Webinar Day 1: Co-processing Fast Pyrolysis Bio-oils and Hydrothermal Liquefaction Bio-crudes in Fluid Catalytic Cracking and Hydroprocessing in Refineries
Co-processing of biogenic feedstocks within the existing petroleum infrastructure represents an opportunity to incorporate large volumes of bio-carbon into transportation fuels. However, upgrading intermediate liquids from biomass and waste to final products efficiently and economically, while minimizing impacts to existing refinery infrastructure, remains a notable barrier to commercialization. The co-processing project, Bio-oil Co-processing with Refinery Streams, aimed to generate foundational knowledge for processing renewable intermediates in petroleum refineries and offer co-processing strategies, as well as develop new methods for biogenic carbon tracking and measurement.
To highlight the key takeaways from the Bio-oil Co-processing with Refinery Streams project, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) held the Two-Day Webinar Series: Biocarbon Incorporation into Transportation Fuels via Co-processing in Refineries on September 20, 2023, from 10:00 am – 11:00 am (MT)/12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (ET), and September 27, 2023, from 10:00 am – 11:00 am (MT)/12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (ET).
Webinar Objectives:
Webinar Day 1: Co-processing Fast Pyrolysis Bio-oils and Hydrothermal Liquefaction Bio-crudes in Fluid Catalytic Cracking and Hydroprocessing in Refineries
The major challenges for co-processing revolved around operability risks, particularly regarding the process stability due to catalyst deactivation, and substantial knowledge gaps related to co-processing data, such as feedstock properties, product quality, biogenic carbon distribution, reaction kinetics of unique bio-compounds, and the potential economic and environmental benefits.
This webinar discussed research findings on addressing these challenges, specifically focusing on the co-processing of woody fast pyrolysis bio-oils in fluid catalytic cracking, as well as woody pyrolysis bio-oils and wet waste hydrothermal liquefaction bio-crudes in hydrotreating and hydrocracking.
View the bios for the following speakers featured in this webinar:
- Reinhard Seiser – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) – Co-processing in Fluid Cracking
- Huamin Wang – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) – Co-processing in Hydrotreating/Hydrocracking
Download the Webinar Day 1 presentation and listen to the recording.
Learn more about Webinar Day 2: Biogenic Carbon Tracking and Measurement in Co-processing of Biogenic Feeds in Petroleum Refineries.
Contact
Please direct any questions regarding this webinar series to Robert Natelson ([email protected]).
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