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Co-processing for control of hydropyrolysis processes and products thereof

  • US 10,392,566 B2
  • Filed: 04/27/2015
  • Issued: 08/27/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process for producing liquid products comprising:

  • a) hydropyrolyzing a biomass-containing feedstock, and a separate co-feed different from the biomass-containing feedstock, in a hydropyrolysis reactor vessel comprising a deoxygenating catalyst and operating at a hydrogen partial pressure from about 7 barg (102 psig) to about 55 barg (798 psig) to produce a hydropyrolysis reactor output comprising at least one non-condensable gas, a partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product and char;

    b) removing substantially all char particles from the hydropyrolysis reactor output to provide a purified hydropyrolysis reactor vapor stream having reduced char content;

    c) hydroconverting at least a portion of the purified hydropyrolysis reactor vapor stream in a hydroconversion reactor vessel comprising a hydroconversion catalyst to produce a hydroconversion reactor output; and

    d) recovering a substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon liquid and a gaseous mixture from the hydroconversion reactor output;

    wherein the separate co-feed comprises an oxygenated plastic; and

    wherein oxygen present in the oxygenated plastic is at least partly removed in the hydropyrolysis reactor vessel and a structure of the oxygenated plastic, following oxygen removal, is used to generate aliphatic hydrocarbons or aromatic hydrocarbons in the substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon liquid,wherein the oxygenated plastic comprises poly(methyl methacrylate) or polyamide, and a feed rate of the oxygenated plastic is adjusted in response to a measured or desired change in a yield or cetane number of a diesel boiling range fraction of the substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon liquid, orwherein the oxygenated plastic comprises polycarbonate or polyethylene terephthalate, and a feed rate of the oxygenated plastic is adjusted in response to a measured or desired change in a yield or octane number of a gasoline boiling range fraction of the substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon liquid.

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