Upgrading of Intermediate Bio-Oil Produced by Catalytic Pyrolysis

Technical Report · Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1209232· OSTI ID:1209232

Abdullah, Zia ^[1]; Chadwell, Brad ^[1]; Taha, Rachid ^[1]; Hindin, Barry ^[1]; Ralston, Kevin ^[1]

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1. Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States)

The objectives of this project were to (1) develop a process to upgrade catalytic pyrolysis bio-oil, (2) investigate new upgrading catalysts suited for upgrading catalytic pyrolysis bio-oil, (3) demonstrate upgrading system operation for more than 1,000 hours using a single catalyst charge, and (4) produce a final upgraded product that can be blended to 30 percent by weight with petroleum fuels or that is compatible with existing petroleum refining operations. This project has, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time enabled a commercially viable bio-oil hydrotreatment process to produce renewable blend stock for transportation fuels.

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
• Contributing Organization: Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Findlay, OH (United States); Domtar Corporation, Montreal, QC (Canada)
• DOE Contract Number: EE0004391
• OSTI ID: 1209232
• Report Number(s): DOE-Battelle-0004391
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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