Consider Upgrading Pyrolysis Oils Into Renewale Fuels

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Hydrocarbon Processing

OSTI ID:1022292

Holmgren, J; Marinangeli, R; Nair, P; Elliott, D; Bain, R

To enable a sustained supply of biomass-based transportation fuels, the capability to process feedstocks outside the food chain must be developed. Significant industry efforts are underway to develop these new technologies, such as converting cellulosic wastes to ethanol. An alternate route being pursued involves using a fast pyrolysis operation to generate pyrolysis oil (pyoil for short). Current efforts are focused on developing a thermochemical platform to convert pyoils to renewable gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. The fuels produced will be indistinguishable from their fossil fuel counterparts and, therefore, will be compatible with existing transport and distribution infrastructure.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1022292
• Journal Information: Hydrocarbon Processing, Vol. 87, Issue 9, September 2008; ISSN 0018-8190
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AVAILABILITY
DISTRIBUTION
ETHANOL
FOOD CHAINS
FOSSIL FUELS
GASOLINE
PYROLYSIS
TRANSPORT
WASTES
Bioenergy