Production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels from peat

Journal Article · · Energy and Fuels; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ef00008a023· OSTI ID:5279993

Elliott, D C; Baker, E G ^[1]; Piskorz, J; Scott, D S ^[2]; Solantausta, Y ^[3]

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1. Battelle, Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
2. Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
3. Fuels and Lubricants Laboratory, Espoo (Finland)

A recent report from the Direct Biomass Liquefaction Cooperative Project (jointly sponsored under the International Energy Agency (IEA), Bioenergy Agreement, by the governments of Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States) concluded that atmospheric pressure flash pyrolysis was a cost effective and technically feasible method for the production of liquid fuels from wood and peat. However, further processing of the crude liquid products was needed to produce marketable fuels (gasoline or diesel). Research has progressed rapidly in the case of wood-derived fuels, and two types of processing have now been reported for the production of gasoline-range hydrocarbons from wood pyrolyzates. Peat processing has received less emphasis, but be are no able to report that the conversion of peat to gasoline-range hydrocarbons has been accomplished. The conversion process described in this communication is essentially a two-step process. First, dried peat is pyrolyzed to produce a high yield of tar, and second, the peat tar is catalytically hydrotreated to produce hydrocarbons.

• OSTI ID: 5279993
• Journal Information: Energy and Fuels; (USA), Journal Name: Energy and Fuels; (USA) Vol. 2:2; ISSN 0887-0624; ISSN ENFUE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
CATALYSIS
CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COST
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
LIQUID FUELS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MATTER
PEAT
PRODUCTION
PYROLYSIS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
YIELDS