Co-cracking of bio-oil distillate bottoms with vacuum gas oil for enhanced production of light compounds

• Published in: Journal of analytical and applied pyrolysis Vol. 132; pp. 65 - 71
• Main Authors: Choi, Yong S., Elkasabi, Yaseen, Tarves, Paul C., Mullen, Charles A., Boateng, Akwasi A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2018
• Subjects: alkanes; alkenes; Bio-oil; biomass; biorefining; BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene); carbon; catalysts; Coprocessing; Cracking; Delayed coking; distillation; Fast pyrolysis; fuel oils; gases; guayule; hydrogen; mixing ratio; molecular weight; oil and gas industry; oxygen; Panicum virgatum; petroleum; pyrolysis; pyrolysis oils; Residues; Spirulina; thermal cracking; viscosity; zeolites; Cracking; Residues; Fast pyrolysis; Coprocessing; Bio-oil; Delayed coking

•Tail-gas reactive pyrolysis bio-oil distillate residues were co-reacted with vacuum gas oil (VGO) using py-GCMS.•Zeolite catalysts were evaluated for efficacy (HZSM-5, Y-zeolite).•Blends of switchgrass-based residues/VGO produced up to three-fold increases of aromatic compounds.•Guayule and spiruli...