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Title: Hydrocarbon liquid production via the bioCRACK process and catalytic hydroprocessing of the product oil

Abstract

Continuous hydroprocessing of liquid phase pyrolysis bio-oil, provided by BDI-BioEnergy International bioCRACK pilot plant at OMV Refinery in Schwechat/Vienna Austria was investigated. These hydroprocessing tests showed promising results using catalytic hydroprocessing strategies developed for unfractionated bio-oil. A sulfided base metal catalyst (CoMo on Al2O3) was evaluated. The bed of catalyst was operated at 400 °C in a continuous-flow reactor at a pressure of 12.1 MPa with flowing hydrogen. The condensed liquid products were analyzed and found that the hydrocarbon liquid was significantly hydrotreated so that nitrogen and sulfur were below the level of detection (<0.05), while the residual oxygen ranged from 0.7 to 1.2%. The density of the products varied from 0.71 g/mL up to 0.79 g/mL with a correlated change of the hydrogen to carbon atomic ratio from 2.1 down to 1.9. The product quality remained high throughout the extended tests suggesting minimal loss of catalyst activity through the test. These tests provided the data needed to assess the quality of liquid fuel products obtained from the bioCRACK process as well as the activity of the catalyst for comparison with products obtained from hydrotreated fast pyrolysis bio-oils from fluidized-bed operation.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [3];  [4]
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  1. Graz Univ. of Technology (Austria). Inst. of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology; BDI-BioEnergy International, Graz (Austria)
  2. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  3. BDI-BioEnergy International, Graz (Austria)
  4. Graz Univ. of Technology (Austria). Inst. of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1194284
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-106757
Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9262; GRCHFJ; BM0101010
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Green Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; biomass; pyrolysis; hydrotreating; catalysis

Citation Formats

Schwaiger, Nickolaus, Elliott, Douglas C., Ritzberger, Jurgen, Wang, Huamin, Pucher, Peter, and Siebenhofer, Matthaus. Hydrocarbon liquid production via the bioCRACK process and catalytic hydroprocessing of the product oil. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1039/c4gc02344g.
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Schwaiger, Nickolaus, Elliott, Douglas C., Ritzberger, Jurgen, Wang, Huamin, Pucher, Peter, & Siebenhofer, Matthaus. Hydrocarbon liquid production via the bioCRACK process and catalytic hydroprocessing of the product oil. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4gc02344g
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Schwaiger, Nickolaus, Elliott, Douglas C., Ritzberger, Jurgen, Wang, Huamin, Pucher, Peter, and Siebenhofer, Matthaus. Thu . "Hydrocarbon liquid production via the bioCRACK process and catalytic hydroprocessing of the product oil". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4gc02344g. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1194284.
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@article{osti_1194284,
title = {Hydrocarbon liquid production via the bioCRACK process and catalytic hydroprocessing of the product oil},
author = {Schwaiger, Nickolaus and Elliott, Douglas C. and Ritzberger, Jurgen and Wang, Huamin and Pucher, Peter and Siebenhofer, Matthaus},
abstractNote = {Continuous hydroprocessing of liquid phase pyrolysis bio-oil, provided by BDI-BioEnergy International bioCRACK pilot plant at OMV Refinery in Schwechat/Vienna Austria was investigated. These hydroprocessing tests showed promising results using catalytic hydroprocessing strategies developed for unfractionated bio-oil. A sulfided base metal catalyst (CoMo on Al2O3) was evaluated. The bed of catalyst was operated at 400 °C in a continuous-flow reactor at a pressure of 12.1 MPa with flowing hydrogen. The condensed liquid products were analyzed and found that the hydrocarbon liquid was significantly hydrotreated so that nitrogen and sulfur were below the level of detection (<0.05), while the residual oxygen ranged from 0.7 to 1.2%. The density of the products varied from 0.71 g/mL up to 0.79 g/mL with a correlated change of the hydrogen to carbon atomic ratio from 2.1 down to 1.9. The product quality remained high throughout the extended tests suggesting minimal loss of catalyst activity through the test. These tests provided the data needed to assess the quality of liquid fuel products obtained from the bioCRACK process as well as the activity of the catalyst for comparison with products obtained from hydrotreated fast pyrolysis bio-oils from fluidized-bed operation.},
doi = {10.1039/c4gc02344g},
journal = {Green Chemistry},
number = 4,
volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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