Process to convert biomass and refuse derived fuel to ethers and/or alcohols
Abstract
A process is described for conversion of a feedstock selected from the group consisting of biomass and refuse derived fuel (RDF) to provide reformulated gasoline components comprising a substantial amount of materials selected from the group consisting of ethers, alcohols, or mixtures thereof, comprising: drying said feedstock; subjecting said dried feedstock to fast pyrolysis using a vortex reactor or other means; catalytically cracking vapors resulting from said pyrolysis using a zeolite catalyst; condensing any aromatic byproduct fraction; catalytically alkylating any benzene present in said vapors after condensation; catalytically oligomerizing any remaining ethylene and propylene to higher olefins; isomerizing said olefins to reactive iso-olefins; and catalytically reacting said iso-olefins with an alcohol to form ethers or with water to form alcohols. 35 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 212590
- Patent Number(s):
- 5504259
- Application Number:
- PAN: 7-968,588
- Assignee:
- Midwest Research Inst., Kansas City, MO (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-83CH10093
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 2 Apr 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; BIOMASS; PYROLYSIS; REFUSE DERIVED FUELS; PYROLYTIC GASES; CATALYTIC CRACKING; FUEL ADDITIVES; SYNTHESIS; ETHERS; ALCOHOLS; ZEOLITES; ALKYLATION; AROMATICS; ISOMERIZATION; ALKENES; UNLEADED GASOLINE
Citation Formats
Diebold, J. P., Scahill, J. W., Chum, H. L., Evans, R. J., Rejai, B., Bain, R. L., and Overend, R. P. Process to convert biomass and refuse derived fuel to ethers and/or alcohols. United States: N. p., 1996.
Web.
Diebold, J. P., Scahill, J. W., Chum, H. L., Evans, R. J., Rejai, B., Bain, R. L., & Overend, R. P. Process to convert biomass and refuse derived fuel to ethers and/or alcohols. United States.
Diebold, J. P., Scahill, J. W., Chum, H. L., Evans, R. J., Rejai, B., Bain, R. L., and Overend, R. P. Tue .
"Process to convert biomass and refuse derived fuel to ethers and/or alcohols". United States.
@article{osti_212590,
title = {Process to convert biomass and refuse derived fuel to ethers and/or alcohols},
author = {Diebold, J. P. and Scahill, J. W. and Chum, H. L. and Evans, R. J. and Rejai, B. and Bain, R. L. and Overend, R. P.},
abstractNote = {A process is described for conversion of a feedstock selected from the group consisting of biomass and refuse derived fuel (RDF) to provide reformulated gasoline components comprising a substantial amount of materials selected from the group consisting of ethers, alcohols, or mixtures thereof, comprising: drying said feedstock; subjecting said dried feedstock to fast pyrolysis using a vortex reactor or other means; catalytically cracking vapors resulting from said pyrolysis using a zeolite catalyst; condensing any aromatic byproduct fraction; catalytically alkylating any benzene present in said vapors after condensation; catalytically oligomerizing any remaining ethylene and propylene to higher olefins; isomerizing said olefins to reactive iso-olefins; and catalytically reacting said iso-olefins with an alcohol to form ethers or with water to form alcohols. 35 figs.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 02 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Tue Apr 02 00:00:00 EST 1996}
}