Process for producing liquid hydrocarbon by pyrolysis of biomass in presence of hydrogen from a carbon-free energy source
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C07C-001/00
C10L-003/00
C12M-001/00
출원번호
US-0199425
(2008-08-27)
등록번호
US-8217211
(2012-07-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Agrawal, Rakesh
Agrawal, Manju
Singh, Navneet R.
출원인 / 주소
Purdue Research Foundation
대리인 / 주소
D'Hue, Cedric A.
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초록▼
In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a method for producing liquid hydrocarbons from biomass is provided. The method comprises pyrolizing the biomass with hydrogen (H2) to form bio-oil. The bio-oil comprises alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, aromatics, hydrocarbons or m
In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a method for producing liquid hydrocarbons from biomass is provided. The method comprises pyrolizing the biomass with hydrogen (H2) to form bio-oil. The bio-oil comprises alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, aromatics, hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof. The H2 is formed from a carbon-free energy source.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for producing liquid hydrocarbons from biomass that contains carbon, the method comprising: forming hydrogen (H2) from a carbon-free energy source; andhydropyrolizing the biomass to form bio-oil that comprises alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, aromatics, hydrocarbons or mix
1. A method for producing liquid hydrocarbons from biomass that contains carbon, the method comprising: forming hydrogen (H2) from a carbon-free energy source; andhydropyrolizing the biomass to form bio-oil that comprises alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, aromatics, hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof, wherein hydropyrolizing comprises fast pyrolysis in a presence of H2. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the carbon-free energy source includes at least one of solar energy, wind, hydropower and nuclear energy. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the biomass includes plant material, tree material, aquatic material or a mixture thereof. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of hydropyrolizing occurs in a hydropyrolysis reactor, the biomass reacting with the H2 in the hydropyrolysis reactor to define fast hydropyrolysis. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein residence time for fast hydropyrolysis is less than about one minute. 6. The method according to claim 4, wherein temperature during fast hydropyrolysis is between about 400 and 600° C. 7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the hydropyrolysis reactor contains a hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) catalyst for facilitating fast hydrolysis. 8. The method according to claim 4, wherein fast hydropyrolysis produces a gaseous exhaust stream and the method further comprises sending the gaseous exhaust stream from the hydropyrolysis reactor to a hydrodeoxygenation reactor. 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of sending the gaseous exhaust stream includes removing char from the gaseous exhaust stream prior to being received by the hydrodeoxygenation reactor. 10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the hydrodeoxygenation reactor contains a hydrodeoxygenation (HOO) catalyst. 11. The method according to claim 8, wherein temperature of the gaseous exhaust stream being fed to the hydrodeoxygenation reactor is adjusted prior to being received by the hydrogenation reactor. 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein temperature of the hydrodeoxygenation reactor is lower than the temperature of the gaseous exhaust stream prior to being adjusted. 13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the hydrodeoxygenation reactor is a fixed bed reactor. 14. The method according to claim 8, wherein the hydrodeoxygenation reactor is a fluidized bed reactor. 15. The method according to claim 8, wherein effluent from the hydrodeoxygenation reactor is cooled to a condensed liquid bio-oil that is collected as a product stream. 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the condensed liquid bio-oil is sent to a bio-oil upgrading reactor for upgrading prior to being collected as the product stream. 17. The method according to claim 16, wherein at least a portion of the H2 from the carbon-free energy source is fed to the bio-oil upgrading reactor. 18. The method according to claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the H2 from the carbon-free energy source is fed to the hydrodeoxygenation reactor along with the gaseous exhaust stream from the hydropyrolysis reactor. 19. The method according to claim 1, wherein process heat for pyrolizing the biomass is supplied from the carbon-free source in a form of at least one of electricity, heat and the H2. 20. The method according to claim 1 further comprising: dividing the biomass into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being directly converted by micro organisms to the liquid hydrocarbon;feeding the first portion to a direct conversion unit containing the microorganisms; andrecovering the liquid hydrocarbons, a CO2 containing stream and an unreacted biomass stream containing dried distillers grain solubles (DDGS),wherein the second portion of the biomass is pyrolized to the form bio-oil comprising alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, aromatics, hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof. 21. A method for producing liquid hydrocarbons from biomass that contains carbon, the method comprising: pyrolizing the biomass free from H2 to form a reactor effluent stream;separating char from the reactor effluent stream;reacting the reactor effluent stream and H2 to form upgraded bio-oil; andrecovering the upgraded bio-oil. 22. The method according to claim 21, wherein temperature of the reactor effluent stream is adjusted prior to being fed to the hydrodeoxygenation reactor. 23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the unreacted biomass stream containing the DDGS is pyrolyzed. 24. The method according to claim 22, wherein processing energy for the direct conversion unit is supplied from the carbon-free source in a form of at least one of electricity, heat and the H2. 25. A system for producing liquid hydrocarbons from biomass that contains carbon, the system comprising: a first unit configured to form hydrogen (H2) from a carbon-free energy source; anda second unit configured to hydropyrolize the biomass in presence of H2 to form bio-oil that comprises alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, aromatics, hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof, the H2 being formed from using a carbon-free energy source.
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