bioenergy – TissueMag https://www.tissuemag.com INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE ON TISSUE PAPER MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGY Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:02:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.tissuemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-favico_1-150x150.png bioenergy – TissueMag https://www.tissuemag.com 32 32 ANDRITZ successfully starts up the world’s first fossil-free biomethanol plant at Södra, Sweden https://www.tissuemag.com/andritz-successfully-starts-up-the-worlds-first-fossil-free-biomethanol-plant-at-sodra-sweden/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:02:34 +0000 https://tissuemag.com/andritz-successfully-starts-up-the-worlds-first-fossil-free-biomethanol-plant-at-sodra-sweden/ Continued]]> ANDRITZ has recently started up the world’s first biomethanol plant using ANDRITZ’s self-developed A-Recovery+ concept at the Södra Cell Mönsterås pulp mill in southeastern Sweden. The plant has an annual production capacity of 6.3 million liters of biomethanol from forest biomass. The fossil-free biomethanol can be used for applications in the pulp mill itself, or as a substitute for fossil-based methanol in the transport sector (biodiesel) and as a chemical base substance. The ANDRITZ delivery to Södra included proprietary process design and full EPC delivery, excluding automation, instrumentation, electrification and civil works.

The A-Recovery+ concept from ANDRITZ delivers commercial grade biomethanol by using a patented extraction process. It offers next-generation solutions for the chemical recovery cycle of pulp mills, with the target of utilizing the pulp mill side streams to the maximum extent possible. In addition to biomethanol production, A-Recovery+ also produces sulfuric acid from odorous gases and recovers lignin for the production of high-quality lignin to be used in advanced bioproducts.

With this first ever fossil-free biomethanol plant worldwide, ANDRITZ is strongly supporting Södra’s ambitions to make its operations entirely fossil-free and be climate-positive by the end of this decade. To achieve this aim, Södra is aiming at eliminating fossil fuel use throughout its operations and producing innovative products that replace fossil-based raw materials.

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