SUSTAINABLE JET FUEL FROM BIOMASS - CHARLES E. WYMAN, PHD PRESIDENT AND CEO IRVINE, CALIFORNIA - BIOFUELS DIGEST
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Sustainable Jet Fuel from Biomass
Charles E. Wyman, PhD
President and CEO
Irvine, California
ABLC Next
San Francisco, California
October 31, 2019
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Aviation Industry Commitment to
Climate Change Action
• Goal: “Reduce aviation’s net CO2
emissions to 50% of what they were in
2005 by 2050”*
• Key to reaching goal: Sustainable Aviation
Fuels (SAF)
• Need: Competitively priced SAF
*Boyd, Robert (IATA). 2018 CBGM. Policy Panel Discussion.
http://caafi.org/resources/pdf/1.9_Policy_Discussion.pdf
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Vertimass Technology Produces Jet Fuel
from Ethanol
Consolidated Alcohol Dehydration and Oligomerization (CADO)
Fermentation
Distillation
conversion
Catalytic
Broth
Biomass Jet
Existing and future ethanol facilities Vertimass
Bolt-on 3
Key Technical Advances
• Simple: Single operation, no hydrogen needed
• Technology: Vertimass successfully transferred
CADO from ORNL to TechnipFMC
• Stoichiometric conversion: 100% of ethanol to
HCs and water confirmed at TechnipFMC
• Catalyst: Advanced from powder to
commercial extrudates and cut cost
• Scale-up: 300x scale-up in 12 months
• High Yields: Increased liquid hydrocarbon
yields (C5+) from 36% to ~80% in 8 months Result: Reduced
• Mild Conditions: ~350 ºC and ~60 psi conversion cost
• Wet ethanol: 25-100% ethanol in water feed at by ~93%
ORNL and TechnipFMC
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5
Ethanol Dehydration or CADO Bolt-On
Vertimass cost to
100%
Ethanol Production Process Ethanol convert ethanol to
Molecular
40%
Sieves
jet fuel:
To
Ethanol Rectifica
tion
Water
• Little higher than
Column
Ethanol
Fermentation
Dryer
HE4 Beer
the cost to
Process Column
Water remove water
Ethanol Dehydration from ethanol
Process Heat
Water now ($/Btu)
Light gases
HE1 HE2
Catalytic
Reactor • Potential to be
HE3 Decanter
Fungible Fuel about the same
CADO Ethanol to Fungible Fuel Blendstock Bolt-On Water
Blendstocks
• Key is to use wet
ethanol as feed
Highly Profitable Periods 6
Turn on Vertimass
Ethanol Bolt-on
Vertifuel
Margin
Oil
Vertifuel =
Gasoline Value +
BTX Value + RINs +
Chem Credit -
OpEx - 0.15*CapEx
Sources: Oil pricing (Indexmundi.com), Ethanol (investing.com), Vertifuel (calculated from Gasoline (indexmundi.com and D6 RINs (OPIS) 6
LCA for CADO of Different Ethanol 7
Sources
• CADO passes on GHG attributes of ethanol feed
stream
• GHG reductions range from 40-69% for conversion
of 1st generation ethanol to Vertifuel
• GHG reductions range from 70-96% for conversion
of 2nd generation ethanol to Vertifuel
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Vertimass Technology Can Produce Other Fuels
and Chemicals in Addition to Jet Fuel from Ethanol
Consolidated Alcohol Dehydration and Oligomerization (CADO)
Benzene/
Toluene/
Fermentation Xylene
Distillation
conversion
Catalytic
Broth
Biomass Jet
Diesel
Existing and future ethanol facilities Vertimass
Bolt-on Gasoline
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Higher Value Chemicals from Ethanol
Vertimass recently approved for Iowa Renewable Chemical Tax
Credit for Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes
IowaCredit: 0.05/lb
(~0.35/gal)
BTEX Premium
over Ethanol ~45%
(without credit)
BTEX Premium
over Ethanol ~65%
(with credit)
1. Mundi
2. Nasdaq 9
Rapidly Build on the Largest, Established
Renewable Fuels Platform - Ethanol
US, Brazil, and World Sugar, Starch, and Cellulosic Ethanol Producers
126 plants in Brazil
(~6 billion gallons)
220 plants in US
(~15 billion gallons)
Discussions with 8 US and 7 International producers for Vertimass Bolt-on
First licensee (Alliance BioEnergy) signed on July 2, 20191
1 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vertimass-completes-first-technology-license-to-alliance-bioenergy-plus-inc-300879598.html 10Vertimass Works with TechnipFMC for Scale-up
• Leader in project management, engineering, and construction
• Worldwide presence with 37,500 employees in 48 countries
• Extensive experience in direct scale up of catalytic
technology to commercial scale from unique pilot operations
1,000,000x scale-up from
TechnipFMC Vertimas pilot/demo Commercial
pilot/demo plant
operations ~6 months to commercial
unit for simple Vertimass
system 11Technical and Economic Advantages
• Single reactor system
• Low pressure and moderate temperature
• Low CAPEX and OPEX
• Highest yields for liquid hydrocarbons
• Produces valuable blending components
• Scalable to commercial operation based on pilot/demo plant data
being developed
• Strong IP position
• Vertimass has exclusive license to 5 US patents issued to Oak
Ridge National Laboratory with international filings
• 1 Vertimass US patent issued, 4 other applications
• Very positive freedom to operate
12Commercial Advantages
• Flexibility to shift products in response
to markets to maximize profits
• Allows biofuels producers to lower plant
water and energy use and GHG
emissions
• Could debottleneck biofuels production
• Use existing pipeline network for
Vertimass fuels, avoiding truck or rail
distribution challenges and costs
• Reduces transport weight/volume of
product by ~40% by removing water
13Recent Notable Vertimass Events
• Iowa Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit for
Vertimass sustainable chemicals
• First license for technology issued
• Award in progress for Scandinavian jet fuel project
• Selected by Biofuel Digest as among the “NEXT 50
Companies to Disrupt the World”
• Working with US refiner for integration of Vertimass
products into refining operations
• Selected to negotiate second DOE Award to enhance jet
fuel properties
• Paper being finalized with high impact journal
14Near Term Plans
• Develop next generation catalyst with ORNL, DOE, and
Vertimass laboratory
• Complete scale up with TechnipFMC
• Qualify gasoline and diesel blendstocks
• Complete Fast Track followed by Tier 1 and 2 as needed
for jet fuel blendstock qualification
• Complete Basic Engineering package
• Complete Detailed Engineering Design
• Complete commercialization platform
15Take Home Messages • Disruptive Vertimass technology converts ethanol into valuable jet, gasoline, and diesel fuel additives and high value chemicals without adding hydrogen • Simple technology results in low Capital and Operating costs • Can produce hydrocarbon fuels at about the same unit energy cost as removing water from ethanol • Vertimass fuels offer 40-70% GHG reductions for 1st generation ethanol and 70-96% for 2nd generation ethanol • Technology can compete with oil derived equivalents at higher petroleum prices or with various incentives • Can be ready for commercial scale up in months, not years • Strong intellectual property position 16
Long Term Carbon Dioxide and 17
Temperature Trends
Temperature change (light blue) and carbon dioxide change (dark blue) measured from the EPICA Dome C ice core in Antarctica (Jouzel et al. 2007; Lüthi et al. 2008).
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/global-warming/temperature-change 1718
Questions?
Contact:
cwyman@vertimass.com
617 901-7081Technology: Consolidated Alcohol 19
Dehydration and Oligomerization (CADO)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory invented catalyst that transforms
ethanol into hydrocarbons in one step without adding hydrogen
Hydrous ethanol vapor from
distillation column
Low-cost metal-exchanged
zeolite catalyst
Aromatic and Aliphatic
HCs typical of blend
stock constituents
(C4-C12) with water and
+ H2O trace ethylene byproducts
19Energy Flows for Transformation of
1 kg of Sugar into Fungible Fuel
n C2H5OH/ n C2H4(H2O) => C2nH4n + n H2O
Key: Catalyst completes removal of oxygen from biomass
Fermentation
15.6 MJ 15.2 MJ 14.6 MJ Fungible
Catalytic
Glucose Ethanol Fuel and Gases
Reactor
(1 kg) (0.51 kg) (0.31 kg)
Fermentation Catalyst removes oxygen
removes oxygen as water with no ΔHc
as CO2 that has 0.00 MJ 0.00 MJ
Result: Hydrocarbons
no ΔHc Carbon Dioxide Water
capture most of ΔHc
(0.49 kg) (0.20 kg)
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