Technology
“[In the US] fully-developed pulp mill biorefinery industry could be double or more the [production] size of the current corn-ethanol industry.” – Eric Larson, Princeton University/DOE study
With the Chemrec technology, the global production potential for biofuels is on the order of 225 million barrels oil equivalent per year, and grows with the pulp industry by about 4% growth each year. At $20 billion annual fuel revenues today, this represents greater than 1/3 of total pulp industry revenues. Thus, the potential of the Chemrec Biorefinery offers a step-change in results to the pulp and paper industry.
Low carbon footprint
A recent
CONCAWE/EUCAR study reviewed the carbon footprint of a variety of bio- and fossil fuels. Chemrec’s biofuels clearly stand out in the study, with all of the various potential fuel products reducing overall footprint by greater than 90 percent. With the additional benefit of not competing for food or agricultural land, Chemrec biofuels are a true leader in the move to sustainable mobility.
Intellectual Property
Chemrec has a broad patent portfolio protecting our technology globally. We hold more than a hundred patents across 26 patent families covering gasification, gas cleaning and pulp mill integration aspects. We innovate and constantly strive to add patents protecting a wide range of aspects of our technology.
Our gasifier products
A300 Booster
The 300 tons/day atmospheric air-blown unit increases pulp production through improved black liquor recovery capacity and flexibility in chemical recovery. The A300 Booster is installed in parallel with the mill’s existing recovery boiler. A significant benefit of this system is that it can be installed while the recovery boiler continues to operate, thus avoiding down time and lost production.
OX300 Booster
The OX300 atmospheric oxygen-blown Booster not only increases the black liquor recovery capacity but also produces a fuel gas suitable as lime kiln fuel. In this way lime kiln fuel costs and the mill carbon footprint can be significantly reduced.
P500 Expansion Unit
The 500 tons/day pressurized oxygen-blown unit offers mils additional capacity and increased yield, while producing significant volumes of sustainable, low-carbon biofuels.
P2000 Replacement Unit
The 2000 tons/day pressurized oxygen-blown unit replaces recovery boilers entirely, granting improved pulp yield, while producing significant volumes of sustainable, low-carbon biofuels.
P2000 Combined Cycle Unit
The 2000 tons/day pressurized unit oxygen-blown replaces recovery boilers entirely, granting improved pulp yield, while doubling “green power” production.