EP4172348A1 - Procede de fermentation ibe optimise pour valoriser l'acetone - Google Patents
Procede de fermentation ibe optimise pour valoriser l'acetoneInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a process for the production of alcohols comprising the IBE fermentation of an aqueous solution comprising C5 and / or C6 sugars in the presence of natural microorganisms, making it possible to maximize the yield of alcohols, in particular of isopropanol.
- the alcohols resulting from fermentation are the most promising substitutes for petrochemical derivatives.
- ABE fermentation (Acetone - Butanol - Ethanol) is one of the oldest fermentations to have been industrialized (early 20th century) and has since been widely studied (cf. Moon et al. “One hundred years of clostridial butanol fermentation.” FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2016 Feb, 363, 3).
- IBE fermentation Isopropanol - Butanol - Ethanol
- IBE fermentation Isopropanol - Butanol - Ethanol
- the fermentation must obtained systematically includes acetone, often in low concentration (generally around 2% of the mass of the solvents produced).
- This presence of acetone in the products of an IBE fermentation process is, however, characteristic of a yield of alcohols, in particular isopropanol, which may be incomplete.
- US Patent 6930213 describes a process for the hydrogenation of acetone to isopropanol in several reaction steps so as to produce isopropanol of high purity and with improved selectivity. In parallel, the enzymatic way to convert acetone is explored.
- the literature describes, for example, the reduction of acetone to isopropanol using a particular strain of Clostridium, in particular the strain Clostridium ragsdalei, in a fermentation system very different from the IBE or ABE fermentation, since it consists of the fermentation of a gaseous substrate resulting from gasification, also called syngas, which comprises a gaseous mixture of nitrogen N2, hydrogen H2, carbon dioxide CO2 and carbon monoxide CO (Ramachandriya KD et al., “Reduction of acetone to isopropanol using producer gas fermenting microbes ”, Biotechnol Bioeng., 2011 Oct, 108 (10), 2330-8).
- acetone is added to the fermentation medium, at concentrations of up to 2 g / L without affecting the growth of the microorganism.
- None of these documents proposes a process for the production of alcohols by enzymatic conversion of C5 and / or C6 sugars, allowing the direct upgrading of acetone, in particular acetone co-produced with alcohols.
- none of the documents provides a relatively simple process diagram that makes it possible to significantly improve the process. rate of conversion of sugars into alcohols and therefore the yields of alcohols produced, in particular of isopropanol, which represents a significant economic gain.
- the present invention thus relates to a process for the production of alcohols comprising the following steps: a. a fermentation step implementing a reaction section comprising at least one bioreactor in which an IBE type fermentation is carried out in the presence of a Clostridium strain, in particular of industrial interest, said reaction section being fed at least with a solution aqueous C5 and / or C6 sugars and a recycled acetone stream, to produce fermentation gases and fermentation wort containing fermentation products comprising butanol, ethanol, isopropanol and acetone; b. a stage of recovery of the fermentation products, to obtain a flow of fermentation products; vs.
- step a for treating the flow of fermentation products from step b) using an acetone separation section to produce at least one acetone effluent and one aqueous alcohol effluent; d. an acetone recycling step which uses at least one transfer section to recycle at least a fraction of the acetone effluent from step c) to step a), said at least fraction of the acetone effluent which is transferred constituting said recycled acetone stream which feeds the reaction section of step a).
- the Applicant has discovered that it is possible to re-introduce into the fermentation medium, according to a simple process diagram, the acetone co-produced with alcohols by natural microorganisms, without particular purification, in a manner to convert it into isopropanol using these same natural microorganisms.
- This re-assimilation and conversion of the co-product into alcohol, in particular into isopropanol significantly improves the yield of sugars in alcohols, which represents a significant economic gain.
- the Applicant has in fact discovered that the acetone co-produced during IBE fermentation by natural microorganisms can be easily recycled and re-assimilated almost completely by the same microorganisms in order to be converted into isopropanol.
- the process according to the invention thus makes it possible to increase the yield of isopropanol from 4 to 6% by weight relative to a process of the prior art, by using the same strain and the same. quantity of natural microorganisms and, in particular, by implementing a simple system for recycling the acetone co-produced.
- the improved performances obtained by virtue of the method according to the invention appear possible, for limited investment and operating costs.
- Another advantage of the present invention lies in the possibility of upgrading the acetone co-produced, but also of converting exogenous acetone, which can be defined, according to the invention, as bio-compatible acetone obtained from fermentation or chemical processes external to the process of the present invention. It appears in fact that acetone is very well converted into isopropanol, with conversion rates of up to 90%, by microorganisms naturally producing the mixture of isopropanol, butanol and ethanol, even at high concentrations of acetone in the fermentation medium.
- the IBE type fermentation is a fermentation using microorganisms which allow the conversion of sugars comprising 5 carbon atoms (C5) and / or 6 carbon atoms (C6), dissolved in an aqueous solution , in fermentation products comprising solvents composed mainly of a mixture of Isopropanol - Butanol - Ethanol alcohols.
- solvents composed mainly of a mixture of Isopropanol - Butanol - Ethanol alcohols.
- acetone is co-produced; this solvent represents approximately 2% by weight of the weight of the solvents produced.
- fermentation also produces fermentation gases, in particular carbon dioxide (C0 2 ) and hydrogen.
- the microorganisms also called bacteria, used in the fermentation system are strains derived from species, from Clostridium, in particular of industrial interest, capable naturally, that is to say in the wild state , to produce mainly the alcohols isopropanol, n-butanol, hereinafter noted butanol, and ethanol, from sugars with 5 carbons (C5) or with 6 carbons (C6).
- the term “predominantly” means here, preferably at least 60% by weight, preferably at least 80% by weight, preferably at least 90% by weight, of the solvents obtained by fermentation.
- These strains are also called “IBE strains” or “wild IBE strains”.
- a bacterium capable of producing isopropanol in the wild state may for example be a bacterium selected from a C. beijerinckii bacterium, a C. diolis bacterium, C. puniceum bacteria, C. aurantibutyricum bacteria, C. butyricum bacteria, C. saccharoperbutylacetonicum bacteria, C. botulinum bacteria, C. drakei bacteria, bacteria C. scatologenes, C. perfringens bacteria, and C. tunisiense bacteria, preferably bacteria selected from C. beijerinckii bacteria, C. diolis bacteria, C. puniceum bacteria, C.
- a bacterium naturally capable of producing isopropanol is a C. beijerinckii bacterium, preferably a subclade of C. beijerinckii selected from DSM 6423, LM G 7814, LM G 7815, NRRL B-593, NCCB 27006, a bacterium C. aurantibutyricum DSZM 793 and ATCC 17777, or a subclade of such a bacterium C. beijerinckii or C.
- aurantibutyricum showing at least 90 %, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% identity with strain DSM 6423 (cf. https://www.ebi.ac.Uk/ena/data/view/GCA_900010805.1). Particularly preferred is C. beijerinckii bacteria from the DSM 6423 subclade.
- microorganisms used naturally synthesize during fermentation a specific enzyme, called secondary alcohol dehydrogenase (sadh), which allows the conversion of acetone into isopropanol in the presence of a cofactor, more particularly in the presence of NADPH ( Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate), this co-factor being produced by the same microorganisms in the presence in particular of glucose.
- these microorganisms are called interchangeably “microorganisms", “naturally occurring microorganisms”, “strains derived from Clostridium species” or even "natural strains” or "wild strains”.
- Wild strains can, however, naturally undergo point mutations within their genetic material (i.e. within their DNA) without affecting their fermentation performance.
- a “bioreactor”, also referred to as a “fermenter” is equipment for the propagation of fermentative microorganisms capable of producing molecules (solvents or other organic compounds) of interest. Fermentation in a bioreactor thus allows, in the presence of C5 and / or C6 sugars, growth of the microorganism used, with control of key parameters such as pH, agitation and temperature of the fermentation medium (or fermentation), also called reaction medium, and the production of the targeted solvents.
- the fermentation step according to the invention therefore consists in growing the microorganisms and recovering a reaction effluent comprising the fermentation must containing an aqueous solution comprising an isopropanol, n-butanol, ethanol mixture.
- the volume of a bioreactor corresponds to the useful volume of said bioreactor.
- solvents refers to all the alcohol and ketone compounds produced by fermentation. More particularly, the term “solvents” denotes the mixture of isopropanol, butanol, ethanol and acetone produced during the IBE fermentation used in the process according to the invention.
- the expression "between ... and " means that the limit values of the interval are included in the range of values described. If this was not the case and the limit values were not included in the range described, such precision will be provided by the present invention.
- the different parameter ranges for a given step such as the pressure and temperature ranges can be used alone or in combination.
- a range of preferred pressure values can be combined with a range of more preferred temperature values.
- the invention thus relates to a process for the production of alcohols comprising, preferably consisting of, the following steps: a. an IBE type fermentation step implementing a reaction section comprising at least one bioreactor which contains a naturally occurring microorganism, said reaction section being fed at least with an aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars and a recycled acetone stream , to produce fermentation gases and fermentation wort containing fermentation products comprising butanol, ethanol, isopropanol and acetone; b. a stage of recovery of the fermentation products, to obtain a flow of fermentation products; vs.
- step b) a step for treating the flow of fermentation products resulting from step b) using an acetone separation section to produce at least one acetone effluent and one aqueous alcohol effluent; d. an acetone recycling step which uses at least one transfer section to recycle at least a fraction of the acetone effluent from step c) to step a), said at least fraction of the acetone effluent which is transferred constituting said recycled acetone stream which feeds the reaction section.
- the process is supplied with an aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars.
- Said aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars can have different origins. It is advantageously obtained from the treatment of a renewable source.
- This renewable source can be of the lignocellulosic biomass type which includes in particular woody substrates (deciduous and coniferous), agricultural by-products (straw) or those from industries generating lignocellulosic waste (agrifood industries, paper mills).
- the aqueous solution of sugars can also be obtained from sugar plants, such as, for example, sugar beet and sugar cane, or else from starchy plants such as corn or wheat.
- Any C5 sugar naturally present in the various lignocellulosic biomasses (mono- or dicotyledonous) used for the production of biofuel by the biological route can be fermented by the process according to the invention.
- the C5 sugars are chosen from xylose and arabinose.
- any C6 sugar can also be fermented by the process according to the invention.
- the C6 sugars are chosen from glucose, mannose and galactose. More preferably, the C6 sugar is glucose.
- the C5 and / or C6 sugars are dissolved in said aqueous solution of sugars.
- concentration of C5 and / or C6 sugars in said aqueous solution of sugars is between 1 and 900 g / L, preferably between 10 and 600 g / L, preferably between 20 and 500 g / L, very preferably between 25 and 150 g / L.
- the aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars is a liquid solution.
- the process for the production of alcohols comprises a fermentation step a) implementing a reaction section which itself comprises at least one bioreactor in which the IBE fermentation is carried out in the presence of a natural microorganism.
- Said natural microorganism is a strain of Clostridium capable of naturally producing the alcohols isopropanol, n-butanol (also called butanol according to the invention) and ethanol from C5 and / or C6 sugars.
- the fermentation system also called bacterial biomass
- a microorganism, or bacteria belonging to the genus Clostridium and capable of producing isopropanol in the state wild type, in particular capable of carrying out an IBE fermentation in the wild state and advantageously selected from a C. beijerinckii bacterium, a C. diolis bacterium,
- the microorganism employed is a C. beijerinckii bacterium, preferably a C. beijerinckii subclade selected from DSM 6423, LMG 7814, LMG 7815, NRRL B-593, NCCB 27006, a C. aurantibutyricum DSZM 793 bacterium.
- Said reaction section can comprise one or more bioreactors, preferably at least two bioreactors, preferably at least five bioreactors.
- said reaction section comprises at most thirty bioreactors, preferably at most twenty bioreactors, preferably at most ten bioreactors.
- Each bioreactor comprises said natural microorganism.
- the reaction section comprises several bioreactors, the bioreactors operate in parallel.
- Said reaction section is fed with an aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars.
- said aqueous solution is in liquid form.
- said reaction section comprises several bioreactors, said aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars can be divided into as many feed streams of aqueous solution of sugars as there are bioreactors present in said reaction section.
- Said reaction section is also supplied with a recycled acetone stream, advantageously resulting from step d) of the process according to the invention.
- said recycled acetone stream is in liquid form.
- Said recycled acetone stream can be introduced directly in said (or said) bioreactor (s) or in a mixer located upstream of said bioreactor in which it is mixed with said aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars before being introduced into said (or said) bioreactor ( s).
- said reaction section comprises several bioreactors
- said recycled acetone stream can be divided into as many recycled acetone feed streams as there are bioreactors present in said reaction section.
- Said reaction section can also optionally be supplied with an exogenous acetone flow.
- said exogenous acetone stream which optionally feeds the reaction section is in liquid form.
- Said exogenous acetone stream can be mixed with the recycled acetone stream C6 before being introduced into said bioreactor (s) or can directly feed said bioreactor (s).
- Said flow of exogenous acetone, which optionally feeds the reaction section is a flow of biocompatible acetone, resulting from at least one process other than the process according to the invention.
- Said exogenous acetone flow can come, at least in part, from another fermentation process, for example using an ABE fermentation, or from a “chemical” process, that is to say not using no fermentation.
- the acetone produced by the chemical process is directly biocompatible, that is to say does not contain poison of the microorganisms used in step a) of the process according to the invention, or is treated prior to its introduction into the reaction section of step a) to make it biocompatible.
- the reaction section of step a) is supplied with said recycled acetone stream and optionally said exogenous acetone stream, at flow rates adjusted so that the acetone concentration supplying the reaction section of step a) is less than or equal at 10 g / L, preferably less than or equal to 5 g / L, preferably less than or equal to 2 g / L, and preferably greater than strictly than 0, preferably greater than or equal to 0.01 g / L, preferably greater than or equal to 0.1 g / L, relative to all the liquid streams feeding the reaction section of step a), that is to say relative to the aqueous solution of C5 sugars and / or C6, recycled acetone stream and optionally exogenous acetone stream.
- the acetone concentration feeding the reaction section of step a) is defined as being the total quantity by weight of acetone entering the reaction section of step a), that is to say supplied by the recycled acetone stream and optionally the exogenous acetone flow, relative to the total volume of the flows feeding the reaction section of step a), that is to say relative to the sum of the flows liquids composed of the flow of aqueous solution of sugars, of the recycled acetone flow and optionally of the exogenous acetone flow, expressed in volume.
- the fermentation carried out in the reaction section is carried out at a temperature between 25 and 40 ° C, preferably between 30 and 37 ° C, preferably at 34 ° C.
- the fermentation is carried out at a pH between 4.0 and 7.0, preferably between 4.5 and 6.0.
- the reaction section of step a) is carried out at atmospheric pressure.
- the fermentation can be carried out in batch mode, also called "batch" mode according to the English term, that is to say with an initial feed and without feed. intermediate and / or without a continuous feed, in particular in aqueous sugar solution, in said stream of acetone optionally recycled from the preceding batch (s) and optionally in an exogenous stream of acetone.
- the fermentation is carried out in the bioreactor (s) advantageously closed for the liquid phase (but open for the outgoing gas phase), for a period of between 30 and 150 hours which advantageously corresponds to the duration of a batch.
- the useful volume of the bioreactor (s) is between 10 and 500 m 3 .
- the quantity of aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars initially introduced into the (or each) bioreactor preferably at a concentration of between 1 to 900 g / L, preferably between 10 and 600 g / L, preferably between 20 and 500 g / L and even more preferred between 30 g / L and 90 g / L, and in particular between 40 g / L and 60 g / L, corresponds to half of the useful volume of the bioreactor considered, and advantageously corresponds to the fermentation medium of said bioreactor.
- the quantity of microorganisms introduced per batch (per “batch”) and per bioreactor corresponds to a volume of a culture medium for cells (or bacteria) at the maximum growth rate and so that said volume of the culture medium is between 2 and 10% of the volume of the fermentation medium (or reaction volume). Continuous stirring is maintained to homogenize the reaction medium.
- the fermentation can be carried out in “semi-continuous” or “fed-batch” mode according to the English term.
- the aqueous solution of sugars and advantageously the acetone stream are advantageously introduced into the bioreactor (s) for a part at the start of the batch and for another part added as the batch progresses. in the bioreactor (s).
- a batch designates, according to the knowledge of a person skilled in the art, advantageously the time for carrying out the fermentation between two emptying of the bioreactor (s) and the operations which take place during this time.
- a batch preferably lasts between 20 and 200 hours, preferably between 30 and 150 hours.
- the useful volume of the bioreactor (s) is between 10 and 500 m 3 .
- the (or each) bioreactor is initially fed with an amount of aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars, preferably at a sugar concentration of between 30 g / L and 90 g / L, preferably between 40 g / L and 60 g / L, which corresponds to a volume preferably equal to half of the useful volume of (each) bioreactor.
- each bioreactor is fed, advantageously continuously or by pulses, with an aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars, preferably at a sugar concentration of between 500 and 800 g / L, at a flow rate advantageously between 10 and 5000 L / h, preferably between 20 and 2500 L / h.
- the quantity of microorganisms introduced per batch and per bioreactor corresponds to a volume of a culture medium for cells (or bacteria) at the maximum growth rate and so that said volume of the culture medium is between 2 and 10% of the volume of the fermentation medium (or reaction volume). Continuous stirring is maintained to homogenize the reaction medium, in each bioreactor.
- a withdrawal of the butanol produced, in liquid or gas form, continuously or by pulses, can then be implemented in each bioreactor, the objective of this technique being to eliminate the butanol, which is toxic to microorganisms, as and when that it is produced by the strain.
- This technique is called ISPR for In Situ Product Recovery according to the Anglo-Saxon term, and is well known to those skilled in the art (cf. Outram V. et al. "A comparison of the energy use of in situ product recovery techniques for the Acetone Butanol Ethanol fermentation ”Bioresource Technology, 2016, 220, 590-600).
- flow designate the quantities introduced or leaving the bioreactor (s), per batch .
- the fermentation can be carried out in “simple continuous” mode, also called continuous mode with free cells.
- the bioreactor (s) is (are) then continuously supplied with the aqueous solution of sugars and the recycled acetone stream, and optionally an exogenous acetone stream.
- the feed rate of said aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars is adjusted so that the dilution rate in the bioreactor (s), expressed in h -1 and corresponding to the inverse of the residence time (i.e.
- the flow rate of said aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars divided by the volume, that is to say the useful volume, of the bioreactors), as well known to those skilled in the art, is between 0.01 and 0 , 05 h 1 , preferably between 0.0125 and 0.033 h 1 .
- the feed rate of said recycled acetone stream, and optionally said exogenous acetone stream is adjusted as indicated above, so that the acetone concentration supplying the bioreactor relative to the sum of the liquid streams supplying the bioreactor (that is to say the aqueous solution of sugars, the recycled acetone stream and optionally the exogenous acetone stream) is less than or equal to 10 g / L, preferably less than or equal to 5 g / L, preferably less than or equal to 2 g / L, and preferably greater than strictly than 0, preferably greater than or equal to 0.01 g / L, preferably greater than or equal to 0.1 g / L.
- the concentration of microorganism in the reaction medium is between 10 8 and 10 11 cells / mL of reaction medium, preferably between 10 9 and 10 1 ° cells / mL of reaction medium.
- Continuous stirring of the reaction medium in the bioreactor (s) is advantageously maintained in order to homogenize said reaction medium.
- the microorganisms and the products formed are withdrawn, continuously or by pulses, from the bioreactor (s).
- An ISPR technique, as described above, can also be applied to remove butanol, which is toxic to bacteria.
- the fermentation can be carried out in “supported continuous” mode, also called continuous confined mode or continuous mode with cell immobilization.
- the microorganisms then form a film, or biofilm, on a solid support, for example composed of a porous inorganic material, such as clays, of a metal foam, of a polymeric foam, in particular a polyurethane foam, the polyurethane foam being preferred (cf. FR 3,086,670).
- the microorganism concentration is between 10 7 and 10 10 cells / cm 3 of solid support, preferably between 10 8 and 10 9 cells / cm 3 of solid support.
- the inoculated solid support i.e.
- the solid support containing the microorganism biofilm, preferably the inoculated polyurethane foam is then placed in the or each bioreactor so that the volume of inoculated solid support preferably represents between 1 and 50% of the useful volume of the bioreactor, preferably between 5 and 30% of the useful volume of the bioreactor.
- the (or them) bioreactor (s) is (are) then continuously fed with the aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars, at a concentration advantageously between 1 to 900 g / L, preferably between 10 and 600 g / L, preferably between 20 and 500 g / L, very preferably between 25 and 150 g / L, and the recycled acetone stream, and optionally an exogenous acetone stream.
- the feed rate of the bioreactor (s) with said aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars is adjusted so that the dilution rate, expressed in h 1 and corresponding to the inverse of the residence time (that is to say to the flow rate of said aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars divided by the volume, that is to say of the useful volume, of the bioreactors), as is well known to those skilled in the art. trade, is between 0.01 and 0.40 h 1 , preferably between 0.015 and 0.30 h 1 , preferably between 0.02 and 0.20 h 1 .
- the feed rate of said recycled acetone stream, and optionally said exogenous acetone stream is adjusted as indicated above, so that the acetone concentration supplying the bioreactor with respect to all the liquid streams supplying the bioreactor (that is to say the aqueous solution of sugars, the recycled acetone flow and optionally the exogenous acetone flow) is less than or equal to 10 g / L, preferably less than or equal to 5 g / L, preferably less than or equal to 2 g / L, and preferably greater than strictly than 0, preferably greater than or equal to 0.01 g / L, preferably greater than or equal to 0.1 g / L.
- Continuous stirring of the reaction medium in the bioreactor (s) is advantageously maintained in order to homogenize said reaction medium.
- the microorganisms and the products formed are withdrawn, continuously or by pulses, from the bioreactor (s).
- An ISPR technique, as described above, can also be applied to remove butanol, which is toxic to bacteria.
- the fermentation is carried out in simple continuous mode or in continuous mode with cell immobilization, and preferably in continuous mode with cell immobilization.
- Said step a) allows the production of fermentation gas, in particular comprising carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen, and a fermentation wort containing fermentation products comprising butanol, ethanol, isopropanol and acetone.
- CO2 carbon dioxide
- a fermentation wort containing fermentation products comprising butanol, ethanol, isopropanol and acetone.
- the process for the production of alcohols comprises a step b) of recovering the fermentation products generated in step a), in order to obtain a flow of fermentation products.
- This step advantageously consists at least in separating the fermentation products, comprising in particular butanol, ethanol, isopropanol and acetone mixed with water, fermentation must and fermentation gases.
- This separation can be carried out by any method known to those skilled in the art.
- the process for recovering alcohols in a fermenter described in application WO 2018/001628 can most particularly be implemented in this step b).
- Said flow of fermentation products obtained at the end of step b) comprises in particular isopropanol, n-butanol, ethanol and acetone, mixed with water.
- the process for producing alcohols comprises a step c) of treating the flow of fermentation products from step b).
- Said step c) uses at least one acetone separation section to produce at least one acetone effluent and an aqueous alcohol effluent.
- Said aqueous alcohol effluent comprises in particular butanol, ethanol and isopropanol.
- step c) implements in said acetone separation section: c-1) a distillation of the flow of fermentation products resulting from step b) in a beer column to obtain at the bottom of said beer column a flow of water and at the top of the beer column an aqueous mixture of solvents, c-2) a distillation of the aqueous mixture of solvents in a distillation column, to obtain in said acetone effluent column head and said aqueous alcohol effluent at the column bottom.
- the aqueous mixture of solvents extracted at the top of the beer column of step c-1) of this particular embodiment comprises water, butanol, in particular n-butanol, ethanol, isopropanol and acetone.
- Said beer column from step c-1) can advantageously be equipped with a reboiling system, preferably by recompression of the overhead vapors. It can also include a reflux recycle system.
- the aqueous mixture of solvents, extracted at the top of the beer column from step c-1) of the particular embodiment is then sent to a distillation column, also called “acetone column”.
- the role of the acetone column of step c-2) is to separate the acetone from the flow of alcohols, the acetone being extracted at the top of the column, and to produce said aqueous effluent of alcohols, advantageously concentrated. in isopropanol-butanol-ethanol, which is withdrawn at the bottom of said acetone column.
- the acetone effluent obtained at the end of step c) has an acetone concentration greater than or equal to 95% by weight, preferably greater than or equal to 98% by weight, preferably greater than or equal to 99.5 % by weight relative to the weight of said acetone effluent.
- the aqueous alcohol effluent comprises, for its part, water and a mixture of alcohols, said alcohols being those advantageously produced during IBE fermentation, in particular n-butanol (called butanol), ethanol and isopropanol.
- Step c) can optionally further comprise an alcohol separation section.
- Said optional alcohol separation section comprises a distillation column, fed with the aqueous effluent of alcohols from the acetone separation section. It separates at least one butanol effluent and one hydroalcoholic effluent comprising ethanol and isopropanol.
- the process for producing alcohols comprises a step d) of recycling the acetone.
- This acetone recycling step uses at least one transfer section to recycle at least a fraction of the acetone effluent from step c) to step a).
- Said fraction of the acetone effluent which is recycled to step a) constitutes the recycled acetone stream which feeds the reaction section of said step a) of the process according to the invention.
- the method according to the invention can operate in continuous, batch or semi-continuous mode, as described above.
- the process operates in continuous mode, and more preferably, in confined continuous mode.
- the process according to the invention thus makes it possible to reintegrate the acetone co-produced in the fermentation medium, in the bioreactor, in order to have it re-assimilated by the microorganisms and to convert it into isopropanol.
- the isopropanol yield is improved, between 4 and 6% by weight of gain depending on the Clostridium strains used, compared to a process using the same strain and the same quantity of natural microorganisms but without the system of recycling and re-assimilation of the acetone co-produced.
- the process according to the invention therefore allows an increase in the overall yield of conversion of sugars into alcohols compared to an IBE fermentation process without upgrading the acetone by-product.
- the process according to the present invention also makes it possible to upgrade the acetone exogenous to said process by converting it into isopropanol, and in particular at low pressures compared to a conventional process using the chemical route.
- the unit of weight “tonne” is written “t”
- the unit of weight “gram” is written “g”
- FIG. 1 schematically shows a particular arrangement of the process according to the invention.
- An aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars (1) feeds a reaction section (R1) comprising at least one bioreactor.
- Said bioreactor comprises a microorganism which naturally converts sugars into isopropanol, butanol and ethanol alcohols.
- the fermentation products (2) obtained after IBE fermentation of the sugars are recovered and introduced into an acetone separation section (C) which separates an acetone effluent (3) entirely recycled to the reaction section (R1) and an aqueous effluent of alcohols (4) including isopropanol, butanol and ethanol.
- FIG. 2 represents another particular arrangement of the method according to the invention.
- the process shown schematically in Figure 2 further comprises compared to the process schematized in Figure 1, a supply of exogenous acetone (5) such that the total concentration of acetone supplying the section (R1) is less than or equal to 10 g / L, preferably less than or equal to 5 g / L, preferably less than or equal to 2 g / L, and preferably greater than strictly 0, preferably greater than or equal to 0.01 g / L, preferably greater than or equal to 0.1 g / L, relative to all the flows supplying said section (R1).
- a supply of exogenous acetone (5) such that the total concentration of acetone supplying the section (R1) is less than or equal to 10 g / L, preferably less than or equal to 5 g / L, preferably less than or equal to 2 g / L, and preferably greater than strictly 0, preferably greater than or equal to 0.01 g / L, preferably greater than or
- Example 1 illustrates an IBE fermentation process in the presence of Clostridium beijerinckii strain DSM6423, without a recycling system for the acetone co-produced. This is a method according to the prior art.
- the fermentation production unit uses a fermentation unit comprising 4 fermenters which treats an aqueous solution of glucose (C6 sugar) of 62.5 g / L.
- the total useful volume of the fermenters in the fermentation unit is 14,000 m 3 .
- the plant's sugar consumption is approximately 125,000 t / year of glucose, corresponding to a flow rate of 250,000 L / h of aqueous glucose solution, i.e. a dilution rate of 0.022 h 1 .
- the fermenters operate at 37 ° C, atmospheric pressure and a pH between 4.5 and 6.
- the unit operates in single continuous mode.
- the quantity of microorganisms is between 10 9 and 10 1 ° cells / mL of reaction medium.
- the production unit also includes a unit for processing the solvents produced, in particular an acetone separation unit, comprising a beer column followed by an acetone column, to separate the acetone produced from the alcohols.
- a unit for processing the solvents produced in particular an acetone separation unit, comprising a beer column followed by an acetone column, to separate the acetone produced from the alcohols.
- the production unit produces 40,000 tonnes of solvents per year.
- Table 1 summarizes the amounts of the various solvents produced.
- the total yield of glucose in solvents (acetone + ethanol + isopropanol + butanol) is 0.320 kg / kg (i.e. kg of solvents produced per kg of glucose consumed) and the rate of conversion of glucose to alcohols ( ethanol + isopropanol + butanol) is 0.314 kg / kg.
- Example 2 (compliant)
- Example 2 illustrates a process according to the invention.
- Example 2 indeed illustrates an IBE fermentation process in the presence of the Clostridium beijerinckii strain DSM6423, with a system for recycling the acetone co-produced.
- the production unit additionally includes a recycling system for the acetone co-produced and separated in the dedicated separation unit.
- a flow of approximately 100,000 g / h of acetone is thus produced and continuously recycled to the fermenters. All the separated acetone effluent is recycled to the fermentation unit.
- the acetone concentration of all the streams feeding the bioreactor is 0.4 g / L throughout production.
- Table 2 shows the amounts of the various solvents produced by the process described in Example 2.
- the total yield of glucose in solvents (acetone + ethanol + isopropanol + butanol) is always 0.320 kg of solvents per kg of glucose but the rate of conversion of glucose into alcohols (ethanol + isopropanol + butanol), obtained according to the process of l Example 2, is 0.319 kg / kg, instead of 0.314 kg / kg, obtained by the non-conforming process of Example 1.
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