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Dutch biofuels firm Perpetual Next will license syngas-to-methanol technology from Air Liquide for its first biomethanol plant, with options to extend across other sites.
The license and engineering agreement will see Air Liquide Engineering and Technology provide its Rectisol syngas purification and Lurgi methanol synthesis technology for Perpetual Next’s standardised plant concept.
Rectisol uses refrigerated methanol to remove carbon dioxide and sulphur compounds from syngas, while Lurgi technology converts the purified gas into methanol.
The technologies will be installed in the firm’s ($1.12bn) 220,000 tonne per year facility in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.
Both technologies will be incorporated into Perpetual Next’s standardised plant blueprint, combining biomass torrefaction, gasification, syngas purification and methanol synthesis.
“Delfzijl will be the first application of the concept, providing the foundation for subsequent projects in Moerdijk, Poland, Estonia, and other sites worldwide,” said Perpetual Next Managing Director Rolf Bosma.
The company is also working on a feasibility study for a biomethanol plant in the and said it would biomass-to-biomethanol facilities in the southeast US.
Biomethanol is increasingly viewed as a decarbonisation tool for existing chemical methanol applications, as well as emerging potential as a shipping fuel.
