Alfa Laval est à l'origine de nouvelles innovations dans la production d'éthanol

Née d'une collaboration entre Elsam et DONG Energy, Inbicon a une longue histoire d'innovation en matière de développement durable. Ses objectifs sont ambitieux : résoudre le problème énergétique mondial en transformant les résidus de culture en carburants renouvelables véritablement propres et rentables. Dans sa raffinerie de biomasse primée de Kalundborg, au Danemark, elle a mis au point une technologie brevetée pour la production de carburant propre, « le nouvel éthanol ».

Company challenge

To create a clean 2nd generation ethanol production process that was energy efficient and that lowered costs of production and energy consumption

However there was a weak link in the process which Alfa Laval was able to fix. Heat exchangers at the heart of the process became clogged by the viscous and fibrous media which caused expensive unscheduled downtime.

Solution

Discussion with Alfa Laval.

“Alfa Laval supplies resilient equipment that can always be relied upon. Their vast knowledge means they understand the process inside out and contribute to innovative new concepts in development”, says Jesper Bang Anderssen, Marketing Manager at Inbicon.

Results

Alfa Laval helped Inbicon create a patentable process for ethanol production by supplying spiral heat exchangers that resulted in:

• No costly, unscheduled downtime
• Three revenue-generating products: ethanol, lignin biofuel for power plants and animal feed
• Continuous, reliable operations

Innovation, collaboration and combined expertise have created a revolutionary new technology that has the power to change renewable fuel production forever and reduce greenhouse gases worldwide.