15 February 2024
JFE Engineering Corporation
JFE Engineering Corporation (President: Hajime Ōshita, Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) and Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. (President: Keita Katō, Head Office: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, hereinafter referred to as "Sekisui Chemical") jointly proposed "Waste-to-Chemical technology development for Green Ethanol production by integration of Advanced Gasification and Biochemical conversion technologies," and has been adopted for implementation*1 by the "Green Innovation Fund Project: Achieving Carbon Neutrality in Waste and Resource Circulation" publicly solicited by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
We have been developing the "C-PhoeniX Process®*2 ," which gasifies various types of waste and allows for a stable supply of high-quality refined synthesis gas. This process, when combined with Sekisui Chemical's biorefinery technology*3 for ethanol production from waste-derived refined synthesis gas (under development), will pave the way to an innovative "Waste-to-Chemical Process" for producing chemical raw materials from waste.
Our proposed process holds the promise of early practical use in society, bypassing the need for a hydrogen network. It has the unique capability to self-generate hydrogen (H2) required to synthesize chemicals within the process. We will utilize the Green Innovation Fund to further accelerate our development of the "C-PhoeniX Process®."
Through this technology development,JFE Engineering and Sekisui Chemical aim to establish a conversion process from waste to chemical raw materials and practical use in society by 2030. This joint development will contribute to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
- *1 https://www.nedo.go.jp/news/press/AA5_101724.html
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Abbreviated as "CX Process®." Registered trademark, including the abbreviation. (publicized on February 7, 2024)
https://www.jfe-eng.co.jp/en/news/2024/20240207.html - *3 Technology for producing biofuels and chemicals using biomass as raw material
Summary of Adoption
| Project Name | Achieving Carbon Neutrality in Waste and Resource Circulation [Research and Development Item 2] Large-scale demonstration of high-efficiency pyrolysis treatment plant |
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| Adopted Theme | Waste-to-Chemical technology development for Green Ethanol production by integration of Advanced Gasification and Biochemical conversion technologies |
| Development Items | ・Waste Advanced Gasification Process development for Chemical Raw Material Manufacturing (Responsible Party: JFE Engineering) ・Technology development for High-yield Ethanol Production from Refined Synthesis Gas (Responsible Party: Sekisui Chemical) ・Integrated System development for Advanced Gasification and Green Ethanol Production (Responsible Parties: JFE Engineering and Sekisui Chemical Industry) |
| Implementation Period | 2023 fiscal year to 2030 fiscal year (Planned) |
Overall Process Flow (Concept) and Each Company's Scope of Responsibility
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- Public Relations Section, General Administration Department, JFE Engineering Corporation