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Laboratory Production of Biofuels and Biochemicals from a Rapeseed Oil through Catalytic Cracking Conversion
Published on: September 2, 2016
Opportunities in upgrading biomass crudes
Y Mathieu1, L Sauvanaud, L Humphreys
1Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, Avda. dels Tarongers, s/n 46020 Valencia, Spain. acorma@itq.upv.es.
Abstract:
An unconventional crude from biomass (biocrude) has been processed to yield a hydrocarbon stream that is not only fully processable in conventional refineries but is already close to the specification of commercial fuels such as transportation diesel. The upgrading of biocrude was carried out with a combination of hydrotreatment and catalytic cracking, yielding middle distillate as the main product.
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