By Heiner Grussenmeyer from Stora Enso. This was presented during the Two Teams Project - Winners' first successes session, organised as part of European Paper Week 2015. More at http://www.cepi.org/epw
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Towards 80 % CO2 reduction with Deep Eutectic Solvents
1. Towards 80% CO2 reduction
with Deep Eutectic Solvents
19 November 2015, European Paper Week 2015
Heiner Grussenmeyer, Stora Enso
Industrial coordinator ISPT DES cluster and Provides project
3. Composed of natural products
Amides
Sugars
Alcohols
Chemical characteristics
Bio degradable
Non toxic
Miscible with H2O
DESs are a sustainable and cheap alternative
to far more cumbersome solvents used today.
Low vapour pressure
Non volatile
Low flammability
DESs are used by plants to operate
even during drought or frost periods.
Physical characteristics
(amino) acids
Mimicking Nature
4. • Pure cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose
• Low cost
• From different sources (wood, straw)
Tailor made fibres depending on DES mixtures
Dissolving lignin
• Recovery of pure cellulose from papermaking residues
• Low cost
Clean dissolved pulp or building block for bio chemicals, materials or fuels
Dissolving cellulose
Dissolving ink and other contaminants
Scope
5. The dream
any lignocellulosic raw material
from any source
with a very low energy and
environmental impact
Can be converted to
Fibers
Lignin
Chemicals
The DES pulp mill
6. Savings
CO2 reductionEnergy reduction
40% 20%
• DES replaces traditional pulping processes.
• DES produces high quality cellulose, hemicellulose and sulphur-free
/ unchanged lignin.
The true savings lie outside the mill boundaries:
If lignin replaces aromatics in the chemical industry
up to – 90% overall energy and CO2 savings
9. Acknowledgement
This project has received funding from the Bio-Based Industries Joint
Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 668970.