Last week, bio-based chemicals and fuel companies in the United States released exciting news in succession, or successfully developed new products, or strategic partnerships with favorite objects, or achieved large-scale production of products, marking the United States renewable materials. The industry has entered a new stage of development.
The succinic acid producer Bio-Ambry Corporation stated that it is currently working to expand its business, using patented hydrogenation catalysts obtained from DuPont, to further produce 1,4-butanediol, tetrahydrofuran and gamma-butyric acid after making succinic acid. Ester and other products. Other manufacturers can use these three chemicals to produce polyester, polyurethane, spandex fibers, and biodegradable plastics.
At the same time, Virent and Virdia have jointly made breakthroughs in the production of gasoline and aviation fuel from pine branches. Among them, the Verdiya company is responsible for the use of hydrochloric acid's low-energy hydrolysis process to extract sugars from cellulosic biomass, and Vanrent uses sugar as a raw material to use its own catalytic technology to produce fuels. The two companies stated that their developed aviation fuel has passed the strict quality index test of the US Air Force Research Laboratory.
The good news announced by OPX Biotech is that it will soon be able to produce acrylic acid on a large scale, using sugar as raw material. The company claims that hydroxypropionic acid has been successfully produced in a 3,000-liter fermenter and is currently working with Dow Chemical to convert hydroxypropionic acid to acrylic acid through a catalytic dehydration process. Dow Chemical then uses acrylic acid to produce urine and wash. Agents, coatings and adhesives, etc. However, OPX is currently facing competition from Myriant's technology company. The company recently announced that the company will achieve commercial production of bio-based acrylic acid in the second half of this year. Both OPX and Merian announced that their bio-based acrylic acid costs have been able to compete with traditional petroleum-based products.
Ronald Gascoon, president of U.S. energy and chemical consultancy Nexant, said that these bio-based chemical products are the result of years of hard work and continuous efforts of related companies in this field. He believes that the establishment of mutual assistance partnerships between related companies and forerunners in the industry will help speed up the commercialization of bio-based products. For example, Shell has recently decided to apply a patented technology from Valente to build a biofuels pilot plant. He further pointed out that if these bioprocesses can be streamlined, replacing biochemical products with petrochemicals is just around the corner.
Some analysts believe that the production of bio-based chemicals in the next three years will not be too large, but everyone in this sector has started to work with partners and customers to establish industry credibility.
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