Enhanced treatment of renewable feedstocks with integrated off-gas processing

A system for treating non-petroleum or renewable feedstocks containing oxygen and contaminants of one or more of metals, gums, and resins, the system comprising:

• a reactor having a heat source for heating an interior of the reactor, the reactor being a catalyst-free reactor configured to receive a feedstock of a non-petroleum or renewable feedstock containing oxygen or contaminants of one or more of metals, gums, and resins at a flow velocity from 20 ft/sec to 100 ft/sec within the interior to facilitate heating the feedstock to a temperature from 700° F. to 1100° F. to form a reactor product having one or more of gums and resins in the feedstock removed or reduced;
• a first heat exchanger configured to cool at least a portion of the reactor product to a reduced temperature to facilitate forming a reduced-temperature reactor product;
• and
• a hydroprocessing reactor containing a hydroprocessing catalyst configured to receive at least a portion of the reduced-temperature reactor product as a feedstock to produce a hydroprocessed product;
• a second heat exchanger configured to receive the hydroprocessed product to cool the hydroprocessed product to form a cooled hydroprocessed product;
• a separator unit configured to separate metals, water, and non-condensed gases comprising at least one of C1 or greater hydrocarbons from the cooled hydroprocessed product to form a final product from the remaining cooled hydroprocessed product;
• and
• a reformer unit configured to receive at least a portion of the non-condensed gases for producing hydrogen gas from the at least one of C1 or greater hydrocarbons.

A system for treating non-petroleum or renewable feedstocks containing oxygen and contaminants of one or more of metals, gums, and resins, the system comprising:

• a reactor having a heat source for heating an interior of the reactor, the reactor being configured to receive a feedstock of a non-petroleum or renewable feedstock containing oxygen or contaminants of one or more of metals, gums, and resins at a flow velocity from 20 ft/sec to 100 ft/sec within the interior to facilitate heating the feedstock to a temperature from 700° F. to 1100° F. to form a reactor product having one or more of gums and resins in the feedstock removed or reduced;
• a heat exchanger configured to cool the reactor product;
• a separator unit configured to separate metals, water, and non-condensed gases comprising at least one of C1 or greater hydrocarbons from the cooled reactor product to form a final product from the remaining cooled reactor product;
• a reformer unit configured to receive at least a portion of the non-condensed gases for converting the at least one of C1 or greater hydrocarbons of the non-condensed gases to produce hydrogen gas from the at least one of C1 or greater hydrocarbons;
• and wherein
• the reactor constitutes a primary reactor;
• and further comprising
• at least one secondary reactor configured to receive a reactor discharge from the primary reactor, the primary reactor and the at least one secondary reactor facilitate forming the reactor product;
• and
• a bypass line for selectively directing at least a portion of the reactor discharge as the reactor product from the primary reactor directly to the heat exchanger bypassing the at least one secondary reactor.

A system for treating non-petroleum or renewable feedstocks containing oxygen and contaminants of one or more of metals, gums, and resins, the system comprising:

• a reactor having a heat source for heating an interior of the reactor, the reactor being a catalyst-free reactor configured to receive a feedstock of a non-petroleum or renewable feedstock containing oxygen or contaminants of one or more of metals, gums, and resins at a flow velocity from 20 ft/sec to 100 ft/sec within the interior to facilitate heating the feedstock to a temperature from 700° F. to 1100° F. to form a reactor product having one or more of gums and resins in the feedstock removed or reduced;
• a heat exchanger configured to cool the reactor product;
• a separator unit configured to separate metals, water, and non-condensed gases comprising at least one of C1 or greater hydrocarbons from the cooled reactor product to form a final product from the remaining cooled reactor product;
• and
• a reformer unit configured to receive at least a portion of the non-condensed gases for converting the at least one of C1 or greater hydrocarbons of the non-condensed gases to produce hydrogen gas from the at least one of C1 or greater hydrocarbons;
• wherein
• the reactor constitutes a primary reactor;
• and further comprising
• at least one secondary reactor configured to receive a reactor discharge from the primary reactor, the primary reactor and the at least one secondary reactor facilitate forming the reactor product.