Production of 1,3-Butadiene from Renewable Feedstocks Ethanol and 1,3-Butanediol - CRADA 560 (Final Report)

Technical Report · Mon Jul 22 04:00:00 EDT 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2500319· OSTI ID:2500319

Dagle, Vanessa ^[1]; Dagle, Robert A. ^[1]; Phillips, Steven D. ^[1]; Affandy, Martin ^[1]; Hogan, Terrence ^[2]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
2. Bridgestone Research, LLC, Akron, OH (United States)

1,3-butadiene is a commodity chemical currently produced from petroleum sources. Producing 1,3-butadiene from renewable resources will contribute to decarbonization, provide new green jobs, and reduce our dependance on oil. Development of multifunctional catalysts that are active, selective, and stable for this reaction has been an area of research and development. This effort reported here builds on our prior work for the 1-step conversion of ethanol to butadiene. The goal of the additional scope performed here was to accelerate the commercial deployment of sustainable butadiene production. We demonstrated that the PNNL Ag-based catalyst is significantly more active than the WWII-era catalyst when operated under the same conditions. A butadiene selectivity of 68% was obtained at 64% conversion for the production of butadiene from ethanol. It was found that ethanol feedstock is preferred over 1,3-butanediol feedstock to produce butadiene due to higher yield resulting in lower butadiene selling price (i.e., $$\$$$$0.4-1.7/ lb). Production of 3.0 Liter of butadiene solution in hexane containing 100 grams of butadiene was achieved and delivered to Bridgestone for producing a butadiene-derived test piece.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Bridgestone Research, LLC, Akron, OH (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 2500319
• Report Number(s): PNNL--36244; CRADA-560
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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