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Low Cost Green Aromatics
December 2014
Copyright © Anellotech, Inc.
Anellotech’s Value Proposition A low cost process for “drop in” green aromatics
December 2014
Large consumer
markets
• Packaging
• Automotive
• Apparel
Low Cost
Feedstocks
• Wood Chips
• Palm Waste
• Sugar Cane
Bagasse
• Corn Stover
Simple Process
• One Reactor
• Economical
Catalyst
• Min. Added Energy
• No H2 Addition
• “Drop In”
• Benzene, Toluene,
Xylenes (BTX)
Key Chemicals
• PET
• PS
• PC
• PU
• Nylon
Base Aromatics
Desired Green Products
Key End Use Markets
Non-Food Biomass
Anellotech Benefits for BTX Supply Chain
• Cost advantaged vs. petroleum-derived
• Green chemistry-based
• Feedstock diversity (biomass vs. crude oil)
• No reliance on RINs, mandates for commercial viability
Base Aromatics Desired Green Products
Key End Use Markets
Non-Food Biomass
December 2014
Anellotech Origins
• Technology breakthrough from Huber research group at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Anellotech holds exclusive global rights to Catalytic Fast PyrolysisTM technology
• U.S. patents granted, more pending in U.S., international
• 100% strategic partner funded – major multinational chemical, technology providers and other companies in the aromatics supply chain
December 2014
Conversion Chemistry in One Reactor
Anellotech Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Process “CFP ProcessTM”
CFP Process
Features • Biomass conversion to
BTX in one fluidized bed reactor
• Anellotech proprietary catalysts based on zeolites
• Desired reactions make aromatics
• Undesired reactions make coke that is burned for process energy
Drying & Grinding
Catalyst Regenerator
Steam for electricity
Compressor
CO, CO2 to processing or combustor
Catalytic Fluidized Bed Reactor
Separation Train
Catalyst Separator
Catalyst recycle loop Gas Recycle Loop
BTX Purification
Water
C9+ Aromatics
B T X
December 2014
Dr. Charles Sorensen VP, R&D
• 25+ years process engineering, catalysis, R&D
• Corning, Exxon Mobil
Dr. Scott Han Director, Catalysis
• 25+ years catalysis, R&D • Mobil, Rohm & Haas, Midori
Dr. Dennis McCullough Business Dev. Consultant
• Former President Badger Licensing (Exxon-Shaw JV)
• Shaw Group, ABB Lummus, Bechtel, Eastman
Dr. George W. Huber Board of Directors
• Inventor CFP Technology, Co-founder
• Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Fred Pesa Board of Directors
• Former R&D Head, BP USA
• Expert in fluid bed catalysis
Dr. Ed Wolynic Board of Directors
• Former Engelhard CTO and Group VP Strategic Technologies
• Former UOP VP R&D
Leadership Team Highly experienced in chemicals, catalysis and business
Mr. David Sudolsky President & CEO
• 25+ Years Business Management, Leadership
• Dura Pharma, Booz-Allen, Union Carbide
Dr. Erick Gamas Director, Engineering
• 25+ years fluid bed engineering, R&D
• UOP, Ablemarle
December 2014
Anellotech’s Pearl River, NY Facilities Room for Expansion…
December 2014
Anellotech Development Strategy
U Massachusetts Intellectual
Property Estate
Anellotech Catalyst
Development
Anellotech Process
Development
Anellotech Pilot/Demo Plant
Testing & Scale-Up
Commercial Scale Plants
Anellotech IP
December 2014
Dec. 2013: Kg.-scale BTX Production Capability On-line, On-Schedule
Anellotech Process Commercialization
Scoping and Development Units: • fluid bed • fixed bed
operational
Pilot Unit December 2013
Demonstration Unit: 2016
First Commercial Plant 2019 - 2020
Second Commercial Plant 2021 - 2022
December 2014
Large BTX Market Potential Value $1200/ton vs. $600/ton for fuels
December 2014
3 of the 5 largest commodity petrochemicals…..
Butadiene, $25
Benzene, $69 Toluene,
$45
Xylene, $81
Ethylene, $195
Propylene, $120
“BTX” $195 bn
USD, billion
Benzene
Toluene
Xylene
Polystyrene, Rubber
Polycarbonate, Epoxy, Phenolics
Nylon
Detergents
Polyurethane
PET films and resins
Talk to Anellotech
• New partners in aromatics supply chain
• Commercial plant co-location partners
• Feedstock providers – Woody biomass – Stover – Bagasse – Energy crops
December 2014
