Abstract:
A process for controlling the concurrent production of both diesel range hydrocarbons and aviation range hydrocarbons from renewable feedstocks such as plant oils and animal oils. The process involves determining the required specification of the desired products and the desired relative yields of the product that still meet the required specifications. The necessary isomerization and selective hydrocracking zone conditions are determined in order to create a mixture of paraffins which meet the required product specifications and yields. The necessary fractionation zone conditions are determined to separate the desired products. A renewable feedstock (2) is treated by hydrogenating and deoxygenating (4) to provide an effluent (6) comprising paraffins, isomerizing and selectively hydrogenating (22) at least a portion of the paraffins at the predetermined conditions, and separating by fractionation (42) at the predetermined fractionation conditions to generate a diesel range hydrocarbon product (46) and an aviation range hydrocarbon product (45).
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for producing hydrocarbon products from whole pyrolysis oil feedstock which comprises: a) partially deoxygenating the whole pyrolysis oil feedstock in a partial deoxygenation zone by contacting the pyrolysis oil with a partial deoxygenation and hydrogenation catalyst in the presence of hydrogen at deoxygenation conditions to produce a partially deoxygenated pyrolysis oil stream comprising water, gasses, light ends, and hydrocarbons; b) passing the partially deoxygenated pyrolysis oil stream to a separation zone to separate a water, gasses, and light ends stream from the hydrocarbon stream; and c) passing the hydrocarbon stream to a full deoxygenation zone and deoxygenating the hydrocarbon stream by contacting it with a deoxygenation catalyst under deoxygenation conditions, to generate a product stream which comprises hydrocarbon compounds which are useful as a fuel or a fuel blending component, and which have boiling point ranges of gasoline, aviation, diesel, and any combination thereof.
Abstract:
Methods for deoxygenating treated biomass-derived pyrolysis oil are provided. The treated biomass-derived pyrolysis oil is exposed to a catalyst having a neutral catalyst support such as a non-alumina metal oxide support, a theta alumina support, or both. The non-alumina metal oxide support may be a titanium oxide (TiO2) support, a silicon oxide support, a zirconia oxide (ZrO2) support, a niobium oxide (Nb2O5) support, or a support having a mixture of non-alumina metal oxides. The catalyst may include a noble metal or a Group VIII non-noble metal and a Group VIB non-noble metal on the neutral catalyst support. The treated biomass-derived pyrolysis oil is introduced into a hydroprocessing reactor in the presence of the catalyst under hydroprocessing conditions to produce low oxygen biomass-derived pyrolysis oil.
Abstract:
A process for the conversion of biomass derived pyrolysis oil to liquid fuel components is presented. The process includes the production of diesel, aviation, and naphtha boiling point range fuels or fuel blending components by two-stage deoxygenation of the pyrolysis oil and separation of the products.
Abstract:
A method of determining a surface property of a plurality of solids by contacting the solids with a fluid, measuring the radiation emitted, absorbed, or altered during desorption of the fluid using a detector, and then determining at least one surface property of the solids from the radiation measurements has been invented. The invention is particularly useful in combinatorial applications in order to evaluate a plurality of solids or mixtures of solids to determine at least one surface property of each of the solids.