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Value Added Chemicals and Materials from Future Pulp Mill Biorefineries

Art J. RagauskasIPST, School of Chemistry and BiochemistryGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

ragauskas@hotmail.com

Ragauskas TeamRagauskas Team

Lignin Cellulose Hemicellulose Extractives ChemistryLignin, Cellulose, Hemicellulose, Extractives ChemistryPine, Spruce, Birch, Maple, Poplar, Eucalyptus, Acacia, Global PartnershipsGlobal Partnerships Chemical/mechanical Pulping, Bleaching Fib M difi ti C it P k i Fiber Modification, Composites, PackagingBiomass Characterization Bi f l N ll lBiofuels, Nanocellulose Xylan films/foams Bi fi i Biorefining

Today’s Pulp MillToday s Pulp Mill

Products:• Pulp/Paper• Extractives• Power

Tommorow’s Pulp Mill Forest BiorefineryTommorow s Pulp Mill Forest Biorefinery

Products– Pulp/Paper– PowerPower– Nanocellulosics– Hemicellulose Films, Foams, – Lignin– Biofuels

Lignin carbon fibresLignin carbon fibres

New Cellulosics

Nanocellulose Whiskers

Microfibrillated cellulose

100 100 nmnm

Cellulosic Composites

Crosslinked Nanocellulose

Nanocellulose Balls

Lignin

SWSW

Current Pulp Mill: Mostly ends up inCurrent Pulp Mill: Mostly ends up in cooking liquor and burned for energy and recovery of cooking chemicals

New Lignin Applications

Cracking to Phenolicsg

Cracking & Hydrotreatmentto Green Diesel/Gasolineto Green Diesel/Gasoline

Carbon FibersActivated Carbon

Polymers, Dispersants, Flocculants

Hemicellulose

OOR

OH

O

OH

OO

O

OO

OORO

OR

O

OHOH

RORO

OR

OROH

O

HO

O

OH

O

OH

OHHO

OH

HOOH

O OH

OO

HOO

HOO

OO

HOOH

OO O

OOH

O

HOOH

CH3O

OOH

HOH2C

Current Pulp Mill: Mostly lost during pulping

OCOOH OH

O 2C

Hemicellulose from black liquor, chips saw dust and forestry residueschips, saw dust and forestry residues

Strength Aid for PaperXylan Foams

g p

50

55

60

Inde

x

30

35

40

45

8.0% 8.5% 9.0% 9.5% 10.0% 10.5%

Tens

ile

ControlBirchOat Hulls

Xylan FilmsXylan %

FurfuralFurfural

100 µm 100 µm

100 µm

Ethanol from Forestry ResiduesEthanol from Forestry Residues

Green Gasoline/Diesel from Bark

The Forest BiorefineryEnergy Chemicals/MaterialsEnergy Chemicals/Materials

Ethanol Fibers Ethanol FT-diesel Pyrolysis

FibersCellulosic

DerivativesN ll loil: Diesel

Gasoline Wood

NanocelluloseBarriers FilmsHydrogels

Ph lWood Pellets

Power

PhenolsCarbon fiberBindersPowerDispersantsActivated

carbonValue-Added

Compounds

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