Webinar Day 2: Biogenic Carbon Tracking and Measurement in Co-processing of Biogenic Feeds in Petroleum 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 2: Biogenic Carbon Tracking and Measurement in Co-processing of Biogenic Feeds in Petroleum Refineries
Refineries and regulatory agencies have identified the requirements for alternative methods to track biogenic carbon in co-processed streams and products that can offer near-real-time feedback and accurate measurement of biocarbon content in fuels, as well as enabling evaluation of yields, costs, and associated carbon credits. This webinar discussed the development of inexpensive and deployable isotope-based techniques for biogenic carbon tracking, specifically the d13C method and the 14C LSC (Liquid Scintillation Counting) method.
View the bios for the following speakers featured in this webinar:
- Zhenghua Li – Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) – Biogenic Carbon Tracking and Measurement in Co-processing of Biogenic Feeds in Petroleum Refineries
- Sophie B. Lehmann - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) – Laser Spectroscopy and Stable Carbon Isotopes for Tracking Biocarbon
Download the Webinar Day 2 presentation and listen to the recording.
Learn more about Webinar Day 1: Co-processing Fast Pyrolysis Bio-oils and Hydrothermal Liquefaction Bio-crudes in Fluid Catalytic Cracking and Hydroprocessing in Refineries (9/20).
Contact
Please direct any questions regarding this webinar series to Robert Natelson ([email protected]).
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