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Direct upstream integration of biogasoline production into current light straight run naphtha petrorefinery processes

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  • Aron Deneyer

    (Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven)

  • Elise Peeters

    (Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven)

  • Tom Renders

    (Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven)

  • Sander Van den Bosch

    (Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven)

  • Nette Van Oeckel

    (Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven)

  • Thijs Ennaert

    (Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven)

  • Tibor Szarvas

    (Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre for Energy Research, Surface Chemistry and Catalysis Department)

  • Tamás I. Korányi

    (Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre for Energy Research, Surface Chemistry and Catalysis Department)

  • Michiel Dusselier

    (Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven)

  • Bert F. Sels

    (Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven)

Abstract

There is an urgent need to address environmental problems caused by our transportation systems, which include the reduction of associated CO2 emissions. In the short term, renewable drop-in fuels are ideal, as they allow a direct integration into the existing infrastructure. However, preferably they would perform better than current alternatives (for example, bioethanol) and be synthesized in a more efficient way. Here we demonstrate the production of biogasoline with a direct upstream integration into processes in existing petrorefinery facilities that targets the 10% bio-based carbon in accordance with the current European Union directives (for 2020) for biofuels. To achieve this goal, we show the valorization of (hemi)cellulose pulp into light naphtha using a two-phase (H2O:organic) catalytic slurry process. A C5–C6 alkane stream, enriched with bio-derived carbon and compatible with further downstream petrorefinery operations for (bio)gasoline production, is automatically obtained by utilizing fossil light straight run naphtha as the organic phase. The ease of integration pleads for a joint petro/bio effort to gradually produce bio-enriched gasolines, wherein the chemical compounds of the bio-derived fraction are indistinguishable from those in current high-quality gasoline compositions.

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  • Aron Deneyer & Elise Peeters & Tom Renders & Sander Van den Bosch & Nette Van Oeckel & Thijs Ennaert & Tibor Szarvas & Tamás I. Korányi & Michiel Dusselier & Bert F. Sels, 2018. "Direct upstream integration of biogasoline production into current light straight run naphtha petrorefinery processes," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 3(11), pages 969-977, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:3:y:2018:i:11:d:10.1038_s41560-018-0245-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41560-018-0245-6
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