A kinetic study on non-catalytic reactions in hydroprocessing Boscan crude oil

Non-catalytic hydrothermal cracking reactions are known to associate with catalytic hydrocracking reactions. In a recent study on hydroprocessing of Boscan crude over a specific catalyst system containing three distinct catalysts, it was found that hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and hydrodemetallation (HDM) reactions continued even when the catalyst is severely deactivated. Since the reactor was packed with considerable amount of inert material besides the three catalysts, it will be advantage to determine if the inert materials can also facilitate hydroprocessing reactions. A series of kinetic experiments for the inert particles was undertaken under different space velocity and temperature conditions.The extent of catalytic and non-catalytic hydroprocessing reactions was assessed. Through statistical analysis, the initial reaction rate constant, reaction order and activation energy for various hydroprocessing reactions were then determined. The absolute average deviations (AAD) of the kinetics values obtained for inert materials are less than 10%.     

聚丙烯塑料及其废料裂解制燃料油的研究

选取聚丙烯及其废料为原料,系统地探讨了温度和催化剂等因素对塑料裂解制汽油和柴油的影响。使用自制改性的ZSM-5型分子筛催化剂,在优化条件下制得了占原料质量分数为70%~80%的燃料油,其中汽油含量达燃料油质量分数的40%~50%。     

Continuous production of biodiesel from cottonseed oil and methanol using a column reactor packed with calcined sodium silicate base catalyst☆

Sodium silicate and that calcined at 400 °C for 2 h were used to catalyze the transesterification of cottonseed oil with methanol. Calcined sodium silicate(CSS) catalyst exhibited much higher catalytic activity and stability. A maximum biodiesel yield of 98.9% was achieved at methanol/oil mole ratio of 12:1, reaction temperature65 °C, reaction time 3.0 h, and CSS/oil mass ratio of 2 wt%. After 7 consecutive reactions without any treatment,biodiesel yield reduced to 82.5%. Considering technological and economic feasibility, CSS base catalyst supported on θ rings was prepared for continuous transesterification. The maximum yield was 99.1% under optimum conditions(reaction temperature 55 °C, methanol velocity 1 ml·min-1, oil velocity 3 ml·min-1, and 5 tower sections). These results indicate that this new continuous biodiesel production process and apparatus present a great potential for industrial application in biodiesel.     

Evaluation of biodiesel obtained from cottonseed oil

Esters from vegetable oils have attracted a great deal of interest as substitutes for petrodiesel to reduce dependence on imported petroleum and provide a fuel with more benign environmental properties. In this work biodiesel was prepared from cottonseed oil by transesterification with methanol, using sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium methoxide and potassium methoxide as catalysts. A series of experiments were conducted in order to evaluate the effects of reaction variables such as methanol/oil molar ratio (3:1–15:1), catalyst concentration (0.25–1.50%), temperature (25–65 °C), and stirring intensity (180–600 rpm) to achieve the maximum yield and quality. The optimized variables of 6:1 methanol/oil molar ratio (mol/mol), 0.75% sodium methoxide concentration (wt.%), 65 °C reaction temperature, 600 rpm agitation speed and 90 min reaction time offered the maximum methyl ester yield (96.9%). The obtained fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The fuel properties of cottonseed oil methyl esters (COME), cetane number, kinematic viscosity, oxidative stability, lubricity, cloud point, pour point, cold filter plugging point, flash point, ash content, sulfur content, acid value, copper strip corrosion value, density, higher heating value, methanol content, free and bound glycerol were determined and are discussed in the light of biodiesel standards such as ASTM D6751 and EN 14214.     

Thermodynamics of solid formation in cottonseed oil

The aim of this study is to establish thermodynamic relations which govern the equilibrium of solid formation during the cooling of cottonseed oil either when tripalmitin is added to it or when the oil is cooled in the presence of solvent with consequent enrichment of the solid phase in certain triacylglycerols. We have established analytical expressions of the functions and variables of state that can describe the experimental results obtained. The effect of the addition of tripalmitin to refined cottonseed oil is well represented by simple expressions.     

秸秆热解-页岩灰催化裂解生产低焦油生物合成气

为从高粱秸秆生产高品质、低焦油含量生物合成气,基于其单段热解特性研究,借助两段式固定床反应器实施两段热解（热解+裂解）,同时考察页岩灰对热解挥发分的催化裂解效果。结果表明：相对单段热解,两段热解强化了水蒸气与挥发分（尤其是与热解气）的交互;提高裂解温度促进焦油裂解和重整,便利了热解气的生成,同时提高合成气（H₂+CO）的产率和H₂/CO体积比;裂解中加入页岩灰显著促进生物焦油气化,大幅降低气体产物焦油含量：裂解温度适中（约850℃）时（450℃热解）,热解气产率超过40%（质量）,焦油产率低于1.0%（质量）,合成气产量约186 ml·g^-1、体积分数高达64%,且H₂/CO比超过0.5。页岩灰便利H₂的生成,主要源于其铁组分对水气变换的催化作用。     

Hydrogen production via catalytic steam reforming of fast pyrolysis bio-oil in a two-stage fixed bed reactor system

Hydrogen production was prepared via catalytic steam reforming of fast pyrolysis bio-oil in a two-stage fixed bed reactor system. Low-cost catalyst dolomite was chosen for the primary steam reforming of bio-oil in consideration of the unavoidable deactivation caused by direct contact of metal catalyst and bio-oil itself. Nickel-based catalyst Ni/MgO was used in the second stage to increase the purity and the yield of desirable gas product further. Influential parameters such as temperature, steam to carbon ratio (S/C, S/CH₄), and material space velocity (W_BHSV, GHSV) both for the first and the second reaction stages on gas product yield, carbon selectivity of gas product, CH₄ conversion as well as purity of desirable gas product were investigated. High temperature (> 850 °C) and high S/C (> 12) are necessary for efficient conversion of bio-oil to desirable gas product in the first steam reforming stage. Low W_BHSV favors the increase of any gas product yield at any selected temperature and the overall conversion of bio-oil to gas product increases accordingly. Nickel-based catalyst Ni/MgO is effective in purification stage and 100% conversion of CH₄ can be obtained under the conditions of S/CH₄ no less than 2 and temperature no less than 800 °C. Low GHSV favors the CH₄ conversion and the maximum CH₄ conversion 100%, desirable gas product purity 100%, and potential hydrogen yield 81.1% can be obtained at 800 °C provided that GHSV is no more than 3600 h^− 1. Carbon deposition behaviors in one-stage reactor prove that the steam reforming of crude bio-oil in a two-stage fixed bed reaction system is necessary and significant.     

A new method for determining gossypol in cottonseed oil by FTIR spectroscopy

A new method was developed to determine the gossypol content in cottonseed oil using FTIR spectroscopy with a NaCl transmission cell. The wavelengths used were selected by spiking clean cottonseed oil to gossypol concentrations of 0–5% and noting the regions of maximal absorbance. Transmittance values from the wavelength regions 3600–2520 and 1900–800 cm⁻¹ and a partial least squares (PLS) method were used to derive FTIR spectroscopic calibration models for crude cottonseed, semirefined cottonseed, and gossypol-spiked cottonseed oils. The coefficients of determination (R ²) for the models were computed by comparing the results from the FTIR spectroscopy against those obtained by AOCS method Ba 8-78. The R ² were 0.9511, 0.9116, and 0.9363 for crude cottonseed, semirefined cottonseed, and gossypol-spiked cottonseed oils, respectively. The SE of calibration were 0.042, 0.009, and 0.060, respectively. The calibration models were cross-validated within the same set of oil samples. The SD of the difference for repeatability and accuracy of the FTIR method were better than those for the chemical method. With its speed (ca. 2 min) and ease of data manipulation, FTIR spectroscopy is a useful alternative to standard wet chemical methods for rapid and routine determination of gossypol in process and/or quality control for cottonseed oil.     

Kinetic study of the catalytic cracking of polypropylene in a semibatch stirred reactor

A lumped kinetic model including both thermal and catalytic cracking and catalyst decay has been developed for the cracking of polypropylene in a semibatch stirred reactor. Two decay equations in where the catalyst decay is either a function of time on stream or function of coke on catalyst have been tested. The kinetic model fits very well the experimental results and is able to simulate the process in a wide range of operating conditions.     

Concentration of linoleic acid from cottonseed oil by starch complexation

The extraction of linoleic acid from fatty acids(FA) of the cottonseed oil using starch–FA complexes was developed for the first time. We showed that starch can form inclusion complexes of different strengths with FA and that the different strengths stem from the differences in chain length, degree of unsaturation, and position of double bonds of FA. The optimal separation conditions were determined as follows: The inclusion temperature is 69 °C, the inclusion time is 30 min, the starch/FA mass ratio is 10:1, and the ratio of the volume of methanol–water solution and the mass of FA is 18:1. Compared to urea inclusion complexation, starch complexation has milder reaction temperature and shorter reaction time. Under these conditions, linoleic acid can be concentrated from 38.9% to 70.04% by one-off extraction. Moreover, the experimental results demonstrate the almost perfect reusability of starch. These results show that starch complexation is a promising method that can be used to obtain highly concentrated linoleic acid from cottonseed oil.     

Biomass pyrolysis in a circulating fluid bed reactor for the production of fuels and chemicals

An approach for biomass flash pyrolysis in a circulating fluid bed (CFB) reactor with continuous solids regeneration is described in this study. The unit is capable of performing conventional and catalytic biomass pyrolysis with the proper solid selection. The production of improved quality liquid products in a direct step through catalytic pyrolysis is investigated in this work. Both conventional and catalytic biomass pyrolysis can be effectively performed in this CFB unit. Flash pyrolysis conditions were achieved and liquid product yields of ∼70 wt% (on biomass feed) were obtained. The effect of specific operating variables including the type of inorganic solid material and the solid/biomass ratio was established on the final liquid product quality and yield. Solid materials considered included silica sand, a commercial fluid catalytic cracking catalyst and a ZSM-5 additive. Catalytic biomass pyrolysis generally leads to the production of additional water, coke and gases compared to conventional pyrolysis. However, the obtained liquid product quality and composition is improved.     

Synthesis and characterization of modified cottonseed oil based polyesteramide for coating applications

Cottonseed oil fatty amide (CFA) was prepared in the laboratory by base catalyzed aminolysis of cottonseed oil. Further it was reacted with phthalic acid to obtain polyesteramide (CPEA) and modified by post reacting with vinyl acetate monomer in varying ratios of 4:1, 3:1 and 2:1 in the presence of t-butyl hydroperoxide as an initiator. The incorporation of vinyl acetate in CPEA was analyzed using FTIR, ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR spectral techniques. The physico-chemical properties such as iodine value, specific gravity and refractive index were determined by standard laboratory test methods. Mechanical, chemical resistance and other coating properties of the coatings synthesized from CPEA and modified CPEA applied on mild steel substrates were also studied by standard methods. Thermal stability and curing behavior of modified CPEA were determined by thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) techniques. It was observed that modification of polyesteramide improved the curing, mechanical and chemical performance of CPEA films. It was found that among the CPEA:vinyl acetate ratios, 2:1 ratio exhibited the best results.     

催化油浆综合利用的技术措施

综述了催化油浆利用技术方面的研究进展,包括炼油装置掺炼,生产道路沥青、针状焦、炭黑,作为橡胶软化剂和填充油等,对催化油浆的综合利用前景进行了展望。     

用棉籽油制备生物柴油

采用棉籽油为原料连续化生产生物柴油,研究了工艺及设备的设计。由棉籽油与甲醇在催化剂NaOH存在下由酯交换反应制得生物柴油。在优化条件下反应50 min,转化率达到99%。生产的生物柴油,各项指标与天然柴油相似。其各项燃烧指标优于或与普通柴油相仿,满足欧洲Ⅱ排放标准。     

Decomposition and gasification of pyrolysis volatiles from pine wood through a bed of hot char

Pine wood was pyrolyzed in a fixed bed reactor at a heating rate of 10 °C and a final temperature of 700 °C, and the resultant volatiles were allowed to be secondarily cracked through a tubular reactor in a temperature range of 500-700 °C with and without packing a bed of char. The thermal effect and the catalytic effect of char on the cracking of tar were investigated. An attempt was made to deconvolute the intermingled contributions of the char-catalyzed tar cracking and the char gasification to the yields of gaseous and liquid products. It was found that the wood char (charcoal) was catalytically active for the tar cracking at 500-600 °C, while at 650-700 °C, the thermal effect became a dominant mode of the tar cracking. Above 600 °C, the autogenerated steam gasified the charcoal, resulting in a marked increase in the yield of gaseous product and a significant change in the gas composition. An anthracite char (A-char), a bituminous coal char (B-char), a lignite char (L-char) and graphite also behaved with catalytic activities towards the tar cracking at lower temperature, but only L-char showed reactivity for gasification at higher temperature.     

提高催化裂化装置掺渣量时存在的问题与对策

阐述了某催化裂化装置的设计特点。分析了装置设备结焦原因及对策 ,对提高催化裂化装置掺渣量提出了相关建议和改进措施     

Preparation of bio-fuels by catalytic cracking reaction of vegetable oil sludge

Biofuel production from vegetable oil is potentially a good alternative to conventional fossil derived fuels. Moreover, liquid biofuel offers many environmental benefits since it is free from nitrogen and sulfur compounds. Biofuel can be obtained from biomass (e.g. pyrolysis, gasification) and agricultural sources such as vegetable oil, vegetable oil sludge, rubber seed oil, and soybean oil. One of the most promising sources of biofuel is vegetable oil sludge. This waste is a major byproduct of vegetable oil factories. It consists of triglycerides (61%), free fatty acid (37%) and impurities (2%). The hydrocarbon chains of triglycerides and free fatty acid are mainly made up of C₁₆ (30%) and C₁₈ (36%) hydrocarbons. The others consist of C₁₂-C₁₇ hydrocarbon chains. Transesterification can help in converting vegetable oil sludge into biofuel. The disadvantage of this method is that a large amount of methanol is required. The alternative method for this conversion is catalytic cracking. The objective of this research is to evaluate and compare the pyrolysis process with cracking catalytic reaction of vegetable oil sludge by Micro-activity test MAT 5000 of Zeton-Canada.A ZSM-5/MCM-41 multiporous composite (MC-ZSM-5/MCM-41), was successfully synthesized using silica source extracted from rice husk. The material has the MCM-41 mesoporous structure, and its wall is constructed by ZSM-5 nanozeolite crystals. The porous system of the material includes pores of the following sizes: 5 Å (ZSM-5 zeolite), 40 Å (MCM-41 mesoporous material), and another porous system whose diameter is in the range of 100-500 Å (mesoporous system) formed by the burning of organic compounds that remain in the material during the calcination process. This pore system contributes to an increase in the catalytic performance of synthesized material.The results of vegetable oil sludge cracking reaction show that the product consists of fractions such as dry gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline, light cycle oil (LCO), and (heavy cycle oil) HCO, which are similar to those of petroleum cracking process.MC-ZSM-5/MCM-41 catalyst is efficient in the catalytic cracking reaction of vegetable oil sludge as it has higher conversion and selectivity for LPG and gasoline products in comparison to the pyrolysis process. Product distribution (% of oil feed) of cracking reaction over MC-ZSM-5/MCM-41 is coke (3.4), total dry gas (7.0), LPG (31.1), gasoline (42.4), LCO (8.9), HCO (7.2); and that of pyrolysis are coke (19.0), total dry gas (9.3), LPG (16.9), gasoline (28.8), LCO (13.7), and HCO (12.3).These results have indicated a new way to use agricultural waste such as rice husk for the production of promising catalysts and the processing of vegetable oil sludge to obtain biofuel.     

Effects of large pore zeolite additions in the catalytic pyrolysis catalyst on the light olefins production

To increase the light olefins selectivity of catalytic pyrolysis catalyst for heavy oil processing, the effects of large pore zeolite additions on the selectivity to light olefins (ethylene and propylene) were studied in a micro-activity test (MAT) unit at 625 °C by using Daqing heavy oil and n-decene/n-decane as feedstocks. Rare earth containing ultra-stable Y, Hβ and four types of alkali-treated Hβ with different pore size distributions were employed as the large pore zeolite components. The yields of C₂–C₃ light olefins showed a volcano trend with the increasing amount of large pore zeolite additions. They reached up to 24.5 and 26.7 wt%, respectively, when an optimum combination of zeolites ZSM-5 and RE-USY or ZSM-5 and alkali-treated Hβ was used. Moreover, increasing the pore size of large pore zeolites also led to the increases in the yields of light olefins, the maximum total yields of ethylene and propylene reached up to 26.7 wt% when the total pore volume of the zeolite Hβ added was 0.452 cm³ g⁻¹.     

Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass for biofuels production

Fast pyrolysis bio-oils currently produced in demonstration and semi-commercial plants have potential as a fuel for stationary power production using boilers or turbines but they require significant modification to become an acceptable transportation fuel. Catalytic upgrading of pyrolysis vapors using zeolites is a potentially promising method for removing oxygen from organic compounds and converting them to hydrocarbons. This work evaluated a set of commercial and laboratory-synthesized catalysts for their hydrocarbon production performance via the pyrolysis/catalytic cracking route. Three types of biomass feedstocks; cellulose, lignin, and wood were pyrolyzed (batch experiments) in quartz boats in physical contact with the catalysts at temperature ranging from 400 °C to 600 °C and catalyst-to-biomass ratios of 5-10 by weight. Molecular-beam mass spectrometry (MBMS) was used to analyze the product vapor and gas composition. The highest yield of hydrocarbons (approximately 16 wt.%, including 3.5 wt.% of toluene) was achieved using nickel, cobalt, iron, and gallium-substituted ZSM-5. Tests performed using a semi-continuous flow reactor allowed us to observe the change in the composition of the volatiles produced by the pyrolysis/catalytic vapor cracking reactions as a function of the catalyst time-on-stream. The deoxygenation activity decreased with time because of coke deposits formed on the catalyst.     

Hydrogen production via gasification of meat and bone meal in two-stage fixed bed reactor system

Gasification of meat and bone meal followed by thermal cracking of tar was carried out at atmospheric pressure using a two-stage fixed bed reaction system in series. The first stage was used for the gasification and the second stage was used for thermal cracking of tar. In this work, the effects of temperature (650-850 °C) of both stages, equivalence ratio (actual O₂ supply/stoichiometric O₂ required for complete combustion) (0.15-0.3) and the second stage packed bed height (40-100 mm) on the product (char, tar and gas) yield and gas (H₂, CO, CO₂, CH₄, C₂H₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₆, C₃H₈) composition were studied. It was observed that the two-stage process increased hydrogen production from 7.3 to 22.3 vol.% (N₂ free basis) and gas yield from 30.8 to 54.6 wt.% compared to single stage. Temperature and equivalence ratio had significant effects on the hydrogen production and product distribution. It was observed that higher gasification (850 °C) and cracking (850 °C) reaction temperatures were favorable for higher gas yield of 52.2 wt.% at packed bed height of 60 mm and equivalence ratio of 0.2. The residence time of tar and product gases was varied by varying the packed bed height of second stage. The tar yield decreased from 18.6 wt.% to 14.2 wt.% and that of gas increased from 50.6 wt.% to 54.6 wt.% by changing the packed bed height of second stage from 40 to 100 mm while the gross heating value (GHV) of the product gas remained almost constant (16.2-16.5 MJ/m³).