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.
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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.

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