With the depletion of traditional petrochemical energy and the soaring cost of raw materials, countries’ enthusiasm for the development of biofuels and bio-based chemicals has gradually increased. Following the bio-alcohols, biodegradable polyesters, bio-based surfactants and lubricants, bio-olefin research has become the latest hot spot in the global bio-chemical industry. Goodyear, DuPont, LANXESS and other multinational companies have invested heavily to enter the field of bio-polyolefins.
Biological Isobutene Staged Project Competition
Global bioenergy companies in France, Gevo in the United States, and LANXESS in Germany have all stepped up the research and development of bio-isobutylene. The project competition for bio-isobutene is being staged.
LANXESS and Gevo, a US manufacturer of renewable chemicals, are stepping up the commercial production of bio-isobutylene, and the two companies have jointly developed bio-isobutylene technology. The Geoff company is responsible for the extraction of isobutanol from sugar fermented from corn. LANXESS is responsible for the dehydration of isobutanol provided by Giov in order to extract isobutene. Daniel-Alexander Smith, who oversees financial and commercial media relations at LANXESS, said: "As a company's shareholder and investor, LANXESS will use all the production of bio-isobutylene for rubber production. The use of bio-isobutylene made of butyl rubber meets the stringent performance requirements of the tire industry." Smith said that based on current expectations, the company's production of bio-butyl rubber will reach 10,000 tons in 2015.
Christopher Ryan, president and chief operating officer of Geoff, said: “The challenge of producing isobutylene is to reduce costs. Because the cost of isobutanol we produce is much lower than that of traditional isobutanol, the production of bioisobutylene is obviously The cost advantage.†According to the plan, GEW's bioisobutanol production capacity will reach 11 million gallons by 2013 and reach 35 million gallons by 2015.
Thomas Buhl, head of global bioenergy company, said that isobutene is a raw material for the production of polyisobutylene and butyl rubber and has a broad market prospect. Currently, the global market for isobutylene is approximately 25 billion US dollars and is still expanding. The company plans to build a bio-isobutene pilot plant in 2013 and establish an industrial demonstration facility in 2015. The commercial production will be realized from 2017 to 2018. "Choosing bio-isobutylene as the primary project is not only because it can meet the growing demand of the rubber market, but it can also be used for the production of isooctane," said Boer.
Bioisoprene investment fires up
At the same time, the bioisoprene sector is attracting more and more investors. Pioneer in the field of bio-chemicals DuPont Co., Ltd. earlier this year invested more than US$6 billion in the acquisition of Danisco, Denmark. This is the largest transaction DuPont has conducted since 1999 and will benefit its bio-isoprene business. .
Goodyear, the US manufacturer of synthetic rubber and tires, is currently working with Denisik’s Genencor to develop bioisoprene from sugar and hopes to establish a complete system of integrated fermentation, recovery and purification by 2015. Commercialization of isoprene is achieved. "The development of bioisoprene from sugar can be used to make bio-rubber, not only has great commercial value, but also can reduce the derivation of petroleum," said Jesse Roeck, Goodyear's director of global materials science. Dependence on the product, reducing the impact on the environment."
Richard Cilento, CEO of GlycosBio, estimates that the global demand for isoprene is about 850,000 tons per year. To meet the growing demand in the Asia Pacific market, the company will In Johor, Malaysia, an isoprene plant with an annual output of 2,000 tons was established and crude glycerol was used as raw material to produce isoprene. It is planned to start construction in the third quarter of this year, and it will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2013 and will be put into production in 2014.
Biobutadiene launches R&D boom
Earlier this year, at the 6th ICIS olefins conference held in Belgium, Christof Krogmann, Vice President of LANXESS Petrochemicals pointed out that the current research and development of biodiesel is hot and selective. Hydrogen production of C4 olefins and other routes will receive increasing attention. He also explained several possible routes for the production of 1,3-butadiene, such as the conversion of bioethanol into 1,3-butadiene by Lejeev reaction, conversion of bioethanol to butene, and conversion to oxidative dehydrogenation 1,3-Butadiene converts 2,3-butanediol into 1,3-butadiene and the like through a dehydration process.
Global bioenergy companies have already tried and signed a cooperation agreement with European rubber manufacturer Synthos to develop a new biobutadiene process. Boolean said: “At present, the annual global butadiene production is about 10 million tons, of which 2/3 is used for the manufacture of synthetic rubber, and the rest is used for the manufacture of nylon, latex, ABS plastics and other polymers. It is foreseeable that Ding The diene market will be in short supply, which provides opportunities for the synthesis of biobutadiene."
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