System and process for efficient separation of biocrudes and water in a hydrothermal liquefaction system
Abstract
A system and process are described for clean separation of biocrudes and water by-products from hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) product mixtures of organic and biomass-containing feedstocks at elevated temperatures and pressures. Inorganic compound solids are removed prior to separation of biocrude and water by-product fractions to minimize formation of emulsions that impede separation. Separation may be performed at higher temperatures that reduce heat loss and need to cool product mixtures to ambient. The present invention thus achieves separation efficiencies not achieved in conventional HTL processing.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1281062
- Patent Number(s):
- 9404063
- Application Number:
- 14/534,010
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
C - CHEMISTRY C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES C10G - CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2014 Nov 05
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Citation Formats
Elliott, Douglas C., Hart, Todd R., Neuenschwander, Gary G., Oyler, James R., Rotness, Jr, Leslie J., Schmidt, Andrew J., and Zacher, Alan H. System and process for efficient separation of biocrudes and water in a hydrothermal liquefaction system. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web.
Elliott, Douglas C., Hart, Todd R., Neuenschwander, Gary G., Oyler, James R., Rotness, Jr, Leslie J., Schmidt, Andrew J., & Zacher, Alan H. System and process for efficient separation of biocrudes and water in a hydrothermal liquefaction system. United States.
Elliott, Douglas C., Hart, Todd R., Neuenschwander, Gary G., Oyler, James R., Rotness, Jr, Leslie J., Schmidt, Andrew J., and Zacher, Alan H. Tue .
"System and process for efficient separation of biocrudes and water in a hydrothermal liquefaction system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1281062.
@article{osti_1281062,
title = {System and process for efficient separation of biocrudes and water in a hydrothermal liquefaction system},
author = {Elliott, Douglas C. and Hart, Todd R. and Neuenschwander, Gary G. and Oyler, James R. and Rotness, Jr, Leslie J. and Schmidt, Andrew J. and Zacher, Alan H.},
abstractNote = {A system and process are described for clean separation of biocrudes and water by-products from hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) product mixtures of organic and biomass-containing feedstocks at elevated temperatures and pressures. Inorganic compound solids are removed prior to separation of biocrude and water by-product fractions to minimize formation of emulsions that impede separation. Separation may be performed at higher temperatures that reduce heat loss and need to cool product mixtures to ambient. The present invention thus achieves separation efficiencies not achieved in conventional HTL processing.},
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journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {8}
}
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