Process for Hydroprocessing of Non-Petroleum Feedstocks with Hydrogen Production

A method of hydroprocessing comprising:

• (a) introducing a non-petroleum feed to be treated along with a diluent and hydrogen into a first reaction zone containing a hydroprocessing catalyst, the amount of diluent combined with the non-petroleum feed being selected to at least one of (A) dissolve a preselected amount of hydrogen in the combined non-petroleum/diluent feed;
• (B) maintain the temperature within the reactor below a preselected temperature;
• and (C) adjust the capacity of the liquid phase to dissolve or carry water and/or hydrogen;
• (b) allowing the feed and hydrogen to react in a liquid phase within the first reaction zone to produce reaction products, at least some of the reaction products remaining in the liquid phase;
• (c) separating any gases from the liquid phase reaction products;
• and
• (d) reforming at least a portion of the separated gases from (c) comprising at least one of C1 or greater hydrocarbons to form hydrogen gas.