DEVELOPMENT OF AGRI+CHEMICAL: UTILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
GBS2018Parallel Workshops III, 20th April, 11:00 – 13:00 / Track: "Bioeconomy of World Regions"
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JIRCAS’s Mission
1. Agricultural technologies for sustainable management of the
environment and natural resources in developing regions will
be developed.
2. Technologies for stable production of agricultural products in
the tropics and other adverse environments will be
developed.
3. High value-adding technologies with various local resources
in developing regions will be developed.
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
President Dr. Masa Iwanaga
2015 (7.3 billion)
Asia
Africa
Europe
Latin America/the Caribbean
Northern America
2030 (8.5 billion)
Asia
Africa
Europe
Latin America/the Caribbean
Northern America
World Population Prospects and Primary Energy Demand
Source: United Nations 2015
Primary energy demand (Mtoe), 2035 (Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2013)
1. Resources
Our Strategy for Bioeconomy in Southeast Asia
2. Technology Developments
3. Sustainable Society
Southeast Asian countries are making rapid economic progress, and their large population is expected to have a great impact on the world’s energy situation and the environment. The countries are situated in tropical areas; hence they possess abundant lignocellulosic biomass resources
JIRCAS proposes “AGRI+CHEMICAL” manufacturing process that produces to electric power, liquid fuels, chemicals and materials from methane gas (CH4) as starting chemical compound through saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass
The outcome of AGRI+CHEMICAL expects to contribute to the increase of eco-friendly energy resources as well as the construction of sustainable land use and food production (SDGs) through the bioeconomy.
CH4 platform
CelluloseHemicelluloseLignin
Starch
Power HeatNatural gas
& ethanol
Utilization of agricultural residues in Southeast Asia
Renewable Energy and Materials
Industrial effluent
Solid waste
Liquid waste
High10~15mWeight1-2 ton
Palm oil
Palm fruit
Oil Palm Trunk(OPT)
Palm Oil
Starch50 %
Fiber32%
Composition
Promising Bioresources in Southeast Asia
• produced as a by-product of starch manufacturing.
Cassava Pulp
Sap10% free sugars
GTLGas oil,
Hydrogen,Plastic..
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Utilization Technology of Old Oil Palm Trunk (OPT)
• Oil palm trees have an economic life span of about 25 years.
• 2xTokyo area is for replanted in every year.
• 63 million trunks (180 million ton)/year from Indonesia and Malaysia
Sugar concentration.. 10%
Power Generation
CH4GAS FUEL
Methane production
OPT
Extracted Sap High quality pellet
Current
Future
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Utilization Technology of Cassava Pulp
Methane production
Power Generation
CH4GAS FUEL
GTL,Gas oil,
Hydrogen,Plastic..
CO2 CH4
Current
Future
Microbial saccharification
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International CollaborationFrom OUTPUT to OUTCOM
Collaboration with USM, IHI and JIRCAS
Collaboration with KMUTT, IHI and JIRCAS
Extracted sap
Kluang
Bangkok
Pilot plant for Biogas and Pellet from OPT
(March 2017)
Pilot test for biogas from Cassava pulp with fiber saccharification system
(August 2017)
Pellet
Water treatment
Resolution of
environmental issue
and import
infrastructure
Job creation
Expend
Sustainability
Corporate social
responsibility
Job creation
Sustainability
Environmental issue
Global warming issue
Pellet and biogas
Renewable energy
Export of capital
Creation of Bioeconomy by Agri+Chemical Process in Southeast Asia
Energy security
Contribution to SDGs
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