Project Biorefinery Demo Plant

Project Owner... Sekab Group  
Project name Biorefinery Demo Plant  
Status operational  
Startup 2004  
Geodata
Country Sweden  
City Ornskoldsvik  
Production
Type TRL 8 First-of-a-kind commercial  
Technology PVC5: Alcohol fuels from cellulosic sugars  
Technology additional information SEKAB CelluAPP(R) technology  
Raw Material lignocellulosics  
Input 1 primary wood chips; sugarcane bagasse, wheat, corn stover, energy grass, recycled waste etc have been tested. (2 t/d)  
Output 1 ethanol (160 t/y )  
Additional Information
Total Investment SEK 2,000,000  
Technology Brief CelluAPPĀ® makes it possible to process almost all forms of biomass into environmentally friendly, high-quality and marketable chemical products and raw materials such as biogas, cellulosic sugars, ethanol and lignin. Which in turn can be used as climate-neutral and high-quality raw materials in the manufacture of many of the everyday products around us such as cosmetics, hygiene articles, biofuels, plastics and pharmaceuticals.  
Additional Information Operates during 24 hours, 7 days a week. Accumulated operating time since start-up is > 50 000 h. (end of 2011), 23.000 h pretreatment of spruce and 20.000 h of pretreatment of a hardwood mix.  
Contact Information
Monica Normark monica.normark@sekab.com  
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