Valmet to deliver biomass pretreatment system to Clariant cellulosic ethanol plant in Romania
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Valmet
has agreed with Clariant on
the delivery of a biomass pretreatment system for its Sunliquid cellulosic
ethanol plant in Romania. The package includes a BioTrac system with a capacity
of over 800 tons of dry biomass per day, as well as all main parts for biomass
dosing, the reactor, the feeding system to the reactor and steam separation.
The pretreatment phase is an essential step in cellulosic ethanol production
whose goal is to make the cellulose accessible for further processing.
Press release: “Valmet
to deliver BioTrac biomass pretreatment system to Clariant in Romania”,
22/10/2018.
Related posts:
- “Clariant gives the green light to
the building of the LIGNOFLAG biorefinery in Romania”, 3/11/2017.
Figure 1. Example picture of a BioTrac
pretreatment system (extracted from the press release)
Clariant has successfully been using Valmet's
pretreatment system in its pre-commercial Sunliquid plant in Straubing for six
years. During this time, they have closely worked with Valmet to verify and
precisely optimize the pretreatment for the Sunliquid process. This is a very
important milestone for Valmet, as it is the first commercial-sized BioTrac
system for cellulosic ethanol.
