Valmet to deliver biomass pretreatment system for a biorefinery project of Praj in India
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Valmet
will deliver a biomass pretreatment system to Praj
Industries for one of the biorefinery projects which is under execution in
India. The delivery is planned for the year 2020. The value of the order has
not been disclosed.
Press release: “Valmet to deliver biomass pretreatment system to PRAJ Industries in
India”, 3/9/2019.
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Figure 1. Praj and Valmet team at the Praj
office in Pune (extracted from the press release)
The scope of Valmet’s supply includes one biomass
pretreatment system. Valmet’s concept is developed from long experience in
pulping and fiberboard and it is now further applied to meet the new biomass
processing requirements. The technology suits the initial hydrolysis step of
bioethanol production very well. Valmet has the experience from more than 10
deliveries. With this technology, waste material such as rice straw can be
utilized to produce sustainable biofuels. This is Valmet’s first commercial
sized order in Asia for 2G ethanol and the first delivery to Praj. Valmet will
deliver machinery, engineering and site services, mainly from Sweden and India.