Fluid catalytic cracking of oxygenated compounds
AssigneeKiOR, Inc.
InventorsPaul O'Connor, George W. Huber, Avelino Corma Camos, Laurent Louis Andre Sauvanaud
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Abstract
A process is disclosed for fluid catalytic cracking of oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds such as glycerol and bio-oil. In the process the oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds are contacted with a fluid cracking catalyst material for a period of less than 3 seconds. In a preferred process a crude-oil derived material, such as VGO, is also contacted with the catalyst.
Claims27
A process for converting biomass to reaction products, the process comprising:
- (a) contacting biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds with an inorganic material having catalytic properties, wherein the inorganic material includes kaolin and at least one zeolite, wherein the biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds comprise cellulose-derived compounds and/or hemicellulose-derived compounds;
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- (b) converting the biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds to reaction products in the presence of the inorganic material,
- wherein the contact time between the biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds and the inorganic material in step (b) is less than 3 seconds.
A process for converting biomass to reaction products, the process comprising:
- (a) contacting biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds with an inorganic material having catalytic properties, wherein the inorganic material includes kaolin and at least one zeolite, wherein the biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds comprise cellulose-derived compounds and/or hemicellulose-derived compounds;
- (b) converting the biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds to reaction products in the presence of the inorganic material in a reactor system;
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- (c) combining the biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds and the inorganic material with a crude oil-derived material in the reactor system,
- wherein step (b) includes converting the biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds to the reaction products in the presence of the inorganic material and the crude oil-derived material.
A process for converting biomass to reaction products, the process comprising:
- (a) introducing solid biomass comprising hemicellulose into a pyrolysis reactor;
- (b) converting the solid biomass to biomass-derived compounds via pyrolysis in the pyrolysis reactor, wherein the biomass-derived compounds comprise hemicellulose-derived compounds;
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- (c) converting the biomass-derived compounds in the presence of an inorganic material having catalytic properties to reaction products, wherein the inorganic material includes kaolin and at least one zeolite.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.