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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 176, Issue -, Pages 178-187Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.04.062
Keywords
Biomass conversion; Olefin production; Steam cracking; Comprehensive 2D GC
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- Fund for Scientific Research Flanders
- Flemish Government [BOF09/01M00409]
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An alternative route for the production of light olefins is proposed starting from low value and waste fats, greases and other renewable fractions. The first step catalytically converts triglycerides and/or fatty acids from bio oils to a high quality paraffinic diesel or jet fuel and renewable naphtha. GC x GC-TOF-MS and GC x GC-FID characterization of the renewable naphtha showed that it mainly consists of n-paraffins (32.6 wt%) and iso-paraffins (60 wt%), with only small amounts of aromatics (0.8 wt%), naphthenics (6.3 wt%) and olefinics (0.3 wt%). No remaining oxygenates are measured, making it a potentially attractive feed for the production of ethylene. Steam cracking of this renewable naphtha in a pilot plant revealed that high light olefin yields can be obtained (ethylene yield of 31 wt% and a propylene yield of 17.5 wt%), while the amount of pyrolysis gasoline (15 wt%) and pyrolysis fuel oil (<1 wt%) produced remains small. An experimental coking study further confirmed the attractive character of this feed. Run length simulations show that higher run lengths can be expected in comparison with the typically used naphtha fractions from fossil resources. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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