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Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo

Biomass conversion research at IMP

Jorge Aburto

May 2015

2015-Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo

R&D on Fuels and chemicals from Biomass

Developing/Evolving Bio-based System

Specifically Evolved Hydrocarbon System

Renewables

Bio-based sustainable

Crude oil / Fuels / Petrochemicals

Finite Low cost Driven

Breakdown to simple molecules

Transport

Extract and Modify materials

Transport (if needed)

Opportunities for low cost and/or high performance

Transport

Synthesize more complex molecules

Opportunities for existing or modified low cost inputs

Manufacture Manufacture

High carbon fingerprint Lower carbon fingerprint

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Storage and chemical transformation of CO2

Biomass-based chemicals

Sugars, Lipids, proteins, glycerol

Materials, catalysts, biopolymers

Biomass

Cellulose Hemicelluloses Lignin Starch Protein Chitin Pectin

Energy, Fuels, vapor Bioethanol Biodiesel Biojet fuel

Drilling fluids, emulsions

R&D on Fuels and chemicals from Biomass


Biorefinery process for fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass into high sugar´s syrup and lignin

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Biorefinery process for fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass into high sugar´s syrup and lignin

Ethanol market (Barrels per day)*

Actual

ethanol

market

Ethanol production

in sugar cane

refineries

Ethanol demand for

gasoline pool in Mexico

City

3,446 862 8,500

There are various opportunities to use IMP process:

Pilot plant for

process

Sugars

Lignin

Utilities Bio- and catalyst

Biomass

feedstock

Delignification

and

depolymerization

process

Feed and products from the heavy

crude oil upgrading unit

Process characteristics:

IMP is leading a consortia (IPN,

INIFAP, enterprises) to develop

versatile and adaptable processes to

several biomass feedstock:

Agave bagasse

Cane sugar bagasse

Spent malt grain

Corn stover

Wheat straw

Forestry residues

Grasses

Biomass fractionation to sugars and

lignin at moderate reaction conditions

Low formation of fermentation

inhibitors

High conversion of carbohydrates to

sugars (80-100%) and lignin

fractionation

* Source: SENER bioenergy report (2006 and 2013)

Description Current situation in Mexican ethanol industry


Results

IMP has developed:

Physicochemical

characterization of

lignocellulosic biomass

available in Mexico

Geographyc and

availability charts

Charts of physicochemical

data

IMP and

consortia

are building a

database of

lignocellulosic

biomass

available in

Mexico

IMP and consortia developed physicochemical and geographic charts of lignocellulosic biomass

Lab test

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IMP develops techno-economical

studies to identified promising

technological routes.

Base case. Process scheme with

sugar cane molasse

fermentation

IMP case. Process scheme with

IMP and consortia technology

Results Simplified scheme of IMP process and production costs Results Simplified scheme of IMP process and production costs

IMP develops techno-economical studies of biomass fractionation technology


IMP is developing:

Technological roadmaps

for biomass feedstock

fractionation into sugars

and lignin

Best technological routes

for sugar production

Best technological routes

for carbohydrate and lignin

fractionation

Process

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Lignocellulosic

feedstock 1 Process

2

Process

3

High fractionation

of sugars and lignin

Lignin as antimicrobial agent

Results Lab test

IMP and consortia developed a technological roadmap for best sugar and lignin fractionation

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IMP technology for pipelining of extra heavy crude oils through

inverse emulsions and bioproducts


Description Current situation in Mexican petroleum industry

industry

Extra heavy crude oil production in Mexico

(Barrels per day)*

Samaria Altamira Pánuco

4,768 924 2,385

IMP’s Pilot plant for inverse emulsion preparation,

flow and pressure drop measurements

Process characteristics

IMP developed a pipelining

technology comprising:

Handling and pipeling extra

heavy crude oil with a viscosity

higher than 30,000 cP

Preparing inverse emulsion, i.e.

oil in water emulsion.

Viscosity and pressure drops

during pipeling equivalent to

dilution or heating technologies

for pipelining.

Tuning of emulsion stability for

operation versatility

Biodegradable surfactants

Biodegradable demulsifiers

Crude oil dehydration for further

refining

* Source: PEP, Activo de Producción Samaria Luna, 2012.

Description

IMP process allows pipelining of high viscous crude oils, >30,000 cP

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Lab test Results

IMP has developed:

Biodegradable biosurfactants

for preparation of inverse

emulsion

Biodegradable

biodemulsifiers for crude oil

dehydration

Technology for transport of

heavy and extra heavy crude

oil

IMP developed and patented several innovations on bioproduct synthesis and inverse emulsion preparation


Results Pilot plant test

Pilot plant tests indicate

viscosity and pressure drops

equivalent to dilution and

heating technologies.

IMP technology allows:

Easy inverse emulsion

preparation

Inverse emulsion of crude

oil < 500 cP

Easy breaking of inverse

emulsion and water

separation

Diameter (micras)

Vo

lum

e (

%)

Tuning stability and easing separation

of crude oil and water phases

Day zero

Day one

Inverse emulsion

Pilot plant test

IMP infrastructure allows inverse emulsion preparation as well as flow and pressure drop

measurements

Crude oil dehydration Flow

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IMP is evaluating biosurfactant dosis and technology cost

Transport technology

cost of extra heavy

crude oil

Heating

1.08 USD/B at 140°F

2.05 USD/B at 176°C

Dilution

4.74 USD/B

Inverse Emulsión

0.31-0.62 USD/B

IMP develops techno-economical

studies to identify promising

technological routes.

Base case. Heating or dilution

technologies for pipelining of

extra heavy crude oil .

IMP case. Process scheme with

IMP technology based on

bioproducts.

Results

IMP develops techno-economical studies of crude oil pipelining

Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo

Biomass conversion research at IMP

Jorge Aburto

May 2015

Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo Biomass conversion ... · Samaria Altamira Pánuco 4,768 924 2,385 IMP’s Pilot plant for inverse emulsion preparation, flow and pressure drop measurements

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