Process Design and Economics for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Hydrocarbon Fuels: Fast Pyrolysis and Hydrotreating Bio-oil Pathway

Technical Report · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1126275· OSTI ID:1126275

Jones, Susanne ^[1]; Meyer, Pimphan ^[1]; Snowden-Swan, Lesley ^[1]; Padmaperuma, Asanga ^[1]; Tan, Eric ^[2]; Dutta, Abhijit ^[2]; Jacobson, Jacob ^[3]; Cafferty, Kara ^[3]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
3. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

This report describes a proposed thermochemical process for converting biomass into liquid transportation fuels via fast pyrolysis followed by hydroprocessing of the condensed pyrolysis oil. As such, the analysis does not reflect the current state of commercially-available technology but includes advancements that are likely, and targeted to be achieved by 2017. The purpose of this study is to quantify the economic impact of individual conversion targets to allow a focused effort towards achieving cost reductions.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1126275
• Report Number(s): PNNL-23053; NREL/TP-5100-61178
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS
HYDROCARBON FUELS
PYROLYSIS
HYDROTREATMENT
BIO-OIL
Bioenergy