Biomassgasifica+onThePiracicabaBioSynGasProjectSeptember17,2012Dr.FernandoLandgrafCEOofIPTlandgraf@ipt.br

  MarketcondiDons  Technologychoice  Economicviability  IPT’spilotplantproposal

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Brazilenergyconsump+onperyear

106tonequivalentoil

FFVFlexFuelvehicules4

Today’sdifficul+eswithethanolprice

OilpriceevoluDon:ifpriceincreaseconDnues,ethanolstrives

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Poten+alsugarcaneharvestgrowthgrowth

5%growthperyear

Year

SugarcaneharvestM

t/year

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SugarcaneBiomasspowerpoten+alin2010

Pth=Mcane.Fbagasse+straw.LHV./8000h

$=(600Mt/year.0,20.17GJ/t.0,277MWh/GJ/8000h/year)=

=70GWth

InstaledcogeneraDoncapacityin2011:3GW

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NewtechnologiesforabeHeruseofsugarcanebagasseandstraw

  Biochemicalroute  hydrolysis

  Thermochemicalroute  Improvementofboilerstechnology  GasificaDon

  Fluidizedbedtechnology  Entrainedflowtechnology

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Gasifica+on

  Gasifica+onisaprocessthatconvertsorganicorfossilbasedcarbonaceousmaterialsintoagasmixtureofcarbonmonoxide,hydrogenandcarbondioxide,calledsynthesisgas,orsyngas.

  TheSyngascanbeusedtogenerateelectricalpower,liquidfuelsorchemicals.

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Maingasifica+onconcepts

150kt/year 1500kt/year

Gasifierconceptsatdiferentscales

Choicedepends:

  Whichisthemostadequatescale

  Whichproductsaredesired

Scale

  AtypicalBraziliansugarcanemillharvests4Mt/yearofsugarcane.

  Eachtongives150kgofsugar,140kgofbagasseand60kgofavailablestraw.

  So,800ktofdrybiomass/yearisavailable.  Itispossibletoenvisionamillwhereallbiomassisgasifiedtoproducepowerandchemicalproducts.

  Forthisscale,EntrainedFlowGasificaDonisthebestsoluDon

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CommercialGaseifica+onplant

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Whychooseentrainedflowgasifica+on:  Largescalecommercialplantsforpetrochemicalwasteand

coalgasificaDonareinusetoday.  Qualityofgeneratedgases:lowtarandmethanelevelsdueto

highoperaDngtemperatures(greaterthan1300°C)andhighCOandH2levels.

  TheabilitytooperatewithliquidflowsorlowgranulometryparDculatematerials(bio‐oilandtorrifiedgroundedbiomass).

  Highpressuresandhighpower.  Theabilitytoremovemoltenashes

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Poten+alforgasifica+onplantsthegreenfieldsofthe2020’s:

5%growthperyear

SugarcaneharvestM

t/year

Technologydevelopment15

Year

550Mtgrowthin10years140newmills

Presentsitua+onofBiomassgasifica+onintheworld

  Nocommercialplants  Severalpilotplantsandmanytechnologicalchallenges  LargeR&Dinvestments:Germany,USA,Sweden,  LargecoalgasificaDoncommercialplantsinChina(1Mtcoal/

year),SouthAfricaandUSA

ProjetoChemrec,Suécia ProjetoChoren,Alemanha ProjetoBioTfuel‐França

ComercialCarvão:China

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Economicviability

Swansonetal(2010) Boerrigter(2006)

Biomass CornstoverWoodybiomassfromEuropeanforestchippedanddried

Pre‐treatment Grindinganddryingviasteam

TorrefacDonwithfixedcostof1,5Euro/GJ

Gascleaning Coldgascleaning;SWGS

RecDsol(CAPEX59MUS$2011)

Plantsize(MWth) 389 4.250

Method ASPENPlus&Icarus EngineeringanalogywithaGTLplant

Datafromliterature

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InvestmentGasificaDonplantsize:800MT/year(100t/h)

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Stages

Investment(MUS$2011)

Pretreatment 45GasificaDon 60GascleaningandcondiDoning 60

FischerTropschUnit 75

ASU(airseparaDonunit) 45

20MWElectricgeneraDonunit 65

OBL 340

total 690

Scenariosfor2020‐2030

scenario Bagassecost(US$/ton)

Discountrate

Dieselprice2020‐2030(US$/litro)

Op+mist 30 0,08 2,1probable 50 0,10 1,8Pessimist 70 0,12 1,5

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647MWthgasifica+onplant800mtb/aFTFuelproducBon;Energyefficiency=55%

TCI(MUS$2010) NPV(MUS$) ROI

op+mist 549 786 286%

probable 689 334 114%

pessimist 917 ‐2 ‐1%TCI:TotalCapitalInvestment

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BrazilianBiosyngasproject

  IPT(SãoPauloStateResearchInsDtute)iscoordinaDngaproposaltobuilda500kg/hbiomassgasificaDonpilotplantinPiracicaba(SP)

  ObjecDveistobeabletodefinetheConceptualDesignofa800kt/year(100t/h,470MWth)plantin2020,withCAPEXofUS500M

  5yearprojectbudgetisUS$40M.

  Threeindustrialpartners(Oxiteno,PetrobrasandVale)areinterestedindeveloping,outsidetheproject,thetechnologiesfromgastobiofuels,biochemicalsorElectricalEnergy.

PilotPlantgasifierspecifica+on

  2,5MWth,approx.500kgbiomass/hcapacity  “flex”:abletogasifypowderorbiooil  Oxygenblown  noheatrecovery  GascomposiDontargets:

  80%(CO+H2)  <0,5%CH4

  <1gtarr/Nm3

  <0,5%N2

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GasificaDonBiomassProcess

Technicalchallenges

  Bagassedryingunitdesignchoice  BagassetorrefacDonunitdesignchoice  Gasifierdesignfor3%ashcontent  EarthseparaDonbeforegasifier,tolowerashsilicacontent

  Gascleaning

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Projectstatus  3.5yearsofnegociaDonandplanning

  20workshopswithcompaniesandICTsforbusinessstructuring

  Partnersformallycommiued

  IPnegoDaDonscompleted

  Environmentallicencesgranted

  BNDESandFINEPapprovalinfinalstages

  SaoPauloStateresourcesavailable,tofundPlantBasicDesign

  Personnelhiringinprocess

  30researchersalreadyinvolved

Resultsfromthemodelingteam

Temperature streamlines

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TimeChart.

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Budget

Pilotplant:Piracicaba

EsalqCTC

Dedini

Cosan

PiracicabaIPTPlant–OldSugarCanePlantinESALQarea

Finalremarks

  GasificaDonisanimportantopDonforabeueruseofbagasseinthe2020’s,dependingonoilpriceevoluDon.

  EntrainedFlowgasificaDontechnologyisaviablealternaDve.

  Nocommercialtechnologyisavailable,soapilotplantisanecessarystep.

  TheteamwantstoincenDveBrazilianresearchgroupstojointheeffortandfacethescienDficchallengesthatlaybeforeus.

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