POLYNOL Project - Integrated production of polymers

and ethanol from forest and sugar cane industries

Objective: Research, development, and demonstration.

Objective: Facilitate large scale production of renewable polymers and cellulosic

ethanol through cooperation between forest and sugar cane industries, and

between producers and end-users.

Organizations / Organizações: Innventia (SE) + CTC (BR) + Fibria (BR) + Klabin

(BR) + Novozymes (BR) + Scania (SE/BR) + Tetra Pak (SE/BR) + Chalmers (SE) +

…

Challenges addressed

• Ethanol production from lignocellulose generates multiple streams

– Requires polygeneration approach; by-products must also have high value

– Benefits from integration with other industry

– Large scale required for profitability

– Value chains must be understood by stakeholders

• Liquid packaging is partly made from non-renewable materials

• Fossil fuels are used in the production and transportation of biomass

POLYNOL Project - Overall Concept and Value Chains

Forestry residues,

Low-cost wood, Bagasse

Biomaterials,

biochemicals and

biofuels

Alkaline

fractionation

Hydrolysis,

Ferment-

ation &

Distillation

Separation

Energy

Recovery

Chemicals

Recovery

Electric Power

Kraft

pulping

Paper /

board

production

Pulp

wood Liquid

packaging

board

Renewable

packaging

Strong group of project partners

Raw materialsSeparation technology

BiotechnologyConversion &

manufacturingTransport

Systems analysis

• covering the entire value chains

• have complementary competences

• areas where Brazilian and Swedish companies are world leaders

•Fibria

•Klabin

•CTC

• Innventia

•Fibria

•Klabin

•Novozymes

•CTC

•Scania

•Tetra Pak

•Braskem

•Scania • Innventia

•Chalmers