Kvasir BioOil RollOut

Kvasir BioOil Cost Down and Competitiveness 2030

Background

The Kvasir process is designed to convert dry yellow biomass like straw and wood into a biocrude that can be used as marine fuel. The process has a proven to convert a high rate (+85%) of both energy and carbon content from the biomass to the bio crude. The Kvasir process offers a much higher efficiency in energy conversion of biomass to liquid/gaseous energy carrier, considering all aspects of harvesting, agglomerating and transporting the biomass to the conversion plants, as well as discarding of the waste streams. Biooils produced by Kvasir’s solvothermal liquefaction of lignocellulosic biomass, are promising pathways to liquid fuel. Particularly for reducing the environmental impact of the air, marine and long-haul road transport. In the case of marine fuel, the Kvasir biocrude has proven to have a high fraction (+50%) of bio-oil directly blendable with fossil marine fuel. Kvasir will in Q3 2025 begin producing biooil from a demo plant in Fredericia, and thereby showcase our core technology of converting dry yellow biomass to biooil. This project will help define the optimal setup for sourcing of feedstock (straw and/or wood) and define how key core process equipment can be modularised for fast deployment of new plants. Description of a BTOM business model to support plant owners from pre-FID through the build and commissioning to final operation. With the aim of bringing down costs and fast-tracking the roll-out of the technology.

Objectives

Establish guidelines for feedstock suppliers, ideal plant size, and ideal feedstock catchment area around biooil refinery plant.
Develop Blueprints for plant design, key components and construction & commissioning plans to be used repeatedly when establishing new BioOil Refineries at new locations.
Develop strategy, description & operational setup for BTOM business model.

Expected results/impact

To establish a replicable, systematic screening method and scoring model for optimal localisation and dimensioning of Kvasir plants, with the lowest possible GHG rating. Similar to the US BDO-zone rating.
Result: Written guidelines for the optimum collection and handling of the biomass at the site of origin. A rigorous screening and scoring methodology for identifying optimal location sites for Kvasir plants. Definition of the ideal size of a plant and catchment area.
To find an optimal industrial plant design in relation to activity 1 (size) and keeping a low plant cost.
Result: Report on the optimal design including process flow diagram, process description, specification of main equipment, and discussion on cost-cutting actions leading to the chosen design.
To describe operational procedures and contracting models to be deployed in connection with the establishment of a Kvasir plant. Thereby, enable a fast deployment of the technology and de-risk the financing of the individual plant.
Result: A set of written operational procedures and contract templates to cover feedstock sourcing, logistics, and secure quality and regulatory compliance with regard to environmental regulations.