From pulp and fiberboard to 2G ethanol – opportunities and challenges
Mattias Erixon
• Providing technologies,
automation and services for the
pulp, paper and energy
industries
• Research and development
spend EUR 64 million in 2017
• Leading market position in all
markets
• Pulp
• Energy
• Board
• Tissue
• Paper
• Services
• Automation
• 120 service centers
• 87 sales offices
• 36 production units
• 16 R&D centers
• 12,000 professionals
‒ EMEA 8,000
‒ China 1,700
‒ North America 1,200
‒ Asia-Pacific 700
‒ South America 500
• Five consecutive years in Dow
Jones Sustainability Index
• Three consecutive years in
Ethibel Sustainability Index
Europe
• A- rating in CDP climate
program 2017
This is Valmet
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Unique offering Strong global presence Market leadership Leader in sustainability
Orders received
EUR 3,272 million
Comparable
EBITA margin
7.2%
Employees
12,268 (In India about 300)
220 years of
industrial history
Orders received by business line
37%
10% 21%
32%
Services
Automation
Pulp and Energy
Paper
21%
6%
46%
17%
10%
North America
South America
EMEA
China
Asia-Pacific
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Key figures in 2017
1920 1930 1980- 2010- 2018 2019
Steam gun
Birth of BioTrac
History 2G ethanol
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Developed
refiner
technology
deliveries to
various bio
applications
”Pretreatment
systems”
Dedicated bio
organization
established,
New Pilot
”BioTrac” Increased
market
activities
Commercial
size BioTrac
2G Ethanol &
Black pellets
BioTrac
Pretreatment
Systems
deliveries
Journey
Forward
Continues
W.H. Mason
A. Asplund
Print paper
Digitalisation
Valmet’s Potential Offering
2G ethanol unit operations
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End product supply chain
Valmet
Other
Raw material
supply chain
Valmet DNA
Integrated operations
Valmet DNA Integrated operations
Biomass handling Fermentation
Steam and energy
recovery
Valmet DNA Process Automation system
Evaporation Lignin separation Distillation
BioTrac
pretreatment Enzymatic hydrolysis
Energy island
Molasses Lignin Ethanol
• Based on proven technology
• Developed to fit process needs
• >20 BioTrac sold
Designed to needed process
BioTrac pretreatment
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Based on proven technology
Technology background 2G ethanol
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• Technology developed from Pulping and Fiberboard
• Designing system to process biomass is in our DNA
• Several hundred deliveries done wood based
• Market leader in non wood pulping > 50 deliveries done
Non-wood chemical
pulping line, India
Location Year Raw material Production, odt/d
Clariant, Romania 2020 Non wood 800
FICAP, France 2020 Wood 360
Confidetial, Europe 2016 Non wood 1000
Confidential, Asia 2016 Wood 1
Confidential, Asia 2016 Bagasse 1
Confidential, Europe 2016 Wood and non wood 70
Confidential, Thailand 2015 Non wood 8
Confidential, Canada 2015 Wood 600
Bio Pilot Facility, Delft, Netherlands 2014 Non wood 1
Greenfield Ethanol, Canada 2014 Wood and non wood 3
Confidential, Europe 2013 Non wood 1
Clariant, Germany 2011 Non wood 10
References BioTrac Pretreatment systems
© Valmet | Mattias Erixon / Training Biomass Conversion 2019 8
2G ethanol and Black Pellets
Commercial break throughs achieved 2018
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Valmet has agreed with Clariant on the
delivery of a BioTrac biomass
pretreatment system for their Sunliquid®
cellulosic ethanol plant in Romania.
Start-up is planned for 2020.
Valmet has agreed with FICAP on the
delivery of a continuous steam explosion
system, Biotrac, for production of black
pellets. The black pellet plant will be a
part of an existing large industrial area,
located in the region of Champagne-
Ardenne in France. Start-up is planned
for 2020.
• Emerging business and new value chains
• Valmet’s role in the value chain?
‒ How do Valmet create most value
‒ How to do business together
‒ Project execution model
• Existing but also new customers
‒ Align expectations
‒ Business with new partners
Commercial, examples
New opportunity but also some challenges
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• Raw material typically annual fibre, e.g. straw,
bagasse
‒ Wear on equipment
‒ Feeding bulky material
‒ Bridging/blockages
• Process conditions, e.g. high pressure and
temperatures, low pH
‒ Design need to be fit for purpose
‒ Choice of material quality
Technical, examples
New opportunity but also some challenges
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Challenges addressed in design of BioTrac!
Summary
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• Reliable partner with > 100 years
experience in designing and delivering
systems to process biomass
• Technical readiness for commercial size
BioTrac pretreatment systems
• We are committed to moving our
customers’ performance forward with our
unique offering and way to serve
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