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Ethanol, Methanol & DME Synthesis from Plasma Enhanced Gasification of MSW, Biomass, Petcoke & Other Wastes

Sunil Singhal Dayal MaheshwariRavi Ravikumar Radhakrishnan Srinivasan

Presentation to EU-India Conference on Advanced Biofuels, 6th to 9th March 2018

New Delhi, India

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AGENDA

Who We are – Fluor & Enersol

Plasma-Enhanced Gasification - Convert Complex Waste into High-Quality Syngas for Value Added Fuels

Ethanol, Methanol & DME Synthesis from Syngas

Path Forward

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FLUOR CORPORATE OVERVIEW

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One of the world’s largest engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and maintenance companies

EnerSol History

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Privately-held provider of waste-to-energy (“WTE”) gasification systems– Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Springfield, Virginia (Near Washington DC)

Focused on an innovative plasma-based approach to efficiently and profitably convert waste (“feedstock”) into energy

Congressionally funded program in support of DoD efforts

Nearly $40 million invested from U.S. Government and commercial entities

Alchemy Enersol is the Indian JV partner of Enersol Technologies,USA

Petcoke Gasification through PEGS® for DoD/DoE

PEGS® Advanced, Staged Gasification

CleanStackGas

Thermal Oxidizer

Scrubber

BagHouse

Clean Syn-Gas

Evaporative Cooler

Staged

Gasifier

SlagConveyor

Waste

PEGS® Feed & Reactor Block

Solid Feedstock

Shredder & Conveyor

Screw Feeder

Plasma Torch 500

kW

PEPS® Feed & Reactor Block

Plasma Torch75 kW

Vibratory Hearth – Controlled Gasification

ProcessVessel

Waste Destruction

mode

Energy generation /

Chemical production

mode

Staged Gasification uses 10% of Plasma Energy – Allows more carbon conversion to Syngas

PEGS® Demonstration – CovantaBiomass & MSW

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Plasma Torch

Vibratory Hearth

100 TPD Unit

EnerSol Proprietary

Play Animation

PEGS® Gasifier Animation

EnerSol Proprietary

CO

H2 CO

H2 COH2 COH2 CO

H2 CO

H2 COH2 COH2 CO

CO

H2

CO

H2

CO

H2

CO

H2

CO

H2

CO

H2

CO

H2 H2

Animation of PEGS® Gasifier

Multi-Feed PEGS® to Mixed Alcohols

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Converts complex organics including Lignin into Syngas- Better Yield With Power Export

Mixed Alcohol Synthesis- Fluor Technology

Fluor’s patented technology in collaboration with Western Research Institute (WRI), Wyoming, USA.

Fluor has worked with Dow Chemicals related to their mixed alcohols synthesis who tested the concept extensively in the 1990s

Mixed alcohols can be further separated into Ethanol and Propanol

Typical product mix: – 67 wt. % Ethanol

– 19 wt. % Propanol

– 12 wt. % Methanol

– Balance - higher alcohols,

aldehydes, ketones and ethers

Mixed Alcohol Yield from Wastes

Waste stream Quantity Alcohol Output** Plot area

acres

MSW

(unsegregated)

750 TPD 100 KLPD of alcohol 10 -15

Petcoke 500 TPD 325 KLPD of alcohol 10 - 15

Bio Mass (rice

/cotton stalk)

325 to 350 TPD 100 KLPD of alcohol 10 - 15

RDF from MSW

75% + 25%

Petcoke

375 TPD +125

TPD

190 KLPD of alcohol 15 - 20

PEGS® plant is feed agnostic and can handle the waste streams in any

combination without segregation

** 75% Ethanol balance Propanol & higher alcohol

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Methanol Synthesis from MSW - BFD

325 M

TP

D

650

MTPD

115 MTPD

50 MTPD

100 MTPD

Syngas Composition

Gas/Liquids Flow Kilo Mols/Hr

H2 184.52

O2 -

H2O 75.81

CO 228.04

CO2 96.89

CH4 -

N2 36.69

For Methanol Synthesis H2 : CO ratio required in

the syngas is 2:1. This will be adjusted in the Shift &

Gas Cooling Reactor

MSW to Methanol/DME –Typical Requirements & Class 5 Estimates

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Case MSW

Required,

MTPD

RDF

Produced,

MTPD

Total Cost

of Plant,*

₹ Cr.

Power,

kW

Raw

Water,

m3/d

Plot

Area,

Acres

100 MTPD

Methanol

650 325 330 - 350 3750 400 10-15

10 MTPD

Methanol

70 35 70 – 80 550 40 1

10 MTPD

DME

90 45 90 – 100 750 60 1

Nominal H2:CO ratio required in syngas for MeOH/DME synthesis = 2:1

Annual OPEX would be approximately 8 to 10%** of the TIC

ROM cost (exclusive of License fees, land cost, cost of power and water)

** Based on liquid O2 purchase. With captive O2 plant, OPEX will come down to approx 5% and CAPEX will increase slightly

Path Forward

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Next Steps – Define Scope & Players

− Identify Best Location for Project

− Identify Partners for JV Partnership & Establish SPV

− SPV -Project Promoter - Project Manager & Finance

− Investors in SPV – OMC’s, GoI, Others

− Project Roles/Players

o Fluor – Overall EPC Contractor and PMC

o EnerSol – Turnkey Supplier of Waste/Biomass to Syngas block

o Municipality – Site & Contractual Arrangements (MSW Supply)

o OMC’s/GoI – Off Take of Biofuel produced

− Prepare Feasibility & Detailed Project Report

o JV to Fund Feasibility Study