Method for thermal treatment of tall oil pitch (TOP)

    公开(公告)号:US10988707B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US16765157

    申请日:2018-11-20

    Applicant: SUNPINE AB

    Abstract: The present invention describes a method for the treatment of tall oil pitch (TOP), said method comprising heating the TOP and optionally additives including water and steam to a temperature of at least 300° C.; maintaining the temperature in the reactor at 300° C. or higher for a period of time to enable thermal treatment of the TOP to act on components thereof to produce fatty acids and/or rosin acids, and/or derivatives thereof, and/or unsaponifiables and/or derivatives having lower molecular weight compared to the high molecular weight components with molecular weights of at least 350 g/mole present in the original TOP, to yield a modified TOP material with lower viscosity.

    Continuous fractionation of crude tall oil to refined tall diesel

    公开(公告)号:US11447717B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US17290269

    申请日:2019-10-21

    Applicant: SUNPINE AB

    Inventor: Valeri Naydenov

    Abstract: The present invention describes a process for continuous fractionation of CTO (crude tall oil) to RTD (refined tall diesel), said process comprising:—when removing a stream of TOP (tall oil pitch) the CTO is fed through at least two evaporation zones arranged in series so that one stream of CTO is fed from a first evaporation zone to a second evaporation zone, wherein a TOP stream is produced and fed from the second evaporation zone, wherein a first vapor stream is produced within the first evaporation zone and a second vapor stream is produced within the second evaporation zone and wherein there is a temperature difference of at least 10° C. between the first vapor stream and the second vapor stream; and—feeding the first vapor stream and the second vapor stream into a subsequent fractionation column to produce a stream of RTD from the fractionation column, wherein the first vapor stream and the second vapor stream are being fed to different positions, relative to the column height, in the fractionation column, where different conditions are applied to ensure suitable fractionations of a more fatty acid rich material and a more rosin rich material, respectively, and which different positions in the fractionation column are separated by packing means.

    BIOREFINING OF CRUDE TALL OIL
    6.
    发明申请
    BIOREFINING OF CRUDE TALL OIL 有权
    原油的生物活性

    公开(公告)号:US20150307810A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-29

    申请号:US14653470

    申请日:2012-12-21

    Applicant: SUNPINE AB

    Abstract: A process for pre-treatment of a crude tall oil (CTO) for removal of impurities is disclosed. The process comprises a first pre-treatment step involving a CTO wash and a separation of a first oil phase comprising refined CTO and an aqueous phase holding impurities, and a second step involving a separation of a second oil phase from the aqueous phase. A process for refining of crude tall oil (CTO) is also disclosed. The process comprises fractionation under vacuum of a refined CTO into at least one stream of refined tall diesel (RTD) or tall oil fatty acids (TOFA) and at least one stream of resin acid(s) (RA). The stream of RTD or TOFA is deoxygenated forming hydrocarbon compounds in a subsequent step. This invention also relates to a refined tall diesel. Furthermore, a process for the production of a refined tall diesel (RTD) composition, wherein crude sulphate turpentine(s) (CST) is added to the refined tall diesel (RTD) composition, is described.

    Abstract translation: 公开了用于去除杂质的粗妥尔油(CTO)的预处理方法。 该方法包括涉及CTO洗涤和分离包含精制CTO和含有杂质的水相的第一油相的第一预处理步骤,以及涉及将第二油相与水相分离的第二步骤。 还公开了粗妥质油(CTO)的精制方法。 该方法包括在精制CTO的真空下将精制高级柴油(RTD)或妥尔油脂肪酸(TOFA)和至少一种树脂酸(RA)流的至少一个流分馏。 RTD或TOFA的流在随后的步骤中脱氧形成烃化合物。 本发明还涉及精制高级柴油。 此外,描述了生产精制高柴油(RTD)组合物的方法,其中将粗硫酸盐松节油(CST)加入到精制高柴油(RTD)组合物中。

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