(126d) Transportation Fuels From the Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass Pyrolysis Oil
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2013
2013 Spring Meeting & 9th Global Congress on Process Safety
16th Topical on Refinery Processing
Biofuels and Biocatalysis
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 3:30pm to 4:00pm
Transportation Fuels from the Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation
of Biomass Pyrolysis Oil
Thermal pyrolysis is an efficient process
for converting solid biomass to a transportable, renewable liquid fuel. This
fuel can be burned directly in boiler applications and for generating
electricity. However, the pyrolysis oil has certain characteristics that limit
its utility as a transportation fuel. In
particular the high level of organic oxygenates, high water content and high
acidity make the fuel incompatible with existing distribution infrastructure and conventional
automobile or aviation engines.
In 2008 Honeywell's UOP LLC, the world's
leading refining and petrochemicals process technology company, and Ensyn
Corporation, the world?s leader in commercial biomass pyrolysis technology, formed
a joint venture, Envergent Technologies LLC, to commercialize the production of
pyrolysis oil for energy applications using RTPTM Rapid Thermal
Processing technology. In addition to delivering
the technology to existing heat and electricity markets, the joint venture has
been pursuing upgrading of biomass pyrolysis oil to transportation quality
fuels.
One route for pyrolysis oil upgrading is hydroprocessing. Biomass is pyrolyzed via the RTP process to
produce pyrolysis oil which is then catalytically hydrogenated to a hydrocarbon
fuel having low oxygen, water and acid,content compatible with existing fuel
infrastructure. Proof-of-principle validation for this approach to pyrolysis
oil upgrading has been previously reported.
In this presentation we will discuss
progress towards development and commerciallization of the integrated biomass
to transporation fuels technology, including characterization of the products and
Life Cycle Analysis.
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