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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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