RISE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CENTER Accelerating Innovation in sustainable energy solutions! General presentation May 2017 Research Institutes of Sweden Bioeconomy ETC
RISE Mission from the Swedish Government Collaborate closely with academia and industry to advance excellence in strategically important areas, and in doing so help accelerate transformation within the business world. Develop and increase the use of our leading, dynamic environment for testing, demonstration and pilot production. "Support and encourage organizations - particularly small and medium-sized enterprises - to participate in EU research programmes and benefit from international collaborative research." Excerpts from the Research Proposition 2016/17: 50 (Kunskap i samverkan).
Three have become one - RISE The RISE institutes Innventia, SP and Swedish ICT have merged in order to become a stronger research and innovation partner for businesses and society. 43 %
RISE Today RISE Research Institutes of Sweden Divisions RISE Bioeconomy RISE Built Environment RISE ICT RISE Bioscience and Materials RISE Safety and Transport RISE Certification Sustainable Cities and Communities Mobility Life Science Digitalization Energy and Biobased Economy 4
This is ETC within RISE Bioeconomy Nonprofit research organization (RTO), wholly owned subsidiary by RISE Perform science at industrially relevant conditions Focus area: Thermochemical conversion processes Combustion Gasification Fast pyrolysis Upgrading Biomaterials Provide tailor-made professional services: Large scale Experiments Advanced Computations In-depth Investigations Partners/Customers: Academia, Industry & Public agencies
Initiatives and infrastructure at ETC site Piteå Science Park (Business development) LTU Green Fuels (Fuel synthesis plant) ETC Laboratories (Pilots, lab scale units, & instruments) ETC test beds: Combustion furnaces Drop tube furnaces Entrained flow gasifiers Fixed bed gasifier Fast pyrolysis units Slurry hydrocracker Fluid catalytic cracking Laser diagnostics Spray characterisation 2-dimensional GC-MS
Historisk klimatreform för Sverige 2018-? Ramverk bestående av lag, mål och ett klimatpolitiskt råd 2030-mål om att utsläpp från inrikestransporter (exkl. flyg) ska reducerats med 70% jmf med 2010. Stor enighet i riksdag och reformen fövrväntas antas i juni med start 1 januari 2018. Ambitiös och världsledande: Sverige ska bli ett av världens första fossilfria välfärdsländer! (Statsminister S. Löfven)
Industriella utmaningar & möjligheter Antalet flygresenärer (globalt) förväntas att fördubblas kommande två decennier (> 2 000 000 resenärer ständigt i luften 2040!) Eldrivna personbilar på stark frammarsch, fortfarande dock en upper limit! Kan det privat bilägande minska och istället ägandet till företag i en delningsekonomi? Förnybara drivmedel för tung trafik, flyg och sjöfart en jätteutmaning. Förnybara råmaterial till dagens raffinaderier för konventionella drivmedel är det som ligger närmast för pågående 2030-resa. Nya processer baserade på nya materialströmmar i dagens skogsindustri är nödvändigt och har största potentialen för omställning.
SLURRY HYDROCRACKER Olov Öhrman Maj 2017 Research Institutes of Sweden Bioeconomy RISE Energy Technology Center
Hydrotreatment within refineries 81% of primary energy was fossil energy in 2010. Important with efficient conversion processes of unconventional feedstocks when reserves are depleted. Different reactor concepts and catalysts tested. Important to avoid coking, pressure drop, poisoning, hot spots etc. Slurry hydrocracking has shown to be one process of high interest.
Slurry hydrocracking Slurry with dispersed catalyst, 100-200 bar, 400-500. Catalytic hydrogenation followed by thermal cracking. 90 % conversion is state of the art. Eni, Italy, from 1990 to dec 2016! Lab 15 dm3 pilot Demo full scale 23 000 bbl/day i.e. 1 million ton per year. Veba Combi Cracker from 1927 UOP Uniflex (SHC process), Canada Pilots at Exxon, Chevron etc..
Idea Lignin structure reminds of the heavy oils Conversion of lignin at high pressures and temperature have been investigated in lab scale in presence of catalyst and hydrogen. Interest to test slurry hydrocracking on liquefied lignin streams in a continuous pilot plant. Technology of interest for todays oil refineries: drop in process would reduce time to market and ease up the economic problems with dedicated biofuel processes.
An expensive way of producing water? Commercial plant likely to be located at a refinery. Renewable electricity and electrolysis for hydrogen production instead of using natural gas. Reasonable that co-feeding will be lowest hanging fruit. The pilot plant give following possibilities Catalyst development Conversion studies of different liquefied lignin streams at high pressures and high temperature, with or without hydrogen and catalyst present Open research infrastructure for academic and businesses organizations Low cost when not in operation
The pilot plant Pilot plant ordered 2016-02-15. Design, P&ID, BOM, HAZOP, site preparation, FAT Arrival at site on 2016-12-07. Hydrogen supply from 12 cylinders + compressor. Feed rate from about 0.5 dm 3 /h. Hydrogen feed up to 2 000 Ndm 3 /h. Temperature up to 500 C and pressure up to 190 bar. Dec. 2016-March 2017: Site Acceptance tests. April June 2017: Initial tests and verification
Financing of the pilot plant project Financer kr Energy Agency 8 400 000 The Kempe Foundations 2 400 000 Preem 1 500 000 Foundation ETC 700 000 RISE ETC 300 000 Cost categories (updated) Complete pilot plant with compressor 961 000 Personnel costs 2 500 000 kr Other costs 740 000 kr Subcontracting 500 000 kr Travel costs 160 000 kr 16
Slurry prep and reactor side Gas feed side Feeds and products side Hydrogen compressor 17
Research areas Co-refining of vacuum residue/vgo and bio-oils Catalyst testing and development Evaluation of hydrothermal treatments of bio-feed Long term testing 24/7 Analysis: Feedstock and products Comprehensive 2D gas chromatography, 14 C isotopic analysis, Sulfur, Etc. Modeling Reactor modelling, CFD, reaction kinetics, upscaling, heat rates Feeding trials (clogging, heat/flow rate) Material issues (corrosion) 18
THANK YOU! Olov Öhrman, Adjunct Professor, PhD. Olov.Ohrman@ri.se +46-10-516 6174 Research Institutes of Sweden Bioeconomy RISE Energy Technology Center