Paper details

Title:

Hydrodeoxygenation of Pyrolysis Oil and Subsequent Co-Processing at FCC Conditions for Fuel Production

Author(s):

Huynh, T.M., Armbruster, U., Phan, B.M.Q., Nguyen, D.A., Martin, A.

Document(s):

Abstract:

In this work, bimetallic Ni-Co catalyst and monometallic Ni catalyst supported on HZSM-5 were tested in hydrodeoxygenation of fast pyrolysis oil to further check the impact of second metal on catalytic performance. The bimetallic catalyst 10Ni10Co/HZSM-5 was found as the best performaning compared to corresponding monometallic catalysts with 39% deoxygenation degree and 37 wt% oil yield (on wet basis). To demonstrate a possible route for production of fuel from biomass, the upgraded bio-oil was subsequent co-fed with conventional feed (atmospheric distillation residue) at FCC conditions using a commercial micro activity test (MAT) setup. These tests showed that similar conversion was observed for both co-processed feeds and 100% conventional feed and a reduction of heavy cycle oil (HCO) yield and slight increase of gasoline, gas and light cycle oil (LCO) yields was found in the co­processed feeds. These findings offer a potential pathway to implement a renewable liquid fuels production from bio­oil as well as important benchmarks for fuel yields and quality.

Keywords:

co-processing, pyrolysis oil, upgrading, biomass to liquid (BtL), Ni-Co bimetallic catalysts, FCC

Topic:

Biomass Conversion Technologies for Liquid and Gaseous Fuels, Chemicals and Materials

Subtopic:

Pyrolysis and other biomass liquefaction technologies

Event:

23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

3BV.3.21

Pages:

1257 - 1262

ISBN:

978-88-89407-516

Paper DOI:

10.5071/23rdEUBCE2015-3BV.3.21

Price:

FREE