Bio4Fuels Days 2024

Key Topics

• Bioresources, Environment, Climate
• Liquefaction, Biochemical, and Gasification Processes
• Process Design and End Use

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Visit to VTT’s Bioruukki and FutureHub2

• State-of-the-art research and piloting facilities

Confirmed speakers:

• Neste, Sunsanna Forssell
• Silva Green Fuel, Klaus Schöffel
• TNO Energy Systems, André Faaij
• VTT, Tom Granström
• Luke - Natural Resources Institute Finland, Antti Asikainen 
• Valmet, Tero Joronen
• Q Power, Paula Korkeamäki
• thyssenkrupp Uhde, Claudio Marsico
• Wärtsilä, Kaj Portin

Site Visits:
VTT is a pioneering research institute with activities focused on delivering carbon-neutral solutions for energy systems, the built environment, mobility and transport, and hydrogen. We will have the opportunity to glimpse into two of VTT’s state-of-the-art research and piloting facilities, Bioruukki and FutureHub2.

VTT Bioruukki Pilot Centre is one of Europe’s largest open access pilot facilities, with a unique combination of pilot and laboratory scale process development units and R&D services. Companies looking for recycled or biobased raw materials or new business opportunities through scale-up can test different solutions and generate data to support investment decision-making. The pilot platforms and areas of expertise include thermochemical conversions, industrial chemistry, hydrometallurgy, biomass processing and advanced biomaterials. Some examples of technology developments are CO2 conversion to e-fuels, waste gasification and catalytic refining to industry feedstocks, pyrolysis based chemical recycling of plastic waste, recovering of metals from low quality ores or wastes, chemical modification of cellulose, catalytic chemical synthesis and polymerizations, new ways of biomass fractionation, recycling of cellulose based textiles, and production of cellulose films.”

FutureHub2, VTT’s industrial biotechnology infrastructure, is dedicated to the development of cell factories and production concepts for proteins, biomaterials and biochemicals. VTT’s state-of-the-art research and piloting facilities facilitate efficient development of production hosts and the scale-up of production processes, enabling research and innovation from the laboratory to pilot scale. Fermentation performance can be evaluated at the micro-level before proceeding to explore bioreactor cultivations. With bioreactors ranging from 0.25 to 1200 litres, FutureHub2 offers a comprehensive platform for both evaluating fermentation performance and scaling up processes. These bioreactors are equipped with sensors to monitor gas and nutrient intake, among other parameters crucial for process optimisation. Furthermore, to explore the complete value chain, downstream process equipment at FutureHub2 provides ample opportunities to investigate potential methods for product purification.