University:
Boston University
Course:
CAS EE 645 | Physical Models in Remote Sensing
Academic year:

2022
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100

Pages:

7
Author:

SpaceCadet101

Conflicting demands on the world are putting enormous pressure on the chemical industry Conflicting demands Social Population increase Wealth increase Climate change Requirement to reduce CO2 emissions By 2050 the chemical industry needs to quadruple production and cut its emissions by more than half. Maintaining industry growth is essential, since chemical innovations drive emission reductions in other industries Example achievements of the chemical industry: Flourescent lamps Building insulation foam Chemical fertilizers 0,7 billion tonnes 2,4 billion tonnes of GHG saved per year of GHG saved per year 1,6 billion tonnes of GHG saved per year Multi-enzyme cascades will become the next generation of sustainable bioproduction Cell-free synbio EziG® Sustainability Fermentation Poor atom efficiency from living cells Traditional chemistry High energy processes and fossil fuel dependency Process Efficiency Cell-free synbio • Avoids the complexity of fermentation combined with the efficiency of the traditional chemistry • Utilisation of enzyme cascades outside the cell in an efficient packed bed reactor, bridging the gap between two technology platforms. EnginZyme technology: Immobilised enzymes in well-understood, scalable equipment EziG immobilised enzyme cascade Fixed bed reactor EnginZyme cell-free synbio technology Continuous process Techno-economic comparison demonstrates massive cost of production advantage 2 500 Cost of Production 2 000 40% reduction in CapEx $/MT 1 500 40% reduction in OpEx 70% reduction in Utilities 1 000 40% reduction in Raw Materials Cost comparison done to FEL-1 standards 500 0 Fermentation Raw Materials Utilities EnginZyme Manufacturing Depreciation Cell-free synbio can access the broadest chemical product suite Cell-free synbio Cell-free Synbio Tailored natural products Tailored natural products Classic catalysis Classic catalysis • Fossil-derived chemicals • Fossil-derived chemicals • Low cost, high volume • Low cost, high volume chemicals chemicals Enzyme catalysis Enzyme catalysis • High value products • High value products • Chiral compounds • Chiral compounds Fermentation • Natural products • High value products • Bio-based products Example addressable markets: ▪ Paints & Coatings: $105bn ▪ Agrochemicals: $55bn ▪ Cosmetics ingredients: $8bn ▪ Fermentation fine chem:$25bn ▪ APIs: $166bn ▪ Solvents: $50bn ▪ Household cleaners: $30bn ▪ Sweeteners: $14bn ▪ Plastics: $520bn ▪ Polymers: $700bn ▪ Cement: $500bn