High-yield production of fuels and petro- and oleo-chemical precursors from vegetable oils and other liquid feedstocks in a continuous-flow pyrolysis reactor with or without catalysts

A pyrolysis system comprising:

• a feedstock source;
• an atomizer configured to receive feedstock from the feedstock source and deliver atomized droplets of the feedstock to a reactor in fluid communication with the atomizer,
• wherein the reactor consists of a tube, optionally with one or more catalysts, defining an enclosure having a first end and a second end, and
• wherein the atomizer is attached to the first end of the enclosure to introduce feedstock into the reactor and the reactor is configured to deliver pyrolysis products from the second end of the enclosure;
• one or more added reactant sources configured to add one or more additional reactants to the reactor to allow vapor phase reactions with or without the presence of catalyst in the reactor;
• a first separation apparatus in fluid communication with the reactor such that pyrolysis products formed in the reactor are delivered from the second end of the enclosure to the first separation apparatus;
• and,
• wherein the reactor includes one or more catalysts selected from zeolites, metal oxides, solid acid catalysts, or solid base catalysts.