Mobile and Flexible Industrial
Processing of Biomass, MOBILE FLIP
Main objectives
Develop technologies for simple and robust processes that are
applicable to small scale. The specific aims of the project are to
demonstrate at least three of the following technologies as a mobile
unit
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biomass pre-treatment steps (comminution, drying, fractioning)
hydrothermal treatment and saccharification
hydrothermal carbonization
torrefaction
slow pyrolysis
feasible compaction technologies for solid products (pelletizing and
briquetting)
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Approach
Sustainability, feasibility and social aspects
Technical performance
WP 2 - Experimental evaluation of
process flexibility and product quality
(leader CEA)
WP 4 - Sustainability evaluation
(leader VTT)
 Task 1. Raw material procurement and
characterisation (leader FCBA)
 Task 2. Process lines based on pelletization
(leader SLU)
 Task 3. Process lines based on hydrothermal
treatment and saccharification (leader VTT)
 Task 4. Process lines based on torrefaction,
including evaluation of products (leader CEA)
 Task 5. Process lines based on slow pyrolysis
(leader VTT)
WP 1 - Business feasibility evaluation
(leader SP)
WP 5 - Dissemination and exploitation
(leader FCBA)
WP 3 - Mobile plant design and
demonstration (leader BioGold)
WP6 - Management
(leader VTT)
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Mobile Flip in figures
Budget:
Resources:
Duration:
Partners:
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Programme
 Contacts
9.77 million euros
762 Personmonths
4 years (2015 – 2018)
2 large companies, 4 SMEs and 6 research
institutes & universities
5 EU member countries
SPIRE-02-2014 Adaptable industrial processes
allowing the use of renewables as flexible
feedstock for chemical and energy applications
Coordinator: [email protected]
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Original consortium
RTOs
SMEs
Large
companies
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Consortium evolution (under negotiation with EU)
RTOs
SMEs
Large
companies
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Expected impacts
• Technological
Development of mobile advanced technological solutions to valorize
locally unexploited biomasses resources, while minimizing final waste
production and integrating energy management and efficiency in
operating processes.
Upgrade of forest-based products not used for other usages (low
diameter stem wood chips, low-diameter trees, branches, trees tops,
eventually leaves left in forest after exploitation, stumps, etc)
Upgrade of agricultural residues, green leaves at farms, residues from
food processing industry
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Expected impacts
• Economic/Social
New business based on local usage of co-products of forest- and
agriculture-based industries
Local (non delocalizable) jobs created in rural areas
Business opportunities for local SMEs in the production chain
generally controlled by big companies
Reduced need for transportation due to enrichment of valuable
biomass components
Integration to existing process, reduction in needs for external energy,
green feedstock for existing industry
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Expected impacts
• Environmental
Carbon valorized as molecules or materials instead of only energy source
and CO2 release
Reduce the use of fossil energy in particular for transportation due to
increased energy density and/or only interesting fractions
Replacement of toxic, fossil-based chemicals (ex. phenol by a renewable
raw materials for pannels).
Add value to waste (forest and agriculture by-products, food industry
residues, demolition wood, etc)
Substitution of non-renewable soil fertilizers by the HTC biochar
Biobased diseases/pests controls agents issued from HTC liquid fraction
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Quantification of impacts
• Deliverables
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Quantification of impacts
• Deliverables
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