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Economics (Million USD) $109 OPEX/yr $117 CAPEX Introduction Process Innovations, Layout & HAZOPs HAZOP Legend Sean Bonnett, Enakshee Charitar, William Gumboc, Aliya Mitchell, Liam Muir, Dilem Tuzcu, William Xi Environmental Impact $166 Revenue/yr $45.42 $12.72 $14.01 $33.67 $3.53 41.5% 11.7% 12.8% 30.8% 3.2% Materials & Effluent Treatment Utilities Maintenance Overhead & General Expenses Labour $25.33 $40.41 $33.53 $17.52 21.7% 34.6% 28.7% 15.0% Equipment Installation & Construction Land and Buildings Contingency 4yr Payback 27% IRRactual Location: Southern Ontario, for access to biodiesel producers and US markets. 8.27% CAGR forecasted to 2021 Hydrogenolysis Reactor: Acetol Polishing Reactor: 100% 74% Glycerol Conversion Propylene Glycol Yield 28% Increase in Propylene Glycol Produced 61% Acetol Conversion and Propylene Glycol Yield PG-EG Extractive Distillation: 31% Increase in Relative Volatility 99% Triethylene Glycol Retention Hydrogenolysis Reactor: -Conversion of crude glycerol to propylene glycol over a packed bed of Raney Copper Catalyst at 2.8 MPa and 400 K Acetol Polishing Reactor: -Conversion of residual acetol to propylene glycol over a packed bed of Raney Copper Catalyst at 2.8 MPa and 415 K Acetol Recovery & Recycle: -Acetol recovered from methanol and water stream in 15-tray distillation tower Propylene Glycol Recovery: -Production of 99.5 wt.% propylene glycol via extractive distillation in 18-tray distillation tower $371 NPW -100,000 MT/yr Propylene Glycol -142 MT/yr Triethylene Glycol -Remainder: Side products (water, methanol, ethylene glycol) Mass Balance Summary: -3000 MT/yr Hydrogen -170,000 MT/yr Crude Glycerol -142 MT/yr Triethylene Glycol 70-80% reduction in GHG emissions relative to petrochemical- based PG Payback Sensitivity -$500 $0 $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 Net Cumulative ATCF (Million USD) Year 25% PG Price Decrease Over Next 5 Years Stable PG Market Price of 1,650 USD/tonne 25% PG Price Increase Over Next 5 Years Bio-Propylene Glycol from Crude Glycerol Chemical & Biological Engineering CHBE 454 Group P9 Applications 22% 26% 18% 11% 5% 4% 14% Antifreeze Unsaturated Polyester Resin Food, Drugs, & Cosmetics Liquid Detergents Paints & Coatings Inks Bio-Based Benefits Fall From Heights Gas Exposure Labour Ergonomics Liquid Spill Hydrogen Explosion Office Ergonomics $ $ $ $ $$$ HO OH HO H2 $ OH HO OH OH OH O O OH OH H2O HO OH OH HO OH O OH -H2O ∆Hrxn=-30kJ/mol +H2 ∆Hrxn=-56kJ/mol +H2 ∆Hrxn=-15kJ/mol HO OH OH + 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 4 Process Overview Market Growth Sustainability Market Advantage 293,000 L/day Liquid Effluent to Waste Treatment 988 kW Power Consumption 14,730 L/day Cooling Water Usage 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 USD/tonne Year Propylene Glycol Price Refined Glycerol Price Goal: To produce 100,000 MT/yr of bio-based 99.5 wt.% propylene glycol, and fill the growing demand in the market approaching a value of $4.60 billion via hydrogenolysis of crude glycerol sourced from biodiesel production. 29,000 kW Steam Heating (3% energy savings via heat integration) 50,000 MT/yr CO2 Emissions
