Wood-based renewable diesel bio-refinery goes on-stream in Finland

In January the first wood-based bio-refinery producing renewable diesel began commercial production in Lappeenranta, Finland, with technology from Topsoe. The renewable diesel produced by the Lappeenranta facility reduces greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 80% compared to conventional diesel.

BioRefinery由UPM集团拥有并经营世界上最大的纸张和纸浆公司之一。UPM组重点介绍从可再生和可回收的纤维或生物质基材料创造价值的解决方案。可再生柴油出来的原油高油生产，这是纸浆产量的残留物，主要来自芬兰的Upm自己的纸浆厂。

The biorefinery represents an investment of €175 million and was built without any public investment grants. The annual production capacity of the new plant is in the range of 120 million liters of renewable diesel that will be marketed under the name UPM BioVerno diesel.

As part of the project, Haldor Topsoe A/S has supplied the process design and license for the renewable fuel hydrotreating process (HydroFlex™), design of the amine regeneration unit, all the hydroprocessing reactor internals and catalysts as well as supervision and training services. Like all diesel manufactured by means of HydroFlex™, the end product works with all diesel motors fully on par with regular diesel.

通过确保最终产品的质量，Haldor Topsoe Technologies支持UPM的持续努力来改造纸浆和造纸行业。本协作的结果已获得2014年欧盟可持续能源欧洲奖的UPM Bioverno奖，该奖励欧洲最佳可持续能源项目在能效，可再生能源和清洁运输领域。

“The production process works as planned and the high quality end product, UPM BioVerno diesel, fulfils customer specifications. The start-up phase of the bio-refinery began in early autumn, and has now concluded. We are now happy to move forward and concentrate our efforts on the regular production process,” says Petri Kukkonen, Head of UPM Biofuels business.

“I want to thank our partner, Haldor Topsoe, for their co-operation since the inception of the project, throughout feasibility studies, design, construction and the start-up phase,” adds Kukkonen.

Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex™
Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ technology provides the renewable fuel industry with a production process that carries the lowest initial capital investment as well as operating cost for bio-refiners.

Hydroflex™在工程和催化剂中结合和利用TopSOE的专业知识，通过消除高压回路的昂贵的单元操作大大简化了工艺设计。该技术可以适应独立和共同处理单元。Hydroflex™技术可以从各种可再生资源中产生可再生的柴油，汽油和喷射燃料：高油，棕榈油和其他植物油，动物脂肪和润滑脂，例如，热解油和藻类。这种原料灵活性是Hydroflex™设计的一部分，它是工厂长期盈利能力的重要因素，因为它最大限度地减少了波动性在可再生饲料储存来源定价中的影响。

“The successful start-up of the UPM Lappeenranta biorefinery solidifies Topsoe’s commitment to renewable fuels. The development of HydroFlex™ and the required specialty catalysts has resulted in breakthrough results over a number of years. Today we can offer a technology that has an unmatched low initial capital investment and operating cost. This is a significant factor when the go-ahead decision has to be made for these types of plants - a decision that is otherwise often contingent on governmental financial support,” says Morten Schaldemose, Group Vice President for Refinery, Haldor Topsoe.

“UPM Lappeenranta是第一家的生物遗产，我们都在等待着兴奋的初创性。在这种具有非传统原料的复杂过程中，启动可能会揭示意外的挑战。我们仔细编制了垫子的程序，允许联合UPM-Topsoe团队自信地处理整个过程。这一经验和相互合作使双方的专业知识水平大大增加，“Haldor Topsoe中的首席工程师和炼油技术监督员LarsJørgensen说。