Diesel fuel from cellulosic materials

Conference · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Pet. Chem., Prepr.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5541439

Kuester, J L

A thermochemical indirect liquefaction conversion process to convert various cellulosic (biomass) materials to oxygen free liquid hydrocarbon fuels is described. Approximately 100 materials are under study as received from private industry, government laboratories and other university laboratories. The feedstock candidates include industrial wastes, agricultural and forest residues and crops that would be deliberately grown for energy conversion purposes. The product of the process is a liquid hydrocarbon transportation grade fuel similar to No. 2 diesel and aviation fuels. This can be upgraded to high octane gasoline via catalytic reforming if desired. Current efforts on the project are aimed at maximizing diesel fuel yields for a variety of feedstocks of commercial interest and to establish corresponding reliable, reproducible mass and energy balances. Auxiliary tasks include alternative feedstock assessment, alternative product development, system simplification, gasification and liquefaction catalyst development, environmental assessment and scale-up to a 10 tons/day facility. The ultimate goal is a portable unit that could be moved to various biomass sites as appropriate.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
• OSTI ID: 5541439
• Report Number(s): CONF-860425-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Pet. Chem., Prepr.; (United States) Journal Volume: 31:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AGRICULTURAL WASTES
ANTIKNOCK RATINGS
AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOMASS
BIOSYNTHESIS
CARBOHYDRATES
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC REFORMING
CELLULOSE
CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CROPS
DIESEL ENGINES
DIESEL FUELS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINES
FOREST LITTER
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
GASIFICATION
GASOLINE
HEAT ENGINES
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
LIQUEFACTION
LIQUID FUELS
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC WASTES
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLYSACCHARIDES
REFORMER PROCESSES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SACCHARIDES
SYNTHESIS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTES
YIELDS