Use of a guard bed reactor to improve conversion of biofeedstocks to fuel
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsTerry L. Marker, Timothy A. Brandvold, Charles P. Luebke
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Abstract
The present invention involves a process for processing an acidic biorenewable feedstock comprising olefins, in which the acidic biorenewable feedstock is diluted with a deoxygenated feed to produce a diluted biorenewable feedstock and then is sent through a guard bed comprising a hydroprocessing catalyst to cause the olefins to be saturated with hydrogen and thereby to produce a treated biorenewable feedstock. This treated biorenewable feedstock can then be treated under standard hydroprocessing condition to produce an upgraded feedstock for transportation fuels.
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A process for processing an acidic biorenewable feedstock comprising olefins, said process comprising diluting said biorenewable feedstock with a deoxygenated feed to produce a diluted biorenewable feedstock and then sending said diluted biorenewable feedstock through a guard bed comprising a catalyst to cause said olefins to be saturated with hydrogen to produce a treated biorenewable feedstock wherein said diluted biorenewable feedstock comprises a ratio from about 1:1 to 20:1 of said acidic deoxygenated feed to said acidic biorenewable feedstock.
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