Post on 29-Jan-2017
Bioplastic Market Overview and the Road to Hundred Percent bio-PET
Breakout Session, July 20th , 8:30-10:00am
Ralph Lerner
Director Business Development
Virent
Road to 100% bio-PET:Virent BioFormPX® Paraxylene
Ralph LernerDirector Business DevelopmentVirent Inc.
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Biobased feedstocks to
direct replacement fuels
and chemicals
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Virent Overview
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin
Industry leaders as partners and investors
BioForming® Technology: Continuous process, catalytic technology, scalable
Facilities include pilot and demo plants, catalyst development lab
Extensive Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio
– 119 patents issued
– 146 patent pending applications
Infrastructure
Partners & Investors
Leading catalytic route to replace crude oil with ‘drop-in’ bio-based chemicals and fuels
Virent BioForming® Technology
Corn
BioFormate
Distillate
Feedstock
Conditioning
Virent
Aromatics
Processing
Virent
Distillate
Processing
PX, Benzene
Gasoline
Jet Aromatics
Jet Fuel
Diesel
Biomass
Sugars
Ethanol
Chemicals/Fuels
Fuels
H2
Natural
Gas
Optional
Biobased feedstocks to direct replacement chemicals and fuels
Ethanol
Biomass
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Virent High Aromatic BioFormate®
Comparable to Petroleum Reformate
Virent can optimize the BioForming process to increase the
aromatics content (for chemicals production) or reproduce petro-
reformate profiles (for gasoline fuel production)
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Typical petroleum-derived
naphtha reformateHigh aromatic BioFormate
Virent Competitive AdvantagesLow cost bio-based route to aromatics
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Higher yields than biological pathways
Potential to access more of biomass carbon than fermentation processes
Virent Products Provide Significant Reduction in Carbon FootprintExample Life Cycle Analysis Using Ethanol as Feedstock
LCA analysis conducted by Virent and third party LCA consultant.
70% Reduction Cradle to Gate
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Pilot Plant Capability 20+ continuous pilot plants
Feedstock to final products
Flexible and versatile
Automated for 24/7 operation
Demo Scale Plants Thousands of hours of operating experience
Capable to supply bio-PX and bio-benzene samples to end-users
Pilot and Demo Plant Facilities Used to Scale Process and Produce Product
Eagle – constructed in 2009Up to 25 t/a BioFormate capacity
Falcon – upgraded in 2014BTX separation
PX crystallization – installed in 2014Up to 10 t/a bio-paraxylene
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Demonstrated Scalability
Reproducible performance at 100 fold scale difference
Stable operations through months of continuous operations
Improved catalyst and operating conditions results in higher yields
Proven performance across extended operations
Process Optimization
Virent Technology Ready for Scale-UpPilot and Demo Plants Used to Optimize and Scale Process
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Path to Scale for Bio-PXCommercial Demonstration Plant leading to Full Commercial Unit
Virent working on developing next-scale bio-PX facility together with partners
Summary
Virent has a bio-based PX process – first step to 100% bio-PET
Demonstrated results at pilot and demo scale
Bio-PX demo plant production available for sampling and market development
Developing plans to scale up
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Thank youRalph LernerDirector Business DevelopmentVirent, Inc
3571 Anderson St
Madison ,WI 53704
608-280-1672
ralph_lerner@virent.com
www.virent.com