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Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo
Biomass conversion research at IMP
Jorge Aburto
May 2015
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R&D on Fuels and chemicals from Biomass
Developing/Evolving Bio-based System
Specifically Evolved Hydrocarbon System
Renewables
Bio-based sustainable
Crude oil / Fuels / Petrochemicals
Finite Low cost Driven
Breakdown to simple molecules
Transport
Extract and Modify materials
Transport (if needed)
Opportunities for low cost and/or high performance
Transport
Synthesize more complex molecules
Opportunities for existing or modified low cost inputs
Manufacture Manufacture
High carbon fingerprint Lower carbon fingerprint
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Storage and chemical transformation of CO2
Biomass-based chemicals
Sugars, Lipids, proteins, glycerol
Materials, catalysts, biopolymers
Biomass
Cellulose Hemicelluloses Lignin Starch Protein Chitin Pectin
Energy, Fuels, vapor Bioethanol Biodiesel Biojet fuel
Drilling fluids, emulsions
R&D on Fuels and chemicals from Biomass
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Biorefinery process for fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass into high sugar´s syrup and lignin
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Biorefinery process for fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass into high sugar´s syrup and lignin
Ethanol market (Barrels per day)*
Actual
ethanol
market
Ethanol production
in sugar cane
refineries
Ethanol demand for
gasoline pool in Mexico
City
3,446 862 8,500
There are various opportunities to use IMP process:
Pilot plant for
process
Sugars
Lignin
Utilities Bio- and catalyst
Biomass
feedstock
Delignification
and
depolymerization
process
Feed and products from the heavy
crude oil upgrading unit
Process characteristics:
IMP is leading a consortia (IPN,
INIFAP, enterprises) to develop
versatile and adaptable processes to
several biomass feedstock:
Agave bagasse
Cane sugar bagasse
Spent malt grain
Corn stover
Wheat straw
Forestry residues
Grasses
Biomass fractionation to sugars and
lignin at moderate reaction conditions
Low formation of fermentation
inhibitors
High conversion of carbohydrates to
sugars (80-100%) and lignin
fractionation
* Source: SENER bioenergy report (2006 and 2013)
Description Current situation in Mexican ethanol industry
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Results
IMP has developed:
Physicochemical
characterization of
lignocellulosic biomass
available in Mexico
Geographyc and
availability charts
Charts of physicochemical
data
IMP and
consortia
are building a
database of
lignocellulosic
biomass
available in
Mexico
IMP and consortia developed physicochemical and geographic charts of lignocellulosic biomass
Lab test
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IMP develops techno-economical
studies to identified promising
technological routes.
Base case. Process scheme with
sugar cane molasse
fermentation
IMP case. Process scheme with
IMP and consortia technology
Results Simplified scheme of IMP process and production costs Results Simplified scheme of IMP process and production costs
IMP develops techno-economical studies of biomass fractionation technology
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IMP is developing:
Technological roadmaps
for biomass feedstock
fractionation into sugars
and lignin
Best technological routes
for sugar production
Best technological routes
for carbohydrate and lignin
fractionation
Process
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Lignocellulosic
feedstock 1 Process
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Process
3
High fractionation
of sugars and lignin
Lignin as antimicrobial agent
Results Lab test
IMP and consortia developed a technological roadmap for best sugar and lignin fractionation
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IMP technology for pipelining of extra heavy crude oils through
inverse emulsions and bioproducts
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Description Current situation in Mexican petroleum industry
industry
Extra heavy crude oil production in Mexico
(Barrels per day)*
Samaria Altamira Pánuco
4,768 924 2,385
IMP’s Pilot plant for inverse emulsion preparation,
flow and pressure drop measurements
Process characteristics
IMP developed a pipelining
technology comprising:
Handling and pipeling extra
heavy crude oil with a viscosity
higher than 30,000 cP
Preparing inverse emulsion, i.e.
oil in water emulsion.
Viscosity and pressure drops
during pipeling equivalent to
dilution or heating technologies
for pipelining.
Tuning of emulsion stability for
operation versatility
Biodegradable surfactants
Biodegradable demulsifiers
Crude oil dehydration for further
refining
* Source: PEP, Activo de Producción Samaria Luna, 2012.
Description
IMP process allows pipelining of high viscous crude oils, >30,000 cP
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Lab test Results
IMP has developed:
Biodegradable biosurfactants
for preparation of inverse
emulsion
Biodegradable
biodemulsifiers for crude oil
dehydration
Technology for transport of
heavy and extra heavy crude
oil
IMP developed and patented several innovations on bioproduct synthesis and inverse emulsion preparation
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Results Pilot plant test
Pilot plant tests indicate
viscosity and pressure drops
equivalent to dilution and
heating technologies.
IMP technology allows:
Easy inverse emulsion
preparation
Inverse emulsion of crude
oil < 500 cP
Easy breaking of inverse
emulsion and water
separation
Diameter (micras)
Vo
lum
e (
%)
Tuning stability and easing separation
of crude oil and water phases
Day zero
Day one
Inverse emulsion
Pilot plant test
IMP infrastructure allows inverse emulsion preparation as well as flow and pressure drop
measurements
Crude oil dehydration Flow
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IMP is evaluating biosurfactant dosis and technology cost
Transport technology
cost of extra heavy
crude oil
Heating
1.08 USD/B at 140°F
2.05 USD/B at 176°C
Dilution
4.74 USD/B
Inverse Emulsión
0.31-0.62 USD/B
IMP develops techno-economical
studies to identify promising
technological routes.
Base case. Heating or dilution
technologies for pipelining of
extra heavy crude oil .
IMP case. Process scheme with
IMP technology based on
bioproducts.
Results
IMP develops techno-economical studies of crude oil pipelining
Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo
Biomass conversion research at IMP
Jorge Aburto
May 2015