Refinery Upgrading of Hydropyrolysis Oil From Biomass
Abstract
Cellulosic and woody biomass can be converted to bio-oils containing less than 10% oxygen by a hydropyrolysis process. Hydropyrolysis is the first step in Gas Technology Institute’s (GTI) integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion IH2®. These intermediate bio-oils can then be converted to drop-in hydrocarbon fuels using existing refinery hydrotreating equipment to make hydrocarbon blending components, which are fully compatible with existing fuels. Alternatively, cellulosic or woody biomass can directly be converted into drop-in hydrocarbon fuels containing less than 0.4% oxygen using the IH2 process located adjacent to a refinery or ethanol production facility. Many US oil refineries are actually located near biomass resources and are a logical location for a biomass to transportation fuel conversion process. The goal of this project was to work directly with an oil refinery partner, to determine the most attractive route and location for conversion of biorenewables to drop in fuels in their refinery and ethanol production network. Valero Energy Company, through its subsidiaries, has 12 US oil refineries and 11 ethanol production facilities, making them an ideal partner for this analysis. Valero is also part of a 50- 50 joint venture with Darling Ingredients called Diamond Green Diesel. Diamond Green Diesel’s production capacity is approximatelymore »
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- Gas Technology Inst., Des Plaines, IL (United States)
- CRI Catalyst, Houston, TX (United States)
- Johnson Timber, Hayward, WI (United States)
- Cargill, Wayzata, MN (United States)
- Valero, San Antonio, TX (United States)
- MTU, Friedrichshafen (Germany)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1221922
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-GTI-0005992
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0005992
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; Biomass; renewable fuel; drop-in gasoline; IH2; diesel; jet fuel; hydropyrolysis
Citation Formats
Roberts, Michael, Marker, Terry, Ortiz-Toral, Pedro, Linck, Martin, Felix, Larry, Wangerow, Jim, Swanson, Dan, McLeod, Celeste, Del Paggio, Alan, Urade, Vikrant, Rao, Madhusudhan, Narasimhan, Laxmi, Gephart, John, Starr, Jack, Hahn, John, Stover, Daniel, Parrish, Martin, Maxey, Carl, Shonnard, David, Handler, Robert, and Fan, Jiquig. Refinery Upgrading of Hydropyrolysis Oil From Biomass. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.2172/1221922.
Roberts, Michael, Marker, Terry, Ortiz-Toral, Pedro, Linck, Martin, Felix, Larry, Wangerow, Jim, Swanson, Dan, McLeod, Celeste, Del Paggio, Alan, Urade, Vikrant, Rao, Madhusudhan, Narasimhan, Laxmi, Gephart, John, Starr, Jack, Hahn, John, Stover, Daniel, Parrish, Martin, Maxey, Carl, Shonnard, David, Handler, Robert, & Fan, Jiquig. Refinery Upgrading of Hydropyrolysis Oil From Biomass. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1221922
Roberts, Michael, Marker, Terry, Ortiz-Toral, Pedro, Linck, Martin, Felix, Larry, Wangerow, Jim, Swanson, Dan, McLeod, Celeste, Del Paggio, Alan, Urade, Vikrant, Rao, Madhusudhan, Narasimhan, Laxmi, Gephart, John, Starr, Jack, Hahn, John, Stover, Daniel, Parrish, Martin, Maxey, Carl, Shonnard, David, Handler, Robert, and Fan, Jiquig. 2015.
"Refinery Upgrading of Hydropyrolysis Oil From Biomass". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1221922. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1221922.
@article{osti_1221922,
title = {Refinery Upgrading of Hydropyrolysis Oil From Biomass},
author = {Roberts, Michael and Marker, Terry and Ortiz-Toral, Pedro and Linck, Martin and Felix, Larry and Wangerow, Jim and Swanson, Dan and McLeod, Celeste and Del Paggio, Alan and Urade, Vikrant and Rao, Madhusudhan and Narasimhan, Laxmi and Gephart, John and Starr, Jack and Hahn, John and Stover, Daniel and Parrish, Martin and Maxey, Carl and Shonnard, David and Handler, Robert and Fan, Jiquig},
abstractNote = {Cellulosic and woody biomass can be converted to bio-oils containing less than 10% oxygen by a hydropyrolysis process. Hydropyrolysis is the first step in Gas Technology Institute’s (GTI) integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion IH2®. These intermediate bio-oils can then be converted to drop-in hydrocarbon fuels using existing refinery hydrotreating equipment to make hydrocarbon blending components, which are fully compatible with existing fuels. Alternatively, cellulosic or woody biomass can directly be converted into drop-in hydrocarbon fuels containing less than 0.4% oxygen using the IH2 process located adjacent to a refinery or ethanol production facility. Many US oil refineries are actually located near biomass resources and are a logical location for a biomass to transportation fuel conversion process. The goal of this project was to work directly with an oil refinery partner, to determine the most attractive route and location for conversion of biorenewables to drop in fuels in their refinery and ethanol production network. Valero Energy Company, through its subsidiaries, has 12 US oil refineries and 11 ethanol production facilities, making them an ideal partner for this analysis. Valero is also part of a 50- 50 joint venture with Darling Ingredients called Diamond Green Diesel. Diamond Green Diesel’s production capacity is approximately 11,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel. The plant is located adjacent to Valero’s St Charles, Louisiana Refinery and converts recycled animal fats, used cooking oil, and waste corn oil into renewable diesel. This is the largest renewable diesel plant in the U.S. and has successfully operated for over 2 years For this project, 25 liters of hydropyrolysis oil from wood and 25 liters of hydropyrolysis oils from corn stover were produced. The hydropyrolysis oil produced had 4-10% oxygen. Metallurgical testing of hydropyrolysis liquids was completed by Oak Ridge National Laboratories (Oak Ridge) and showed the hydropyrolysis oils had low acidity and caused almost no corrosion in comparison to pyrolysis oils, which had high acidity and caused significant levels of corrosion.},
doi = {10.2172/1221922},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1221922},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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