Catalytic pyrolysis of solid biomass and related biofuels, aromatic, and olefin compounds
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C07C-001/00
C10G-001/00
C10G-001/08
출원번호
US-0598703
(2012-08-30)
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US-8864984
(2014-10-21)
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/ 주소
Huber, George W.
Cheng, Yu-Ting
Carlson, Torren
Vispute, Tushar
Jae, Jungho
Tompsett, Geoff
출원인 / 주소
University of Massachusetts
대리인 / 주소
Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
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This invention relates to compositions comprising fluid hydrocarbon products, and to methods for making fluid hydrocarbon products via catalytic pyrolysis. Some embodiments relate to methods for the production of specific aromatic products (e.g., benzene, toluene, naphthalene, xylene, etc.) via cata
This invention relates to compositions comprising fluid hydrocarbon products, and to methods for making fluid hydrocarbon products via catalytic pyrolysis. Some embodiments relate to methods for the production of specific aromatic products (e.g., benzene, toluene, naphthalene, xylene, etc.) via catalytic pyrolysis. Some such methods involve the use of a composition comprising a mixture of a solid hydrocarbonaceous material and a heterogeneous pyrolytic catalyst component. The methods described herein may also involve the use of specialized catalysts. For example, in some cases, zeolite catalysts may be used.
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1. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, comprising: providing a solid catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor;feeding the solid hydrocarbonaceous material to the fluidized bed reactor;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of
1. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, comprising: providing a solid catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor;feeding the solid hydrocarbonaceous material to the fluidized bed reactor;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product; andcatalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the solid catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the fluid hydrocarbon product;the catalyst being a zeolite catalyst comprising silica and alumina, and further comprising a metal and/or metal oxide comprising nickel, platinum, vanadium, palladium, manganese, cobalt, zinc, copper, chromium, gallium, iron, or a mixture of two or more thereof;wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product comprises at least about 7.2 wt % of one or more aromatic compounds, the weight percent of aromatic compounds being calculated as the weight of the aromatic compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material used to produce the pyrolysis product, the aromatic compounds comprising benzene, toluene and/or xylene. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises pores, and at least some of the metal and/or metal oxide is positioned in the pores. 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the metal and/or metal oxide are positioned in the pores using ion exchange or by impregnating the pores with the metal and/or metal oxide. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the metal and/or metal oxide comprise zinc, gallium, an oxide of zinc, an oxide of gallium, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material flows into the reactor at a mass-normalized space velocity in the range from about 0.01 hour−1 to about 10 hour−1. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product further comprises one or more olefinic compounds. 7. The method of claim 6 wherein the aromatic compounds further comprise o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene, ethyl methylbenzene, trimethylbenzene, indane, naphthalene, methylnaphthalene, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 8. The method of claim 6 wherein the olefinic compounds comprise ethene, propene, butene, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 9. The method of claim 1 further comprising recovering the fluid hydrocarbon product. 10. The method of claim 1 wherein the pyrolysis product comprises volatile organic compounds, gases and/or coke. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product is produced from the pyrolysis product by a dehydration, decarbonylation, decarboxylation, isomerization, oligomerization and/or dehydrogenation reaction. 12. The method of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises biomass. 13. The method of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises plastic waste, recycled plastic, agricultural solid waste, municipal solid waste, food waste, animal waste, carbohydrate, lignocellulosic material, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 14. The method of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises xylitol, glucose, cellobiose, hemi-cellulose, lignin, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 15. The method of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises sugar cane bagasse, glucose, wood, corn stover, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 16. The method of claim 1 wherein the residence time of the hydrocarbonaceous material in the reactor is at least about 2 seconds, the residence time being calculated by dividing the volume of the reactor with the volumetric flow rate of hydrocarbonaceous material and fluid hydrocarbon product exiting the reactor. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the pyrolyzing and catalytically reacting steps are carried out in a single vessel. 18. The method of claim 1 wherein the silica to alumina molar ratio is in the range from about 30:1 to about 150:1. 19. The method of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 5 Angstroms to about 100 Angstroms. 20. The method of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 5.9 to about 6.3 Angstroms. 21. The method of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 7 to about 8 Angstroms. 22. The method of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises acidic sites. 23. The method of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises a microporous basic catalyst. 24. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents of the fluidized bed reactor are heated at a heating rate of greater than about 50° C./s. 25. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents of the fluidized bed reactor are heated to a temperature in the range from about 500° C. to about 1000° C. 26. The method of claim 1, wherein the volume of the fluidized bed reactor is at least about 1 liter. 27. The method of claim 1 further comprising introducing a fluidization fluid into the fluidized bed reactor. 28. The method of claim 27 wherein the residence time of the fluidization fluid in the reactor is at least about 5 seconds, the residence time of the fluidization fluid being calculated by dividing the volume of the reactor by the volumetric flow rate of the fluidization fluid. 29. The method of claim 1 further comprising separating the fluid hydrocarbon product from the catalyst by passing the catalyst and the fluid hydrocarbon product through a separator at a temperature of greater than about 500° C. and for at least about 1 second. 30. The method of claim 1, wherein the fluidized bed reactor comprises a circulating fluidized bed reactor, a turbulent fluidized bed reactor, or a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. 31. The method of claim 1, wherein the mass ratio of the catalyst to the hydrocarbonaceous material in the feed to the fluidized bed reactor is from about 0.5:1 to about 20:1. 32. The method of claim 1 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product comprises one or more aromatic compounds, the amount of aromatic compounds in the fluid hydrocarbon product being at least about 15 wt % of the amount of the solid hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor, the weight percent of aromatic compounds being calculated as the weight of the aromatic compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor. 33. The method of claim 1 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product comprises one or more olefin compounds, the amount of olefin compounds in the fluid hydrocarbon product being at least about 7 wt % of the amount of the solid hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor, the weight percent of olefin compounds being calculated as the weight of the olefin compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor. 34. A method for producing a biofuel or fuel additive composition with an octane number of at least about 90 from a solid hydrocarbonaceous biomass material, comprising: providing a solid catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor;feeding the solid hydrocarbonaceous biomass material to the fluidized bed reactor;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous biomass material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product; andcatalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the solid catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the biofuel or fuel additive composition;wherein the biofuel or fuel additive composition comprises at least about 10 wt % of one or more aromatic compounds, the aromatic compounds comprising benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, methylethylbenzene, trimethylbenzene, or a mixture of two or more thereof, the amount of the aromatic compounds being calculated as the weight of the aromatic compounds present in the biofuel or fuel additive composition divided by weight of the solid hydrocarbonaceous biomass material used to produce the pyrolysis product. 35. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, comprising: providing a solid catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor;cooling the solid hydrocarbonacous material to a temperature below about 20° C. to reduce or prevent decomposition of the solid hydrocarbonaceous material prior to feeding the hydrocarbonaceous material to the fluidized bed reactor;feeding the cooled solid hydrocarbonaceous material to the fluidized bed reactor;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product; andcatalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the solid catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the fluid hydrocarbon product;wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product comprises at least about 7.2 wt % of one or more aromatic compounds, the weight percent of aromatic compounds being calculated as the weight of the aromatic compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material used to produce the pyrolysis product, the aromatic compounds comprising benzene, toluene and/or xylene. 36. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product comprising one or more aromatic compounds from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, the method comprising: providing a solid catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor;feeding the solid hydrocarbonaceous material to the fluidized bed reactor;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product; andcatalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the solid catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the fluid hydrocarbon product;wherein the residence time of the hydrocarbonaceous material in the reactor is at least about 10 seconds, the residence time of the hydrocarbonaceous material being calculated by dividing the volume of the reactor with the volumetric flow rate of the hydrocarbonaceous material and the fluid hydrocarbon product exiting the reactor. 37. The method of claim 36 wherein the residence time is at least about 30 seconds. 38. The method of claim 36 wherein the one or more aromatic compounds comprise benzene, toluene, o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene, ethylmethylbenzene, trimethylbenzene, indane, naphthalene, methylnaphthalene, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 39. The method of claim 36 wherein the catalyst comprises a zeolite catalyst. 40. The method of claim 39 wherein the zeolite catalyst comprises silica and alumina, and further comprises a metal and/or metal oxide comprising nickel, platinum, vanadium, palladium, manganese, cobalt, zinc, copper, chromium, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 41. The method of claim 40 wherein the metal and/or metal oxide comprise zinc, gallium, an oxide of zinc, an oxide of gallium, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 42. The method of claim 36 wherein the catalyst comprises pores, and at least some of the metal and/or metal oxide is positioned in the pores. 43. The method of claim 42 wherein the metal and/or metal oxide are positioned in the pores using ion exchange or by impregnating the pores with the metal and/or metal oxide. 44. The method of claim 36 wherein the mass-normalized space velocity of the hydrocarbonaceous material is in the range from about 0.01 hour−1 to about 10 hour−1. 45. The method of claim 36 further comprising recovering the fluid hydrocarbon product. 46. The method of claim 36 wherein the pyrolysis product comprises volatile organic compounds, gases and/or coke. 47. The method of claim 36 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product is produced from the pyrolysis product by a dehydration, decarbonylation, decarboxylation, isomerization, oligomerization and/or dehydrogenation reaction. 48. The method of claim 36 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises biomass. 49. The method of claim 36 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises plastic waste, recycled plastic, agricultural solid waste, municipal solid waste, food waste, animal waste, carbohydrate, lignocellulosic material, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 50. The method of claim 36 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises xylitol, glucose, cellobiose, hemi-cellulose, lignin, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 51. The method of claim 36 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises sugar cane bagasse, glucose, wood, corn stover, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 52. The method of claim 36, wherein the pyrolyzing and catalytically reacting steps are carried out in a single vessel. 53. The method of claim 36 wherein the catalyst is a zeolite catalyst comprising silica and alumina, the silica to alumina molar ratio being in the range from about 30:1 to about 150:1. 54. The method of claim 36 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 5 Angstroms to about 100 Angstroms. 55. The method of claim 36 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 5.9 to about 6.3 Angstroms. 56. The method of claim 36 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 7 to about 8 Angstroms. 57. The method of claim 36 wherein the catalyst has a bimodal distribution of pore sizes. 58. The method of claim 36 wherein: at least about 95% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within a first size distribution or a second size distribution;at least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the first size distribution; andat least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the second size distribution. 59. The method of claim 57 wherein: at least about 95% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within a first distribution and a second distribution, wherein the first distribution is between about 5.9 Angstroms and about 6.3 Angstroms and the second distribution is different from and does not overlap with the first distribution;at least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the first distribution; andat least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the second distribution. 60. The method of claim 36 wherein the catalyst comprises acidic sites. 61. The method of claim 36 wherein the catalyst comprises a microporous basic catalyst. 62. The method of claim 36, wherein the contents of the fluidized bed reactor are heated at a heating rate of greater than about 50° C./s. 63. The method of claim 36, wherein the contents of the fluidized bed reactor are heated to a temperature in the range from about 500° C. to about 1000° C. 64. The method of claim 36, wherein the volume of the fluidized bed reactor is at least about 1 liter. 65. The method of claim 36 further comprising introducing a fluidization fluid into the fluidized bed reactor. 66. The method of claim 35 wherein the residence time of the fluidization fluid in the reactor is at least about 5 seconds, the residence time of the fluidization fluid being calculated by dividing the volume of the reactor by the volumetric flow rate of the fluidization fluid. 67. The method of claim 36 further comprising separating the fluid hydrocarbon product from the catalyst by passing the catalyst and the fluid hydrocarbon product through a separator at a temperature of greater than about 500° C. and for at least about 1 second. 68. The method of claim 36, wherein the fluidized bed reactor comprises a circulating fluidized bed reactor, a turbulent fluidized bed reactor, or a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. 69. The method of claim 36, wherein the mass ratio of the catalyst to the hydrocarbonaceous material in the feed to the fluidized bed reactor is in the range from about 0.5:1 to about 20:1. 70. The method of claim 36 wherein the amount of the aromatic compounds in the fluid hydrocarbon product is at least about 15 wt % of the amount of the solid hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor, the weight percent of the one or more aromatic compounds being calculated as the weight of the one or more aromatic compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor. 71. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, the method comprising: providing a solid catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor;feeding the solid hydrocarbonaceous material to the fluidized bed reactor;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product; andcatalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the solid catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the fluid hydrocarbon product;wherein the catalyst has a bimodal distribution of pore sizes. 72. The method of claim 71 wherein the residence time of the hydrocarbonaceous material in the reactor is at least about 10 seconds, the residence time of the hydrocarbonaceous material being calculated by dividing the volume of the reactor with the volumetric flow rate of the hydrocarbonaceous material and the fluid hydrocarbon product exiting the reactor. 73. The method of claim 71 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product comprises one or more olefinic compounds which comprise ethene, propene, butene, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 74. The method of claim 71 wherein the catalyst comprises a zeolite catalyst. 75. The method of claim 74 wherein the zeolite catalyst comprises silica and alumina, and further comprises a metal and/or metal oxide comprising nickel, platinum, vanadium, palladium, manganese, cobalt, zinc, copper, chromium, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 76. The method of claim 75 wherein the metal and/or metal oxide comprise zinc, gallium, an oxide of zinc, an oxide of gallium, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 77. The method of claim 71 wherein the catalyst comprises pores, and at least some of the metal and/or metal oxide is positioned in the pores. 78. The method of claim 77 wherein the metal and/or metal oxide are positioned in the pores using ion exchange or by impregnating the pores with the metal and/or metal oxide. 79. The method of claim 71 wherein the mass-normalized space velocity of the hydrocarbonaceous material is in the range from about 0.01 hour−1 to about 10 hour−1. 80. The method of claim 71 further comprising recovering the fluid hydrocarbon product. 81. The method of claim 71 wherein the pyrolysis product comprises volatile organic compounds, gases and/or coke. 82. The method of claim 71 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product is produced from the pyrolysis product by a dehydration, decarbonylation, decarboxylation, isomerization, oligomerization and/or dehydrogenation reaction. 83. The method of claim 71 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises biomass. 84. The method of claim 71 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises plastic waste, recycled plastic, agricultural solid waste, municipal solid waste, food waste, animal waste, carbohydrate, lignocellulosic material, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 85. The method of claim 71 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises xylitol, glucose, cellobiose, hemi-cellulose, lignin, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 86. The method of claim 71 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises sugar cane bagasse, glucose, wood, corn stover, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 87. The method of claim 71, wherein the pyrolyzing and catalytically reacting steps are carried out in a single vessel. 88. The method of claim 71 wherein the catalyst is a zeolite catalyst comprising silica and alumina, the silica to alumina molar ratio being in the range from about 30:1 to about 150:1. 89. The method of claim 71 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 5 Angstroms to about 100 Angstroms. 90. The method of claim 71 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 5.9 to about 6.3 Angstroms. 91. The method of claim 71 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 7 to about 8 Angstroms. 92. The method of claim 71 wherein the catalyst comprises a zeolite with a bimodal distribution of pore sizes. 93. The method of claim 92 wherein: at least about 95% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within a first size distribution or a second size distribution;at least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the first size distribution; andat least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the second size distribution. 94. The method of claim 92 wherein: at least about 95% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within a first distribution and a second distribution, wherein the first distribution is between about 5.9 Angstroms and about 6.3 Angstroms and the second distribution is different from and does not overlap with the first distribution;at least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the first distribution; andat least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the second distribution. 95. The method of claim 71 wherein the catalyst comprises acidic sites. 96. The method of claim 71 wherein the catalyst comprises a microporous basic catalyst. 97. The method of claim 71, wherein the contents of the fluidized bed reactor are heated at a heating rate of greater than about 50° C./s. 98. The method of claim 71, wherein the contents of the fluidized bed reactor are heated to a temperature in the range from about 500° C. to about 1000° C. 99. The method of claim 71, wherein the volume of the fluidized bed reactor is at least about 1 liter. 100. The method of claim 71 further comprising introducing a fluidization fluid into the fluidized bed reactor. 101. The method of claim 100 wherein the residence time of the fluidization fluid in the reactor is at least about 5 seconds, the residence time of the fluidization fluid being calculated by dividing the volume of the reactor by the volumetric flow rate of the fluidization fluid. 102. The method of claim 71 further comprising separating the fluid hydrocarbon product from the catalyst by passing the catalyst and the fluid hydrocarbon product through a separator at a temperature of greater than about 500° C. and for at least about 1 second. 103. The method of claim 71, wherein the fluidized bed reactor comprises a circulating fluidized bed reactor, a turbulent fluidized bed reactor, or a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. 104. The method of claim 71, wherein the mass ratio of the catalyst to the hydrocarbonaceous material in the feed to the fluidized bed reactor is in the range from about 0.5:1 to about 20:1. 105. The method of claim 71 wherein the amount of the one or more olefinic compounds in the fluid hydrocarbon product is at least about 7 wt % of the amount of the solid hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor, the weight percent of the one or more olefinic compounds being calculated as the weight of the one or more olefinic compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor. 106. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, comprising: providing a solid catalyst and a solid hydrocarbonacous material in a fluidized bed reactor, the catalyst and the hydrocarbonaceous material being mixed together and fed to the reactor, the mass ratio of the catalyst to the hydrocarbonaceous material being in the range from about 0.5:1 to about 20:1;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product;catalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the solid catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the fluid hydrocarbon product; andseparating the fluid hydrocarbon product from the catalyst;wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product comprises an amount of aromatic compounds that is at least about 10 wt % of the total amount of the hydrocarbonaceous material used in producing the pyrolysis product and which is calculated as the weight of the aromatic compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material used to product the pyrolysis product, the aromatic compounds comprising benzene, toluene and/or xylene. 107. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, the method comprising: providing a solid zeolite catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor, the catalyst comprising pores with an average pore size in the range from about 5.5 to about 6.5 Angstroms;providing the solid hydrocarbonaceous material in the fluidized bed reactor;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product; andcatalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the fluid hydrocarbon product;wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product comprises at least about 10 wt % of one or more aromatic compounds and optionally one or more oxygenated compounds, the one or more aromatic compounds comprising benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, methylethylbenzene, trimethylbenzene, or a mixture of two or more thereof; and when one or more oxygenated compounds are present in the fluid hydrocarbon product, the aromatic compound yield exceeds the oxygenated compound yield. 108. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product comprising one or more aromatic compounds from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, the method comprising: providing a solid zeolite catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor, the zeolite catalyst comprising zeolite ZSM-5, ferrierite, zeolite Y, zeolite beta, modernite, zeolite MCM-22, zeolite ZSM-23, zeolite ZSM-57, zeolite SUZ-4, zeolite EU-1, zeolite SSZ-23, or a mixture of two or more thereof;feeding the solid hydrocarbonaceous material to the fluidized bed reactor;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product; andcatalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the solid catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the fluid hydrocarbon product;wherein the one or more aromatic compounds comprise benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, methylethylbenzene, trimethylbenzene, or a mixture of two or more thereof, and the amount of the aromatic compounds in the fluid hydrocarbon product is at least about 15 wt % of the amount of the solid hydrocarbonaceous material used to produce the pyrolysis product. 109. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, comprising: providing a solid catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor;feeding the solid hydrocarbonaceous material to the fluidized bed reactor;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product; andcatalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the solid catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the fluid hydrocarbon product;the catalyst being a zeolite catalyst comprising silica and alumina, and further comprising a metal and/or metal oxide comprising nickel, platinum, vanadium, palladium, manganese, cobalt, zinc, copper, chromium, gallium, iron, or a mixture of two or more thereof;wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product comprises at least about 10 wt % of one or more aromatic compounds, the weight percent of aromatic compounds being calculated as the weight of the aromatic compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material used to produce the pyrolysis product, the aromatic compounds comprising benzene, toluene and/or xylene. 110. The method of claim 109 wherein the catalyst comprises pores, and at least some of the metal and/or metal oxide is positioned in the pores. 111. The method of claim 109 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product further comprises one or more olefinic compounds. 112. The method of claim 109 wherein the one or more olefinic compounds comprise ethene, propene, butene, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 113. The method of claim 111 wherein the amount of olefinic compounds in the fluid hydrocarbon product is at least about 7 wt % of the amount of the solid hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor, the weight percent of olefinic compounds being calculated as the weight of the olefinic compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor. 114. The method of claim 109 wherein the one or more aromatic compounds comprise o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene, ethylmethylbenzene, trimethylbenzene, indane, naphthalene, methylnaphthalene, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 115. The method of claim 109 wherein the pyrolysis product comprises volatile organic compounds, gases and/or coke. 116. The method of claim 109 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product is produced from the pyrolysis product by a dehydration, decarbonylation, decarboxylation, isomerization, oligomerization and/or dehydrogenation reaction. 117. The method of claim 109 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises biomass. 118. The method of claim 109 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises plastic waste, recycled plastic, agricultural solid waste, municipal solid waste, food waste, animal waste, carbohydrate, lignocellulosic material, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 119. The method of claim 109 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises xylitol, glucose, cellobiose, hemi-cellulose, lignin, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 120. The method of claim 109 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises sugar cane bagasse, glucose, wood, corn stover, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 121. The method of claim 109, wherein the pyrolyzing and catalytically reacting steps are carried out in a single vessel. 122. The method of claim 109 wherein the silica to alumina molar ratio is in the range from about 30:1 to about 150:1. 123. The method of claim 109 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 5 Angstroms to about 100 Angstroms. 124. The method of claim 109 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 5.9 to about 6.3 Angstroms. 125. The method of claim 109 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 7 to about 8 Angstroms. 126. The method of claim 109 wherein: at least about 95% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within a first size distribution or a second size distribution;at least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst has smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the first size distribution; andat least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst has smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the second size distribution. 127. The method of claim 109 wherein: at least about 95% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within a first distribution and a second distribution, wherein the first distribution is between about 5.9 Angstroms and about 6.3 Angstroms and the second distribution is different from and does not overlap with the first distribution;at least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the first distribution; andat least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the second distribution. 128. The method of claim 109 wherein the catalyst comprises acidic sites. 129. The method of claim 109 wherein the catalyst comprises a microporous basic catalyst. 130. The method of claim 109, wherein the contents of the fluidized bed reactor are heated at a heating rate of greater than about 50° C./s. 131. The method of claim 109, wherein the contents of the fluidized bed reactor are heated to a temperature in the range from about 500° C. to about 1000° C. 132. The method of claim 109, wherein the volume of the fluidized bed reactor is at least about 1 liter. 133. The method of claim 109 further comprising introducing a fluidization fluid into the fluidized bed reactor. 134. The method of claim 109 further comprising separating the fluid hydrocarbon product from the catalyst by passing the catalyst and the fluid hydrocarbon product through a separator at a temperature of greater than about 500° C. and for at least about 1 second. 135. The method of claim 109 wherein the fluidized bed reactor comprises a circulating fluidized bed reactor, a turbulent fluidized bed reactor, or a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. 136. The method of claim 109, wherein the mass ratio of the catalyst to the hydrocarbonaceous material in the feed to the fluidized bed reactor is from about 0.5:1 to about 20:1. 137. The method of claim 109 wherein the amount of aromatic compounds in the fluid hydrocarbon product is at least about 15 wt % of the amount of the solid hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor, the weight percent of aromatic compounds being calculated as the weight of the aromatic compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor. 138. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, comprising: providing a solid catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor;feeding the solid hydrocarbonaceous material to the fluidized bed reactor;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product; andcatalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the solid catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the fluid hydrocarbon product;the catalyst being a zeolite catalyst comprising silica and alumina, and further comprising a metal and/or metal oxide comprising nickel, platinum, vanadium, palladium, manganese, cobalt, zinc, copper, chromium, gallium, iron, or a mixture of two or more thereof;wherein the catalyst has a bimodal distribution of pore sizes. 139. The method of claim 138 wherein: at least about 95% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within a first size distribution or a second size distribution;at least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst has smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the first size distribution; andat least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst has smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the second size distribution. 140. The method of claim 138 wherein: at least about 95% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within a first distribution and a second distribution, wherein the first distribution is between about 5.9 Angstroms and about 6.3 Angstroms and the second distribution is different from and does not overlap with the first distribution;at least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the first distribution; andat least about 5% of the pores of the catalyst have smallest cross-sectional diameters that lie within the second distribution. 141. The method of claim 138 wherein the catalyst comprises pores, and at least some of the metal and/or metal oxide is positioned in the pores. 142. The method of claim 138 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product comprises one or more olefinic and/or aromatic compounds. 143. The method of claim 142 wherein the one or more aromatic compounds comprise benzene, toluene, o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene, ethylmethylbenzene, trimethylbenzene, indane, naphthalene, methylnaphthalene, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 144. The method of claim 142 wherein the one or more olefinic compounds comprise ethene, propene, butene, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 145. The method of claim 138 further comprising recovering the fluid hydrocarbon product. 146. The method of claim 138 wherein the pyrolysis product comprises volatile organic compounds, gases and/or coke. 147. The method of claim 138 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product is produced from the pyrolysis product by a dehydration, decarbonylation, decarboxylation, isomerization, oligomerization and/or dehydrogenation reaction. 148. The method of claim 138 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises biomass. 149. The method of claim 138 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises plastic waste, recycled plastic, agricultural solid waste, municipal solid waste, food waste, animal waste, carbohydrate, lignocellulosic material, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 150. The method of claim 138 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises xylitol, glucose, cellobiose, hemi-cellulose, lignin, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 151. The method of claim 138 wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material comprises sugar cane bagasse, glucose, wood, corn stover, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 152. The method of claim 138 wherein the residence time of the hydrocarbonaceous material in the reactor is at least about 2 seconds, the residence time being calculated by dividing the volume of the reactor with the volumetric flow rate of hydrocarbonaceous material and fluid hydrocarbon product exiting the reactor. 153. The method of claim 138, wherein the pyrolyzing and catalytically reacting steps are carried out in a single vessel. 154. The method of claim 138 wherein the silica to alumina molar ratio is in the range from about 30:1 to about 150:1. 155. The method of claim 138 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 5 Angstroms to about 100 Angstroms. 156. The method of claim 138 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 5.9 to about 6.3 Angstroms. 157. The method of claim 138 wherein the catalyst comprises pores having a pore size in the range from about 7 to about 8 Angstroms. 158. The method of claim 138 wherein the catalyst comprises acidic sites. 159. The method of claim 138 wherein the catalyst comprises a microporous basic catalyst. 160. The method of claim 138, wherein the contents of the fluidized bed reactor are heated at a heating rate of greater than about 50° C./s. 161. The method of claim 138, wherein the contents of the fluidized bed reactor are heated to a temperature in the range from about 500° C. to about 1000° C. 162. The method of claim 138, wherein the volume of the fluidized bed reactor is at least about 1 liter. 163. The method of claim 138 further comprising introducing a fluidization fluid into the fluidized bed reactor. 164. The method of claim 163 wherein the residence time of the fluidization fluid in the reactor is at least about 5 seconds, the residence time of the fluidization fluid being calculated by dividing the volume of the reactor by the volumetric flow rate of the fluidization fluid. 165. The method of claim 138 further comprising separating the fluid hydrocarbon product from the catalyst by passing the catalyst and the fluid hydrocarbon product through a separator at a temperature of greater than about 500° C. and for at least about 1 second. 166. The method of claim 138, wherein the fluidized bed reactor comprises a circulating fluidized bed reactor, a turbulent fluidized bed reactor, or a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. 167. The method of claim 138, wherein the mass ratio of the catalyst to the hydrocarbonaceous material in the feed to the fluidized bed reactor is from about 0.5:1 to about 20:1. 168. The method of claim 138 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product comprises one or more aromatic compounds, the amount of aromatic compounds in the fluid hydrocarbon product being at least about 15 wt % of the amount of the solid hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor, the weight percent of aromatic compounds being calculated as the weight of the aromatic compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor. 169. The method of claim 138 wherein the fluid hydrocarbon product comprises one or more olefin compounds, the amount of olefin compounds in the fluid hydrocarbon product being at least about 7 wt % of the amount of the solid hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor, the weight percent of olefin compounds being calculated as the weight of the olefin compounds present in the fluid hydrocarbon product divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material fed to the reactor. 170. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, comprising: providing a solid catalyst and a solid hydrocarbonacous material in a fluidized bed reactor, the catalyst being a zeolite catalyst comprising silica and alumina, and further comprising a metal and/or metal oxide comprising platinum, vanadium, palladium, manganese, cobalt, zinc, copper, chromium, gallium, iron, or a mixture of two or more thereof;pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product;catalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the solid catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the fluid hydrocarbon product; andseparating the fluid hydrocarbon product from the catalyst;wherein the pyrolysis product contains less than about 30 wt % coke, the amount of coke formed being measured as the weight of the coke formed divided by the weight of the hydrocarbonaceous material used in forming the pyrolysis product. 171. The method of claim 170 wherein the pyrolysis product contains less than about 10 wt % coke. 172. A method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product comprising one or more aromatic compounds from a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, comprising: providing a solid zeolite catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor, the zeolite catalyst comprising zeolite ZSM-5, ferrierite, zeolite Y, zeolite beta, modernite, zeolite MCM-22, zeolite ZSM-23, zeolite ZSM-57, zeolite SUZ-4, zeolite EU-1, zeolite SSZ-23, or a mixture of two or more thereof; the pressure within the reactor being at least about 1 atmosphere;feeding the solid hydrocarbonaceous material to the fluidized bed reactor; pyrolyzing within the fluidized bed reactor at least a portion of the hydrocarbonaceous material under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a pyrolysis product; and catalytically reacting at least a portion of the pyrolysis product using the solid catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the fluid hydrocarbon product;wherein the one or more aromatic compounds comprise benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, methylethylbenzene, trimethylbenzene, or a mixture of two or more thereof, and the amount of the aromatic compounds in the fluid hydrocarbon product is at least about 10 wt % of the total reaction product of the solid carbonaceous material. 173. The method of claim 172 wherein the pressure within the reactor is at least about 2 atmospheres. 174. The method of claim 172 wherein the pressure within the reactor is at least about 3 atmospheres. 175. The method of claim 172 wherein the pressure within the reactor is at least about 4 atmospheres.
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