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CO2 to energy
Capture and conversion of CO2 emissions for
the sustainable production of valuable
commodities
Tony St Clair
Commercial-in-Confidence
Company
CompanyOverview
Overview///Our
OurApproach
Approach
Company
Overview
Our
Approach
The Australian Leader in large scale, algae based bio-fuel and food
production, and CO2 bio-sequestration…MBD est. 2006
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Strong and experienced Board and Executive Management Team
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A compelling sustainable solution to 3 significant issues: oil, food and CO2
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MBD’s total-engineered approach is delivering a system that enables large scale industrial growth of
algae in MBD’s CO2 to energy hybrid system
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IP owned by MBD: existing and growing patent portfolio
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Exclusive relationship, and access to proprietary algae libraries, with world leading algae research
expertise at the James Cook University (JCU), QLD
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Existing large scale Research and Development Facility (5000m 2) at JCU
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Signed Formal Agreements with 3 major Australian CO2 emitters (Binding Contracts/MOUs)
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Advanced design work on fully automated 1 hectare (ha) module - insitu, Display Plant
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Partnerships with Key Tier-1 suppliers
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MBD’s CO2 to energy Process Overview
Waste Nutrient
Sunlight
N, P, K, S
• Sewerage
• Waste from feedlot
• Waste water
Supplemented with
• Commercial fertilizer
Algae Oil 35%
Oil Options Include
-Biodiesel Production
-Plastic Production
-Jet fuel, other fuels
Algae Meal 65%
Meal Options Include
-Feed for livestock industry
-Feed for fertilizer
CO2 Emitter
Algae Synthesiser Farm
Greenhouse gases from emitter
collected at the base of the flue gas
chimney and piped to MBD Algae
Farm.
Land (low value buffer)
Each Million tonnes of CO2 e
sequestered produces the following
outputs:
550,000 tonnes of algae:
(CO2 NOx SOx)
e.g.
•Power Plant ,
•Gas Plant & Refineries,
•Cement Kiln,
•LNG Facility,
•Coal Seam Gas Production,
•Other processes…
-Biomass for bio-plastic production
-Biomass for electricity production
• 180,000 tpa algae oil
• 370,000 tpa nutritious livestock feed
100% of algae used as value added product
O2
H2O
Typically, 1 ton C02 emitted per MWhr generated
Require ~2 tons of C02 per 1 ton of algae grown
Require ~1000+ Ha Land per 1 M tons of C02
Scale
ScaleUp
Up33Stage
StageProcess
Process
Test / Pilot
/ Demonstration
Display
/ Pilot
/ Demonstration
Stage 2
Stage 3
Display Plant
Pilot Plant
(Proof of Concept)
(Commercial Operation)
Phase 1
Phase 2
(1 Ha Module)
(80 Ha Expansion)
Indicative Capital Cost (A$M)
$3.5M+
$30M
$300M+
Commence Operation
1Q 2011
Progressive Build: 2012
: 2014
CO2 e Abatement p.a
800 T
Full Operation: 2013
70,000 T
: 2015
>1.4M T
Algae Production (tpa)
400
35,000
700,000
120 T
10,000 T
250,000 T
(140,000 litres)
(11 M litres)
(300 M litres)
280 T
25,000 T
450,000 T
Demonstration Plant
Large Scale Roll Out
(productivity 120g/m2/d)
Algae Oil Production
Algae Meal Production
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Company
MBD’s R&D
Overview
Facility//(JCU
Our
Townsville)
Company
Overview
OurApproach
Approach
The MBD’s existing and expanded R&D facility:
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Formally launched Jul08 (200m 2 ) and expanded to (5000m 2 ) Nov09
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Basis for all of MBD’s ongoing R&D work
Ultimately provides Central Control Centre for MBD’s projects both in
Australia and Internationally
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5 Year Detailed Program of Works including:
 Algae strain identification and selection
 Culture optimisation
 Production and scale-up
 Harvest and extraction processes
 End use products
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Ongoing education and training facility which provides MBD with a
key source of skilled labour and expertise
Current algae strain assessment focusing on ~ 12 salt water and fresh
water based algae strains. JCU has > 200 strains and is led by
Prof. Rocky de Nys and Ass. Prof. Kirsten Heimann
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Algal
Algal Strain
Strain Selection
Selection
James
James Cook
Cook University
University (JCU)
(JCU)
• Exclusive access to, and use of proprietary algae libraries (>185 strains), and world
leading JCU algae research team led by Prof. Rocky de Nys and Dr Kirsten Heimann
• Algae strain selection for lipid profile analysis, bioreactor suitability, biomass;
• Current assessment focusing on ~ 10 salt water and fresh water based algae strains.
Isochrysis aff. galbana (A)
Nannochloropsis oculata (B)
Tetraselmis chui (C)
Unidentified (D)
Unidentified (E)
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Commercial-in-Confidence
Commercial-in-Confidence
R&D
Facility:Photo-Bioreactor
Photo-BioreactorSystem
System
Test Facility:
Centrifuge,
and
Oil Oil
Separation
Centrifuge,Harvesting
Harvesting
and
Separation
Productivity
Scale Up 3 Data
StageChart
Process
Test / Pilot
/ Demonstration
Base
/ Current
/ Target / Aspiration
Base - Benchmark
Current
Design Target
Design Aspiration
(g/m2/day)
20
30
60
120
(m deep)
0.3
0.3
0.6
0.9
(CO2/Algae Ratio)
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
%
25
25
50
75
%
30
30
40
50
Dry Weight Production
Depth
Carbon Fixing
Harvest
Oil Content
Current Yield parameters
-Wet Weight (g/l)
2
-Dry Weight (g/l)
0.4
-Depth (m)
0.3
-Harvest (%)
25
-Dry Weight production (g/m2/day)
30
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Carbon
Comparison
CarbonCapture
Capture Comparison
Sequestration
of all CO
from 1000
MW 1000
BrownMW
CoalBrown
Power Coal
StationPower Station
Sequestration
of 2allemissions
CO2 emissions
from
MBD’s CO2 to fuel Solution
Post Carbon Capture and Storage
Collection, concentration , liquefaction of CO2 and storage in ground
Collection, consumption and use of CO2 for Algae based value added products.
Emitter to fund large capital and operating costs
No income from CO2 based products.
Feasibility at $25/T appears questionable.
Emitter not required to fund costs.
Significant value creation from algae products
Project feasible independent of carbon price
PCC&S
Value Creation
-$2.2B
Annual Value Created
- Carbon Abatement $225M
- Algae Oil income $0M
- Algae Meal income $0M]
Value Created
20 year comparison of value created
MBD’s CO2 to fuel
Value Creation
$26.8B
Algae Meal
Algae Oil
PCC&S
Carbon Abatement
MBD
Capital cost over 20 years $5000 M
Energy Demand
Cost
Annual Energy Demand 30%,
300MW
$79M p.a. (@ $30 /MWh)
Annual Value Created
- Carbon Abatement $225M
- Algae Oil income $740M
- Algae Meal income $660M
PCC&S
(30 x) MBD Solution
Annual Energy Demand 1%, 10MW
$2.7M p.a. (@ $30 /MWh)
PCC&S
(4 x) MBD Solution
Capital cost over 20 years $1225 M
Capital Cost
-5000
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MBD developed comparison – figures are provided for quantum comparison only.
Detailed comparisons to be developed for each specific site and operation.
All figures in Million Dollars
5000
10000
15000(Million)
Assumptions:
Carbon Credit Value $25/T, CO2 sequestered 9MT, Oil $800/T, Meal $400/T,
Value MW = $30, 100% Plant operation (8760 hours per year), PCC&S 5 year scale up, MBD 5 year scale up
All figures per tonne and based on 1 years operation.
* Estimated plant capital costs for 20 year project.,
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Land
Land space
space requirements
requirements
MBD
COCO
Compared
with Biofuel
Crops
2 Synthesizer
MBD
Synthesizer
Compared
with
Biofuel
2
Crops
Land Use - Number of Ha required to produce 100,000 tonnes of oil
Productivity on 1000 Ha of land per year (tpa)
1000000
Corn
Cotton
360000
Soy
715000
100000
250000
Canola
100000
Jatropha
10000
53000
1000
Palm
Algae
19600
240
100
The table top left graphically illustrates the negligible land space requirements of an MBD CO2 fuel synthesiser to produce
100,000 tonnes of oil compared with biofuel crops. Not only is the land ‘foot-print’ small, the oil yield of an MBD CO2 fuel
synthesiser is much higher than biofuel crops – as shown top right.
Australia’s major power stations have significant low value land buffers surrounding them. Depending on the size of the
power station the land required to sequestrate its CO2 emissions (50% - daylight hours and up to 80% if artificial light is
used) will be in excess of 1000 ha. [Note: To date MBD has only explored growth of algae under sunlight.]
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