Catalytic hydropyrolysis of organophillic biomass
AssigneeKiOR, Inc.
InventorsRobert Bartek, Michael Brady, Dennis Stamires
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Abstract
A process for producing fuel from biomass is disclosed herein. The process includes torrefying biomass material at a temperature between 80° C. and 300° C. to form particulated biomass having a mean average particle size from about 1 μm to about 1000 μm. The particulated biomass is mixed with a liquid to form a suspension, wherein the liquid comprises bio-oil, wherein the suspension includes between 1 weight percent to 40 weight percent particulated biomass. The suspension is fed into a hydropyrolysis reactor; and at least a portion of the particulated biomass of the suspension is converted into fuel.
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A process for producing fuel from biomass comprising:
- (i) torrefying biomass material at a temperature between 80° C. and 300° C., to form particulated biomass having a mean average particle size from about 1 μM to about 1000 μm;
- (ii) mixing the particulated biomass with an organic liquid solvent to form a suspension, wherein the particulated biomass is present in the suspension in an amount between about 1 weight percent to about 40 weight percent, based on the total weight of the suspension;
- (iii) feeding the suspension into a hydropyrolysis reactor;
- (iv) feeding hydrogen into the hydropyrolysis reactor;
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- (v) converting at least a portion of the particulate biomass of the suspension into bio-oil at a temperature of at least 300° C., and a pressure between 1 atm to 200 atm.
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