Welcome to PRAJ Jayant Sawant. Ph. D General Manager - Technology 1
Praj Industries Limited - Background Three decades in the business of biofuels Business Lines Bio Ethanol Breweries Water and Wastewater Inputs and Chemicals Energy Crops Services Customized Engineering and Manufacturing Over 600 references in 60 countries Over 275,000 sq ft of world class manufacturing facilities meeting global standards. Largest Resource Base for Bio Ethanol Industry Diverse Global Feedstock Experience
Praj Matrix The Innovation Center US$ 20+ Mn investment 80,000 sq ft of Labs, PP, and Offices 14 Well Equipped Labs 125 technologists and growing 30 PhDs, 80 Masters Pilot Plants 2 TPD Cellulosic Ethanol pilot plant Two 750 kg/d Chemical pilot plants 500 sq ft Open Raceway Pond IP - 11 granted patents + 5 filed Bench and Pilot scale facilities to enable validation of scientific assumptions and rapid commercialization
Centers of Excellence Molecular Biology Microbiolo gy Chemical Sciences Biologists Chemists Engineers Process Technology Engineering Analytical Sciences Various programs utilize resources from each of these COEs as needed
Praj Matrix Focus Core Business 1 st Gen Fuels Tech Ethanol, Biodiesel 2 nd Gen Fuels Tech Competency Feedstock Fermentation Down stream Bioprocess Performance Enhancers Life care Products Industrial Process Technologies Industrial Performance Enhancers Crop Performance Enhancers Livestock Health & Nutrition Products Human care Products Biochemicals Technologies Green Chemicals Technologies Bioethanol Process Performance Symbiotic Microbes Health Enhancers Probioticsthf Oleo - Nutraceuticals 2,3 - BDO Ethyl levulinate /Levulinic Acid Sugar Process Performancele Growth Regulators Vital Nutrition Products Prebiotics Xylitol Furfural THF 5
Techno economics of 1,3 butadiene via 2,3 BDO 6
Overview Base case technology Assumptions Costing, Sensitivity Analysis Butadiene from BDO Learning Way forward 7
Process Performance Fermentation Downstream (SE) Solvent Removal Parameter Unit of Measurement Value Theoretical yield of BDO Gram/Gram of Sugar 0.53 Sugar conversion in fermentation Fermentation Yield Weight Percent 99 Weight Percent of Theoretical Fermentation Titer Gram/Liter 10 Down stream process efficiency 90 Weight Percent 95 8
Feedstock and Utility Cost Price Source Molasses* US$ 100/MT 2011-12 av. prices Steam @ 3.5 bar US$ 21.8/MT Praj Std. Electric Power 11.8 c/kwh Praj Std. * Molasses with 40% sucrose 9
Utilities and consumables: Parameter Unit of Measurement Value Steam for Sterilization Kilogram/Kilogram BDO 0.5 Steam for evaporation Kilogram/Kilogram BDO 2 Steam for solvent distillation Kilogram/Kilogram BDO 4 Electricity KWH/Kilogram BDO 1 Effluent water generated Kilogram/Kilogram BDO 6.34 Solvent make up Kilogram/Kilogram BDO 0.01 Nutrient dose Gram/Liter broth 15 10
Process Cost Estimation Parameter Key Consumption (kg/kg BDO) Cost US$/Kilogram BDO Feedstock 5.56 0.61 Steam 6.5 0.14 Power (KWH) 1 0.12 Solvent 0.01 0.01 Nutrients - 0.03 Cooling water & Air - 0.01 Other chemicals - 0.02 Total 0.93 PACRIM Title Date 2013 Confidential JS Presentation details 11
Sensitivity 12
What could be best possible picture? Case Possibility Cost US $/kg Base -- 0.93 A Increase DSP efficiency from 95% 98% 0.90 B Increase yield to from 90% to95% 0.86 C Reduce Nutrient Dosage from 15g/L to 5g/L 0.83 D Increase titer from 100 to160 Gram/L 0.8 BDO Sensitivity (US $) Case D Case C Case B Case A se case 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.75 0.80 0.85 0.90 0.95 1.00 13 Cost, $/kg BDO
Butadiene from BDO 14
Butadiene from BDO 2,3 BDO Diacetate 1,3 Butadiene Two step conversion of BDO to BDE via chemical synthesis considered for study Best in class yields ~ 85-90% Significant energy integration and recycle of waste streams considered 15
Sensitivity : BDE from BDO Base-case 16
BDE Price Trend 17
Margins: Peak BDE Price vs. Sugar Cost Sources: (1) ICIS (2) Internal Sugar Journal, 2013, V 115, No. 137 18
BDE: Sugars vs. Oil 2012 Title Date Confidential Presentation details 19
Learnings 20
Governing factors for success Type of feedstock Availability Scale of operation Feedstock management Cost Titers Microbiology /Molecular Biology Downstream Energy Good process engineering Petroleum Prices SHALE GAS? C O N S O R T E D E F F O R T S AC R O S S D I V E R S E D O M A I N S 21
Technology Transitions Renewable resource Zero effluent Technology Evaluation Sustainable resource Low on Utilities 22
Emergence of a New Value Chain Feedstock Process Engineering End User Mapping Sourcing Composition Microbe/Enzyme Catalyst Process Intergration Detail Engineering Equipment Design Application Specialist B to C player Praj a global leader in the domain of biofuels for three decades is poised to form crucial linkages in this value chain 23
Let s partner for a sustainable future 24
Our Belief We believe in providing environment friendly, sustainable solutions that can make the world a better place Thank you 25