Pomacle-Bazancourt Biorefinery

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Nombre / Name
Pomacle-Bazancourt Biorefinery
Empresa / Company
Several companies: Soliance, Chamtor, Bazancourt's Sugar Refinery, Cristanol, Vivescia and Air Liquid. (www.institut-europeen-de-la-bioraffinerie.fr/)
Localización / Location
Pomacle-Bazancourt (France)
Categoría / Category
Comercial (aunque también abarca plantas piloto y laboratorios) / Commercial (although it also covers pilot plants and labs)
Estado / Status
Operación / Running
Plataformas / Platform
Almidón, Azúcares / Starch, sugars
Materia prima / Feedstock
Remolacha azucarera, trigo  / Sugar beet, wheat
Producto / Product
Almidón, glucosa, piensos, bioetanol, CO2,… / Starch, glucose, animal feed, bioethanol, CO2,…

Figure 1. Pomacle-Bazancourt Biorefinery: Concept of Circular Economy (extracted from Reference 1)

En el corazón de la región de Champaña-Ardenas, muy cerca de la ciudad de Reims, tiene su sede el "Institut Européen de la Bioraffinerie" ("European Biorefinery Institute" o EBI, www.institut-europeen-de-la-bioraffinerie.fr/), un conjunto de instalaciones en el que se unen una biorrefinería integrada y una plataforma de innovación. Laboratorios de investigación públicos y privados, plantas piloto y empresas privadas se agrupan en este instituto con el propósito de seguir los principios de la economía circular. The "Institut Européen de la Bioraffinerie" (European Biorefinery Institute or EBI, www.institut-europeen-de-la-bioraffinerie.fr/), located in the Champagne-Ardenne region (in the Marne département, 15 km from Reims), is comprised of an integrated biorefinery and an innovation platform. Public and private research laboratories, pilot plants, industrial demonstrators and companies are grouped together on the same site working according to the principles of the circular economy.

La biorrefinería está compuesta por una serie de unidades de procesamiento primario y secundario de materias primas biomásicas que crean un ecosistema en el que se intercambia agua, vapor, aguas residuales, energía y otros productos. Los actores industriales que participan en este concepto abierto de biorrefinería son los siguientes:
  • Soliance (www.soliance.com/): Desarrolla, produce y comercializa ingredientes de origen vegetal para la industria cosmética. Utiliza técnicas de extraccíón, fermentación y bioconversión.
  • Chamtor (www.chamtor.fr/): Se trata de una fábrica de glucosa y almidón a partir de trigo. Los siropes de glucosa y el almidón se venden a la industria alimentaria como ingredientes para bebidas, dulces y pan. El salvado, la parte soluble del trigo y las proteínas se suministran a empresas que preparan comida para animales. Los sustratos de fermentación y el almidón nativo se usan para producir bioetanol y fabricar papel y cartón.
  • Bazancourt's Sugar Refinery y Cristanol de la cooperativa Cristal Union (www.cristal-union.fr/en/): El grupo Cristal Union se dedica a dos segmentos tradicionales, azúcar para la industria alimentaria y etanol con diferentes aplicaciones. También se está posicionando en el campo de la energía y la química verdes. La refinería de azúcar procesa 2 millones de toneladas de remolacha al año mientras que Cristanol es uno de los principales productores de bioetanol en Europa. Esta última desarrolla las siguientes actividades en el EBI: producción de alcohol de muy alta calidad, captura de CO2, procesado de coproductos de Chamtor y producción de granos gastados con alto contenido en proteínas y aminoácidos no saturados.
  • Vivescia (www.vivescia.com/): Es una cooperativa con 12.000 miembros, la mayoría de ellos situados al noroeste de Francia. El grupo está involucrado en la industria de la glucosa y el almidón, la alimentación animal y la producción de cosméticos con ingredientes de origen vegetal.
  • Air Liquid (www.airliquide.com/): Esta multinacional opera una planta "waste to energy" donde el CO2 biogénico producido por Cristanol es recuperado para bebidas carbonatadas, envasado en atmósfera protectora, tratamiento de aguas y otras aplicaciones.

The biorefinery is composed of primary and secondary processing facilities for biomass feedstocks, forming a true ecosystem in which companies exchange water, steam, wastewater, products, energy, etc. The industrial actors that participate in this open concept of biorefinery are the following:
  • Soliance (www.soliance.com/): Soliance develops, produces and markets ingredients of vegetable origin for the cosmetics industry. The Company uses extraction, fermentation and bioconversion technologies for raw vegetable materials of agricultural or marine origin.
  • Chamtor (www.chamtor.fr/): It is a starch and glucose factory. Glucose syrups, proteins and starch are sold to the food and beverage industry and used as ingredients in drinks, cookies, candy, various types of bread and pastries, as well as some cooked pork meats. Bran, wheat solubles and proteins are sold as animal feed, while the fermentation substrate and native starch are respectively used to produce bioethanol through distilling and to manufacture paper and cardboard.
  • Bazancourt's Sugar Refinery and Cristanol of the Cristal Union Group (www.cristal-union.fr/en/): The Cristal Union Group is focused on two traditional segments, sugar intended for the food and beverage industry and ethanol for different industries. It is also positioning itself in the growth segments of green energy and bio-based chemistry. The sugar refinery processes 2 million tons of beets each year whereas Cristanol is one of the leading producers of bioethanol in Europe. The last one carries out several activities on the EBI site: the production of very high quality alcohol, CO2 capture, the processing of Chamtor coproducts, the production of spent grains with a high content in proteins and non-saturated amino acids.
  • Vivescia (www.vivescia.com/): It is a cooperative owned by its 12,000 members, most of them located in the northeast of France. The group is also involved in the starch and glucose industry, animal feed and the production of cosmetic active ingredients of vegetable origin.
  • Air Liquid (www.airliquide.com/): This multinational operates a waste-to-energy plant where the biogenic carbon dioxide emitted by the Cristanol site is recovered for beverage carbonation, packaging in a protective atmosphere, water treatment and other uses.
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REFERENCIAS / REFERENCES:
1 www.institut-europeen-de-la-bioraffinerie.fr/doc/IEB_plaquette_en_092014.pdf.

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