwork coordinated by Linné University (former Växjö University). • Production of a hydrogen-rich synthesis gas from biomass. Production of vehicle fuel not included. • Research program • Experiments in 18 MW PCFB in Värnamo • Experiments in LDU at KTH • High T filtration / cleaning • Catalytic steam reforming • Water gas shift • •
• Process studies 15 kW pressurised (30 bar) bubbling oxygen/steam fluidised bed • Project period: 2004-2009 gasifier Secondary reformer reactor 30 bar, 1000 ºC
│Other test facilities Atmospheric bubbling bed reactors 5 kW
20 kW
Biomass feeder
Nitrogen
M
Water to drop tube cooling Product gas External heating
= Mass flow controller
Ceramic filter
Nitrogen
M Air Steam Biomass feeder
Gas pre-heater Water to feeder cooling
│LTU/ETC R&D activities • Black liquor gasification • CFD modelling • Atomisation • Borate autocausticization • Biomass gasification • Combined heat and power production • Synthetic fuels production
Technologies • DP1 Entrained Flow Gasifier • 3 MW thermal power (20 ton BL/day) • 30 bar, 1000 ºC • Accumulated run time August 2009 > 10 000 hours • Fixed bed gasifier • 1 MW air-blown cyclone gasifier • Test-rigs for catalyst with synthesis gas • …
Source: ETC
│Black liquor gasification • Joint research program with technology owner BLACK LIQUOR (Chemrec) • Research OXYGEN AND ATOMIZING MEDIA
SULFUR REMOVAL
COOLIN program (BLG II) with four work packages G
• Experiments in DP-1
GAS COOLER
• Applied process chemistry
WHITE LIQUO
REACTOR
• Mill integration • Process
RAW modellingGAS
• Long term testing of process QUENCH • Process development and optimisation • Overall budget 2001 – 2010 is app. 215 MSEK GREEN LIQUOR
• Next step: scale up to industrial size WEAK WASH
CLEAN, COOL SYNTHESIS GAS
CONDENSATE
Source: Chemrec
│
Entrained flow gasification of forest industry by-products System: WP-7
BIO-FUEL PREPARATION
Biomass powder
WP-1 HOPPER1
CO2
HOPPER2
CO2
CO2
WP-2 carried out together with IVAB, Sveaskog, • Research O Smurfit Kappa and LTU 2
GASCLEANINGAND CONDITIONING • Concept verification and WP-6 process research Control: WP-3 EACTOR • ~1R~1200ƒC MW pilot will be commissioned in 2010 GASIFIER
• WP-5 Overall budget 2009 – 2011 is app. 24 MSEK WP-4 COUNTER QUENCH
Product gas
GUARD BED
CURRENT CONDENSOR METHANOL CONVERSION
Ash/water slurry
Condensate
Steam
MeOH
Source: ETC
│Demonstration Projects in Sweden Luleå Piteå Umeå Örnsköldsvik Härnösand
Västerås
Mälarenergi
Stockholm
Domsj ö
Göteborg Värnamo Växjö
GoBiGa s
VVBG C
Other projects • Cortus • Sundsvall • VIPP, Piteå • …
│VVBGC - Värnamo Växjö Värnamo Biomass Gasification Center •
•
A 18 MW pressurised CFB gasifier demonstration plant for gasification of biomass 4 tonne / hour dry biomass feed
New project • Project planning for a demonstration project • Hydrogen-rich gas • Methane-rich gas • Total cost: 450 MSEK (45 M€) • Duration: 4 years, starting 2010? Decision?
│CHRISGAS and New Project Outline of Work New Project Duration 4 years Budget 45 Million Euro Conceptual Design Completed Nov 2005
Basic Engineering
Detailed Engineering/ Procurement
Tentative 2013
Rebuild
Completed May 2006
Tentative 2010
2
Status Review (SR) Completed Oct 2005
Measures after SR Completed Oct 2006
Startup Tentative 2012
Operation
3000 h
Test Run Prior to rebuild Completed Dec 2007
Source: VVBGC
│VVBGC Flow scheme after Rebuilding
Source: VVBGC
│VVBGC Possible utilisation of Syngas Possibility to install a complete GTL facility
CHRISGAS
PHASE II Automotive fuels Stakeholder driven
Hot Gas Cleaning
DME, methanol, FT, hydrogen etc.
Source: VVBGC
│Mälarenergi - Västerås
•
Plan to build 2 x 100 MW atmospheric CFB gasifers using waste for co-combustion in a fossil fuelled boiler
•
Project cost: ~3 billion SEK (300 M €)
•
Preliminary production start: 2012 (Decision: February?)
•
Slipstream for R&D and demonstration: • Gas cleaning • Methane separation • Condition and upgrading of synthesis gas • Long term aim flexible energy production – electricity, district heat and methane
│Mälarenergi - 2 x 100 MW Air pre-heater
600°C 850°C
350°C
400°C
Source: Mälarenergi
Demonstration of an environmentally optimised bio-fuel for road transport covering the full chain from production of fuel from biomass to the utilisation in vehicles Starting date: 1 September 2008 Duration: 48 months
Total budget: 28.4 M€ EU funding: 8.2 M€ Energimyndigheten: 9.6 M€
Source: ETC
3rd generation DME Process Deep desulphurisation of raw synthesis gas
MP steam Synthesis gas from gasifier
First single-pass MeOH synthesis featuring high space-time yield
Feed preparatio n
CONRAD MeOH synthesis
Gases
MeOH synthesi s
MeOH
Gases
CW
CW DME
DME synthesi s
CW Raw MeOH
Steam Steam
Water
Steam
Flexible distillation producing methanol or DME according to day-to-day needs
Source: ETC
│Domsjö & Chemrec •
The project concerns the production of biofuels from black liquor in an establishment in Domsjö, Örnsköldsvik. Main driving force is next generation biofuels for vehicles
•
Awarded aid: up to 500 MSEK (50 M€) DP2 Chemrec
Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Products: DME & methanol Capacity: 95 000 t DME or 132 000 t methanol/year Project cost: ~3 billion SEK (300 M €) Planned production start: H1 2013
Source: Chemrec
│Domsjö – Scheme Fuel Production
Source: Chemrec
National Centre for Gasification
NC
│National Centre for Gasification
N
•
Big investments for demonstration of gasification technologies are in progress/planned in Sweden
•
Main driving force is next generation biofuels for vehicles
•
Research – Development - Competence
DP2 Chemrec
GoBiGa s
Värnam o
Mälarenerg i
│Organisation - Plans SP Co-ordinator
N
Industrial projects
PhD programme
Direct Fluidised Bed Gasification
Indirect Fluidised Bed Gasification
Entrained Flow Gasification
Other universities participate as associates
│Status
N
• On-going discussions with Swedish Energy Agency and industrial • Application under preparation • Submission of application planned 5 March • Start?
Thank you!
Biogas from Biomass 20-21 January 2010
│Outline
R&D Universities/Institutes in Sweden • Demonstration Projects • National Centre for Gasification - NCG •
│R&D Universities/Institutes in Sweden
Luleå Piteå
Umeå Härnösand
Stockholm
Göteborg Växjö
│KTH – Chemical Technology • Long experience of R&D within gasification. Activities started in the 1970s. Technologies at KTH • 15 kW pressurised (30 bar) steam/oxygen & air FB gasifier with secondary reactor • 20 kW air-blown FB gasifier • 5 kW airblown & steam/oxygen FB gasifier • Test rigs for catalytic deactivation and particle separation concepts • Tar analysis equipment • On-line alkali analyses • …
│R&D Activities - Chemical Technology Tar cracking Tar analysis
Steam reforming
Upgrading to vehicle bio-fuels
Gasification
WGS
│Pressurised fluidised bed reactor - LDU
• EU project within the 6th framwork coordinated by Linné University (former Växjö University). • Production of a hydrogen-rich synthesis gas from biomass. Production of vehicle fuel not included. • Research program • Experiments in 18 MW PCFB in Värnamo • Experiments in LDU at KTH • High T filtration / cleaning • Catalytic steam reforming • Water gas shift • •
• Process studies 15 kW pressurised (30 bar) bubbling oxygen/steam fluidised bed • Project period: 2004-2009 gasifier Secondary reformer reactor 30 bar, 1000 ºC
│Other test facilities Atmospheric bubbling bed reactors 5 kW
20 kW
Biomass feeder
Nitrogen
M
Water to drop tube cooling Product gas External heating
= Mass flow controller
Ceramic filter
Nitrogen
M Air Steam Biomass feeder
Gas pre-heater Water to feeder cooling
│LTU/ETC R&D activities • Black liquor gasification • CFD modelling • Atomisation • Borate autocausticization • Biomass gasification • Combined heat and power production • Synthetic fuels production
Technologies • DP1 Entrained Flow Gasifier • 3 MW thermal power (20 ton BL/day) • 30 bar, 1000 ºC • Accumulated run time August 2009 > 10 000 hours • Fixed bed gasifier • 1 MW air-blown cyclone gasifier • Test-rigs for catalyst with synthesis gas • …
Source: ETC
│Black liquor gasification • Joint research program with technology owner BLACK LIQUOR (Chemrec) • Research OXYGEN AND ATOMIZING MEDIA
SULFUR REMOVAL
COOLIN program (BLG II) with four work packages G
• Experiments in DP-1
GAS COOLER
• Applied process chemistry
WHITE LIQUO
REACTOR
• Mill integration • Process
RAW modellingGAS
• Long term testing of process QUENCH • Process development and optimisation • Overall budget 2001 – 2010 is app. 215 MSEK GREEN LIQUOR
• Next step: scale up to industrial size WEAK WASH
CLEAN, COOL SYNTHESIS GAS
CONDENSATE
Source: Chemrec
│
Entrained flow gasification of forest industry by-products System: WP-7
BIO-FUEL PREPARATION
Biomass powder
WP-1 HOPPER1
CO2
HOPPER2
CO2
CO2
WP-2 carried out together with IVAB, Sveaskog, • Research O Smurfit Kappa and LTU 2
GASCLEANINGAND CONDITIONING • Concept verification and WP-6 process research Control: WP-3 EACTOR • ~1R~1200ƒC MW pilot will be commissioned in 2010 GASIFIER
• WP-5 Overall budget 2009 – 2011 is app. 24 MSEK WP-4 COUNTER QUENCH
Product gas
GUARD BED
CURRENT CONDENSOR METHANOL CONVERSION
Ash/water slurry
Condensate
Steam
MeOH
Source: ETC
│Demonstration Projects in Sweden Luleå Piteå Umeå Örnsköldsvik Härnösand
Västerås
Mälarenergi
Stockholm
Domsj ö
Göteborg Värnamo Växjö
GoBiGa s
VVBG C
Other projects • Cortus • Sundsvall • VIPP, Piteå • …
│VVBGC - Värnamo Växjö Värnamo Biomass Gasification Center •
•
A 18 MW pressurised CFB gasifier demonstration plant for gasification of biomass 4 tonne / hour dry biomass feed
New project • Project planning for a demonstration project • Hydrogen-rich gas • Methane-rich gas • Total cost: 450 MSEK (45 M€) • Duration: 4 years, starting 2010? Decision?
│CHRISGAS and New Project Outline of Work New Project Duration 4 years Budget 45 Million Euro Conceptual Design Completed Nov 2005
Basic Engineering
Detailed Engineering/ Procurement
Tentative 2013
Rebuild
Completed May 2006
Tentative 2010
2
Status Review (SR) Completed Oct 2005
Measures after SR Completed Oct 2006
Startup Tentative 2012
Operation
3000 h
Test Run Prior to rebuild Completed Dec 2007
Source: VVBGC
│VVBGC Flow scheme after Rebuilding
Source: VVBGC
│VVBGC Possible utilisation of Syngas Possibility to install a complete GTL facility
CHRISGAS
PHASE II Automotive fuels Stakeholder driven
Hot Gas Cleaning
DME, methanol, FT, hydrogen etc.
Source: VVBGC
│Mälarenergi - Västerås
•
Plan to build 2 x 100 MW atmospheric CFB gasifers using waste for co-combustion in a fossil fuelled boiler
•
Project cost: ~3 billion SEK (300 M €)
•
Preliminary production start: 2012 (Decision: February?)
•
Slipstream for R&D and demonstration: • Gas cleaning • Methane separation • Condition and upgrading of synthesis gas • Long term aim flexible energy production – electricity, district heat and methane
│Mälarenergi - 2 x 100 MW Air pre-heater
600°C 850°C
350°C
400°C
Source: Mälarenergi
Demonstration of an environmentally optimised bio-fuel for road transport covering the full chain from production of fuel from biomass to the utilisation in vehicles Starting date: 1 September 2008 Duration: 48 months
Total budget: 28.4 M€ EU funding: 8.2 M€ Energimyndigheten: 9.6 M€
Source: ETC
3rd generation DME Process Deep desulphurisation of raw synthesis gas
MP steam Synthesis gas from gasifier
First single-pass MeOH synthesis featuring high space-time yield
Feed preparatio n
CONRAD MeOH synthesis
Gases
MeOH synthesi s
MeOH
Gases
CW
CW DME
DME synthesi s
CW Raw MeOH
Steam Steam
Water
Steam
Flexible distillation producing methanol or DME according to day-to-day needs
Source: ETC
│Domsjö & Chemrec •
The project concerns the production of biofuels from black liquor in an establishment in Domsjö, Örnsköldsvik. Main driving force is next generation biofuels for vehicles
•
Awarded aid: up to 500 MSEK (50 M€) DP2 Chemrec
Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Products: DME & methanol Capacity: 95 000 t DME or 132 000 t methanol/year Project cost: ~3 billion SEK (300 M €) Planned production start: H1 2013
Source: Chemrec
│Domsjö – Scheme Fuel Production
Source: Chemrec
National Centre for Gasification
NC
│National Centre for Gasification
N
•
Big investments for demonstration of gasification technologies are in progress/planned in Sweden
•
Main driving force is next generation biofuels for vehicles
•
Research – Development - Competence
DP2 Chemrec
GoBiGa s
Värnam o
Mälarenerg i
│Organisation - Plans SP Co-ordinator
N
Industrial projects
PhD programme
Direct Fluidised Bed Gasification
Indirect Fluidised Bed Gasification
Entrained Flow Gasification
Other universities participate as associates
│Status
N
• On-going discussions with Swedish Energy Agency and industrial • Application under preparation • Submission of application planned 5 March • Start?
Thank you!
