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Bio Olefins

The chemical industry needs to address challenges related to circular economy and society growing demand for more sustainable products and lower industrial carbon footprint.

Bio-based chemicals open the door to green value chains for chemicals and polymers with high attractiveness that can certainly help overcome these challenges. In this realm, Axens provides technologies to convert renewable alcohols into olefins, which are a key compound for the chemical industry.

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Ethylene is one of the most important building blocks of the chemicals industry and can be produced either via traditional fossil pathways or from renewable feedstocks.

Atol® technology proposes the most promising green route via catalytic dehydration of renewable ethanol. The production of bio-ethylene from a large panel of ethanol feedstocks is now at hand. The quality of the bio-ethylene of Atol® makes it possible to tap into a wide range of applications.

As illustrated below, with Atol® technology, the production of bio-ethylene from a large panel of ethanol feedstocks is now at hand. The quality of the bio-ethylene of Atol® makes it possible to tap into a wide range of applications:

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Atol® technology is also meant to bring into the market a soft solution to help the chemical industry upgrading the production assets by utilizing drop-in products that can be processed directly in the current assets.

Process Technologies

Atol®

Atol® technology is the result of a solid partnership bringing together the best experts in their fields:

  • Modelling & Extrapolation to Industrial Scale
  • Catalyst Development and Industrialization
  • Process Development
  • Ethanol Expertise and Pilot Testing
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Atol® technology takes the production of bio-ethylene to an outstanding level of performance with a maximum profitability to get the business case in full fly. This is a simple & reliable process scheme featuring a variety of fully proven technology solutions.

Flexibility to handle different feedstocks
Superior energy efficiency
Superior catalyst performances
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Consulting, Studies & Audits

Axens offers a customized approach, including tailored studies, audits and consulting services, covering technical and operational challenges.

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Axens is fully committed to be your partner and provide assistance and support during your project lifecycle, from conception to start-up & running operations.

Butadiene is a key chemical intermediate that is used to produce synthetic rubber, the raw material for a large variety of products of the daily life. About 60% of rubber worldwide production is dedicated for the tire manufacturing industry, which represents a huge potential market.

Moreover, the rubber industry has suffered over the past years from butadiene supply shortages caused by new investments in low-cost gas steam crackers.

Process Technologies

BioButterfly™ Project

BioButterfly™ pools the strengths and skills of three key research and industry players covering the whole value chain: R&D and pilot tests, catalyst screening and formulation, process development and scale-up and petrochemicals expertise.

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Once ready for commercialization, BioButterfly™ will bring a solution for:

  • Producing economically competitive bio-butadiene
  • Manufacturing high-performance synthetic rubber and adapting the process to all uses of bio-butadiene.
  • Reducing environmental impacts, especially greenhouse gas emissions, across the entire life cycle compared with fossil fuels.

Consulting, Supply & Support

Consulting, Studies & Audits

Axens offers a customized approach, including tailored studies, audits and consulting services, covering technical and operational challenges.

Technical Support & Performance Management

Axens is fully committed to be your partner and provide assistance and support during your project lifecycle, from conception to start-up & running operations.

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