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BUSINESS SENSITIVE 1
Biobased Materials Research
History of BioproductsBiobased materials are not necessarily new. Mother nature provided our first biobased materials: (cotton, lacquers, rubber, wood)
The advent of synthetic polymer chemistry allowed us to prepare new materials from petroleum feedstocks which would be cheap with tailored functionality. We able to make things only limited by our imagination.
Now we are looking back to nature for our materials. We have a better understanding and appreciation of biobased feedstocks with the ready availability of chemical characterization that allows us to use these biobased feedstocks in place of petroleum building blocks.
BUSINESS SENSITIVE 2
Biobased Materials Research
The Need for Alternatives• To meet future
demand of chemicals & materials, biobased resources will compliment the existing petroleum supplies.
• Currently, biobased materials for product use is very low (~2%).
• In the future this is projected to be much more significant (~50%).
BUSINESS SENSITIVE 3
Biobased Materials Research
Critical Components of Biobased Development
Feedstock
• Cost• Availability
•driven by need•coproduct of another process
Technology Application
• Chemistry/ Engineering to Convert Feedstock
• Market• Improved
Performance
BUSINESS SENSITIVE 4
Biobased Materials Research
Bioproduct Success Factors
Economics-price
-market
Performanceoften means matching/exceeding petroleum
version
EnvironmentalIssues
-sustainability-health
Success Factors
• The success of new biobased materials relies upon the three factors:
• Economics & Performance are generally required elements.
• Environmental aspects are typically valued as added benefit.
BUSINESS SENSITIVE 5
Biobased Materials Research
Soybeans: Chemical Building BlocksSoybean Feedstock
• Protein• Oil• Carbohydrates
Coatings-Paints
-Powder Coatings
Toners Adhesives-Polyurethane
-PF/UF-Acrylate PSA’s
-Extenders
Foams-Soft-Rigid
Additives-Polyols
-Plasticizers-Pigment Dispersants
-Processing Aids-Fillers
Lubricants
BUSINESS SENSITIVE 6
Biobased Materials Research
Petrochemical Drop-In
• Break a biobased feedstock all the way down to a petro-derived molecule
• More chemical transformations needed
• No application development needed (ready market)
• No ability to use novel properties of biobased molecule
Novel Biobased Chemicals
• Selectively functionalize or simplify a biobased feedstock to create a useful chemical
• Fewer chemical transformation needed
• More application development needed
• Many times unique products functions are discovered
Development Philosophies
BUSINESS SENSITIVE 7
Biobased Materials Research
Petroleum Refinery vs. Biorefinery• Petroleum enters a
refinery as crude oil & exits as various products – the majority as fuels & the remainder as specialty chemicals.
• Something similar is needed for a “biorefinery” where a biobased feedstock is harvested and then is broken out into various products.
BUSINESS SENSITIVE 8
Biobased Materials Research
Biorefinery: Biodiesel Production• Biodiesel production
results in Glycerin as a main co-product.
• Biodiesel expansion will flood markets with a large, low-cost supply glycerin.
soybeans biodiesel glycerin (coproduct)
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BUSINESS SENSITIVE 9
Biobased Materials Research
Biorefinery: Biodiesel Production• Biodiesel production
results in Glycerin as a main co-product.
• Biodiesel expansion will flood markets with a large, low-cost supply glycerin.
soybeans
soy oil soy meal
biodiesel glycerin (coproduct)
BUSINESS SENSITIVE 10
Biobased Materials Research
• Effectively utilizing glycerin for value-added applications will further support biobased products from soybeans.
glycerin(co-product)
Biorefinery: Biodiesel Production
BUSINESS SENSITIVE 11
Biobased Materials Research
Biorefinery: Biodiesel Production• Battelle has been
successful in developing two R&D100 award winning technologies based on glycerin:
- de-icing fluid
- reactive polyol which can be used in foams, coatings & adhesives glycerin
polyolde-icing fluid
foams adhesives coatings
BUSINESS SENSITIVE 12
Biobased Materials Research
Commercialization Model
DISCOVERY DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIALIZATION
R&D TechnologyDevelopment
ProductDevelopment Scale-Up
MarketingDevelopment
Plan
Manufacture,Sales, &
MarketingDistribution& Service
$250K –$1.5M
$750K –$2M
$2M–$10M
$10M–$100M
$100M–$500M
Battelle + Farmer Advocacy Groups
Battelle + Licensees
Licensees