Västernorrlands-dagarna

The Cluster Members

Development and new products in the up-and-running

forest biorefinery in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden

Hans Grundberg

Cellulosederivatives

Ligno-sulfonate

Biogas

CO2Ethanol

Ethanol products•fuels•chemicals

Steam, electricity & district heating

Speciality cellulose Energy

R & D

Process Engineering

Extractives

The Biorefinery

First IndustrialTorrefaction of its Kind

First IndustrialGasification of black

liquor

A Visionary History

Our Region and the Site

The Biorefineryof Domsjö

Our Cluster Region

InsatsområdenBehovs-

motiverad FoU

Kommersiali-sering

Finansiering

Följeforskning

Kommunikation

Kompetens

Insatsområden

CEO

R&D FinanceInnovation

systemSkills

Administration

Communication

R&D engineers Project ledaers

J an Bergman

Unrganic

Chem

Gunnar W

estin

Organic

Chem

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David Blom

berg

Biotechnology

Björn Alriksson

Feed-stock

Vacant

Energy

Liselotte Uhlir

Pilot Equipment

Yvonne Söderström

Green Liquor

Sludge

Gunnar W

estin

Project Leader

Jennie Söderström

Project leader

Jennie Söderström

Info och reception

Ewa Kristm

ansson

Ing-Marie De Wall

Kjell Eriksson, controller

Clas Engström

Monitoring

Patentengineer

Magnus H

allberg

Patent

MIUN

Processum AB Organisation

Focus INNOVATION

R&D-council

• Open Innovation, at least 2 Companies and often 1 University• New Ideas• New Companies Welcome• 3 - 4 million SEK per year• 55 Projects, 70 applications• Results to Companies

R&D-project

INTERNALPuriMeth – Pilot Equipment

The Pulpwagon

Green Liqour Sludge on Dirt Roads

More Biorefining…

And even more…

Building Biorefinery Research in Örnsköldsvik and Umeå

• Two Professor• Research Equipment / Pilot Equipment• 7 PhD-students:

– Retention Formation – KTH

– Industrial Yeast – Chalmers

– Use of Extractives – Umeå

– Yeast Inhibitors – Umeå

– Speciality Cellulose – Umeå

– Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose – Umeå

– Fermenting of Cellulose – Umeå

+ Many more in Umeå!