The Development and Use of Renewable Feedstocks in the Chinese Chemical Industry : Market Research Report

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

Published: Mar. 31, 2008 - 162 Pages

Copyright: Disclaimer; Tables; Figures
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: Research directions of Green Chemistry in China; The development of China’s Biomass industry
Non-food / alternative renewable feedstocks in China’s Chemical Industry: The Government position; Main types of alternative crops for fuel ethanol, and their situation in China; Main types of Non-Food crops for biodiesel; The exploitation and use of Chinese Renewable feedstocks
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; 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; Chinese patents relating to renewable feedstock products; Key areas for future research; 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); Main PLA producers in China; Other PLA producers in China; PLA corn requirements; Poly-hydroxybutyrate-valerate (PHBV); PHBV Manufacturer; Restrictions on the bio-polymer industries’ growth in China; Bio-ethylene; Main bio-ethylene producers in China; 1,3-propanediol (PDO); The industrialization of PDO in China; PDO from biological synthesis - the main producers; 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
Tables: Table 1 Summary overview of the historical development of Government plans relating to China’s Biomass industries (Bio-energy and Bio-chemical).; 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
Figures: 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

Abstract

The Development and Use of Renewable Feedstocks in the Chinese Chemical Industry - March 2008

The aim of this report by He-Ro Consulting Ltd., is to provide a clear understanding of the situation in China regarding the use of renewable feedstocks in the Chemical Industry, the factors leading to their introduction; usage today; and possible future developments.

The 162 page report is broadly divided into three main sections:

In Section 1 we look at the Chinese government: the key role it has taken in initiating the developments in the bio-resources area; the process by which relevant central guidelines contained in the 5 Year Plans are transmitted via the various layers of the government apparatus, and refined into concrete action plans with clearly defined goals and timelines for academia and the chemical industry.

We look at the specifics of government policy, for example the “2008 - 2009 biobase raw material high-tech industrialization project” announced by the National Reform and Development Commission on 11 December 2007. This calls specifically for biobase development - under detailed specified conditions - of polylactic acid (PLA), bio-ethylene, poly-hydroxy fatty acid esters, cellulose derivatives or monomer materials like 1,3-propanediol (PDO), Butane-1,4-diol (BDO), furfural etc.

We show how the role of government in the chemical industry is central to the development, and future use of, renewable feedstocks.

In Section 2 we look at the role of academia in research and development, and examine the patent situation. While more companies are now investing in in-house R&D, a glance at the registered patents (included in full summary in the appendix) shows that few belong in the hands of manufacturing industry. Thus while primary research and, perhaps increasingly, initial market development is still largely the purlieu of academia, industrialized development lays takes place in the industrial sector..

In Section 3 we examine the actual situation in the Chinese chemical industry.

While Bio-fuels is the largest sector within the renewable feedstocks group, by volume, value, and ‘visibility’, it has been the subject of widespread analysis. Accordingly, we cover this sector in brief, principally in how it has influenced government policy in the feedstock use issue of food vs energy/chemicals. Likewise, China has a very firmly established fermentation sector in the chemical industry and this report does not cover products such as Citric Acid, Monosodium Glutamate, Ascorbic Acid etc, where fermentation has become the ‘traditional’ method of production. Instead, in Section 3 we focus on those products identified within the government planning as the key development items: PLA, bio-ethylene, PHBV; 1,3 propanediol etc. We provide details of the producers, routes of synthesis, announced production capacities.

In Section 4 we summarise and draw some conclusions from the preceding chapters in respect of possible future developments within the industry.

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

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