Wood to green gasoline using Carbona gasification and Topsoe TIGAS processes

Copenhagen - May 20, 2014 Jesper Højer Jensen, Haldor Topsoe

Wood to green gasoline project U.S. Department of Energy

Golden Field Office

DOE Award No. DE-EE0002874

DOE Program Manager:

Paul Grabowski

Government share: $ 25,000,000

Cost share: $ 9,388,775

Period of performance:

12/28/09 through 12/31/14

Acknowledgment & disclaimer Acknowledgment: This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, under Award Number DE-EE0002874. Special thanks to the team members on this project for their contributions to this presentation:

Niels Udengaard, Project Investigator, Haldor Topsoe Inc. Jim Patel, Project Manager, Carbona/Andritz Jesper H. Jensen, Project Manager, Haldor Topsoe A/S Kip Walston, Project Manager, ConocoPhillips Pekka Jokela, Project Manager, UPM-Kymmene

Disclaimer: This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.

Process flow sheet of demonstration unit

Gasifier

Tar reformer

Scrubber

Syngas compressor

Morphysorb TIGAS

Off-gas

Gasoline

Water

Wood chips

Oxygen steam

Guard bed Separator

TIGAS skid fabrication at Zeton

Construction at GTI – TIGAS module A1 lift

Test overview Integrated TIGAS operation periods

Shake-down (January 2013) 56 hours

100 gal

Test #1 (March 2013) 47 hours

573 gal

Test #2 (October 2013) 194 hours

3954 gal

Test #3 (March 2014) ~ 194 hours

~ 7000 gal

Total 500 hours

12000 gal

After initial mechanical start-up issues the TIGAS synthesis section of the demonstration plant operated very well at steady

reactor temperature profiles

Test #3 Octane

TIGAS gasoline testing

¡  Engine emissions testing at SwRI –  Tested a 80/20 high biomass TIGAS/gasoline blend –  Emission level ‘substancial similar’ to conventional

gasoline –  Phillips 66 will prepare EPA application for this blend

¡  Moderate Fleet Testing (planned for spring/summer 2014) –  4 pairs of vehicles over ~ 4 months –  Accumulate ~ 300,000 miles

NACE corrosion test

¡  Innospec Fuel Specialties performed corrosion evaluation of the raw TIGAS gasoline product using the NACE TM01-72 Corrosion Test.

¡  With a low treat rate of 2 ptb DCI-6A the raw TIGAS gasoline meets the typical Pipeline Specification of B+ (<5% corrosion).

¡  The actual test data showed much less corrosion corresponding to a B++ (<0.1% corrosion).

¡  A blend of the raw TIGAS gasoline and ethanol (E10 Blend) meets the B+ rating even before adding any corrosion inhibitors.

Project economics

Source: AEO2013 - Report Number DOE/EIA-0383(2013) http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/

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