The Development and Use of Renewable Feedstocks in the Chinese Chemical Industry

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About the Publisher

• Foreword - The Scope of this Report
• Note on translation / romanization
• Exchange rate

Executive Summary

• The role of the Chinese Government
• The role of academia
• The industrial situation
• Corn issues arising
• Drivers for development of the renewables sector in China
• Challenges for the development of the renewables sector in China
• Abbreviations

Introduction

• Section 1

The role of the Chinese government in the development of renewable feedstocks

• Background
• A Brief Summary of Green Chemistry in China
• Green chemistry background
• Research directions of Green Chemistry in China
  • A main research direction of Green Chemistry in China - the use of renewable resources for synthesis of chemical products
• The development of China' s Biomass industry
  • The use of food crops in the Biomass industry
  • Fuel ethanol
  • The development of “Food-ethanol” (ethanol made from food grains)
    • The effect of the development of the processing industries on the food crop situation

“Food to energy” and related issues in China “Food to energy” issue and National food security The government response - the “Medium to Long Term Development Plan for Renewable Energy” Additional government restrictions - export policy changes The development of “non-food ethanol” (ethanol made from non-food crops) Biodiesel The development of Biodiesel Government policy relating to the biodiesel industry Solid Bio-fuel Bio-gas

Non-food / alternative renewable feedstocks in China' s Chemical Industry

• The Government position
  • Bio-energy
  • Bio-materials
• Main types of alternative crops for fuel ethanol, and their situation in China
  • Sugar cane
  • Sweet sorghum
  • Cassava
  • Sweet potato
• Main types of Non-Food crops for biodiesel
  • Jatropha curcas
  • Pistacia Chinensis
• The exploitation and use of Chinese Renewable feedstocks
  • The attitude of Chinese government towards the development of renewable energy crops and related policy / planning
  • Financial support for the non-food Bio-energy and Bio-chemical industries
• Demonstration Projects using Non-Food/Alternative Biomass

Product areas where the Government is interested to develop renewable feedstocks

• Related Policy and planning
  • China “Bio-industries development 11th Five-year plan”
  • “2008 - 2009 biobase raw material high-tech industrialization project”
  • Biobase synthetic polymeric material
  • Natural biological polymeric material
  • Biobase platform chemicals
• Related support and restriction issues
  • Government support

• Section 2

Research and its application - The position of Academia in relation to developing renewable feedstocks

• A brief introduction to Research Institutes and organizations in China working in the field of renewable feedstocks
  • Center for Renewable Energy Development, Energy Research Institute,
  • National Development and Reform Commission
  • Biomass Energy Research center, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
  • Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • China Renewable Energy Society
  • Other research organizations / units
• Chinese patents relating to renewable feedstock products
• Key areas for future research
  • Products with economic and industrialized prospects
  • The “863 Program”
  • Bioethylene
  • Lactic Acid/Poly Lactic Acid
  • 1,3-propanediol
  • PHBV
• Research projects approved under the 863 program

• Section 3

Key product areas where the Chinese chemical industry is developing renewable feedstocks to replace petroleum based raw materials

• Poly-lactic acid (PLA)
  • PLA production technology
• Main PLA producers in China
• Other PLA producers in China
• PLA corn requirements
• Poly-hydroxybutyrate- valerate (PHBV)
• PHBV Manufacturer
  • PHBV corn requirements
• Restrictions on the bio-polymer industries' growth in China
• Bio-ethylene
• Main bio-ethylene producers in China
  • Project for industrialization of bio-ethylene production from sweet sorghum in Xinjiang
  • Ethylene corn requirements
  • Issues related to the future development of bio-ethylene
• 1,3-propanediol (PDO)
  • The research situation of PDO in China
  • The research situation in biological synthesis of PDO
• The industrialization of PDO in China
• PDO from biological synthesis - the main producers
  • PDO corn requirements
• Ethylene Glycol (EG)
• The development of Biomass Ethylene Glycol (Bio-EG) in China
• Main Bio-Ethylene Glycol production facilities in China
• EG corn requirements
• 1,4-Butanediol (BDO)
• Significant related ' other' activity

Summary and Conclusions

• Appendix 1
  • Patent Summaries
  • Part 1: Lactic Acid and Poly Lactic Acid
  • Part 2 Ethylene
  • Part 3 Biological 1,3 Propanediol
  • Part 4 Bio-Ethylene Glycol
• Appendix 2
  • List of companies and addresses mentioned in this report

• Table 1 Summary overview of the historical development of Government plans relating to China' s Biomass industries (Bio-energy and Biochemical)
• Table 2 The four designated fuel ethanol producers
• Table 3 Chinese Fuel ethanol production:
• Table 4 Planting area for main crops 2004 - 2007
• Table 5 Output of main crops 2004 - 2007
• Table 6 Demonstration Projects using Non-food / Alternative Biomass
• Table 7 Chinese registered patents relating to the use of renewable feedstocks
• Table 8 4 key projects approved under the ' Bio-Refinery Technology for Production of Bio-base Chemicals
• Table 9 PLA / L-lactic acid summary table
• Table 10 PHBV summary table
• Table 11 Physical properties of Bio-ethylene from FSBC
• Table 12 Summary : Bio-ethylene production
• Table 13 Physical property of PDO from ZMCC
• Table 14 PDO specification from ZMCC
• Table 15 Physical properties of PDO from HCBC
• Table 16 Quality index of PDO from ZMCC
• Table 17 PDO summary table
• Table 18 Ethylene Glycol producers and production capacities
• Table 19 Ethylene Glycol supply and demand
• Table 20 Bio-EG summary table

• Figure 1 Overview of the PRC State Structure
• Figure 2 Corn Production and Consumption 2001-2007
• Figure 3 Summary production flowchart for Lactic Acid ex-starch
• Figure 4 Summary production flowchart for Poly Lactic Acid
• Figure 5 Bio-ethylene summary production flowchart
• Figure 6 Bio-ethylene glycol summary production flowchart

• Anhui BBCA Biochemical Co., Ltd.
• Anhui BBCA Group Co., Ltd.
• BASF - YPC Co., Ltd.
• Changchun Institute of applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Changchun Jiliang Tianyu Biology Engineering Co., Ltd.
• Chengdu Organic Chemicals Co., Ltd., Chinese Academy of Sciences
• China Grain Reserves Corporation.
• Chongqing Changlong Industrial (Group) Co., Ltd.
• Chongqing Bofei Bio-chemical Products Co., Ltd.
• China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC)
• CNOOC-Shell Petrochemicals Co. Ltd.
• China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)
• CNPC Fushun Petrochemicals Company
• CNPC Jilin Petrochemicals Company
• CNPC Liaoyang Petrochemical fibre Company
• CNPC Xinjiang Dushanzhi Petrochemicals Company
• COFCO Ltd.
• Fengyuan Suzhou Biochemical Co., Ltd.
• Fuyang Zhongya Seedlings Industries Co., Ltd.
• Global Biochem Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Guangdong Dahua Sugar Industry Co., Ltd.
• Guangxi Jianbang Agricultural Co., Ltd.
• Guizhou province Zhongshui Energy Development Co., Ltd.
• Harbin Weilida Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
• Heilongjiang Chenneng Bio-engineering Co., Ltd.
• Heilongjiang China Resources Alcohol Co., Ltd.
• Heilongjiang Provincial Electricity Power Development Company
• Heilongjiang Qingdong Enterprise Group
• Henan Tianguan Group Co., Ltd.
• Hunan Hainabaichuan Biological Engineering Co., Ltd.
• Hunan province Qiangsheng Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
• Jilin Fuel Alcohol Co., Ltd.
• Jilin Grain Group Co. Ltd.
• Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Science
• Nanjing LuTianYuan Biochemical Engineering Co., Ltd.
• Nantong Jiuding Biological Engineering Co., Ltd.
• Puyang City Sanan Chemical Co., Ltd.
• Shanghai Newgenius Biotech Co., Ltd.,
• Shanghai Tong-jie-liang Bio-materials Co., Ltd.
• Shanghai Invest Capital Co., Ltd.
• Shanghai Yangpu Science and Technology Investal Co., Ltd.
• Sichuan Keyuan Agricultural High-Tech Co., Ltd.
• China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC)
• SINOPEC Beijing Eastern Petrochemical Co. Ltd.
• SINOPEC Beijing Yanshan Co.
• SINOPEC Maoming Company
• SINOPEC Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
• SINOPEC Tianjin Company
• SINOPEC Yangzi Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.
• SINOPEC Yizheng Chemical Fibre Co. Ltd.
• Taizhou City Jiaojiang Qu State-owned Asset Management Co., Ltd.
• Tianan Biologic Material Co., Ltd.
• Tongji University
• Tongji University Science Park
• Tongliao City Tongke Seed Industries Co., Ltd.
• Tsinghua University
• Yunnan Shenyu New energy Co., Ltd.
• Zhejiang Hisun Biomaterial Co., Ltd.
• Zoupin Mingxing Chemical Co., Ltd.