PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIODEGRADABLE HYDROCARBON FLUIDS BY HYDROGENATION

• Main Authors: Germanaud, Laurent, Doucet, Clarisse
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.12.2021
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE

The invention provides for a process for preparing a fluid having a boiling point in the range of from 100 to 400°C and comprising more than 95% isoparaffins and containing less than 100ppm aromatics, the process comprising the step of catalytically hydrogenating a feed comprising more than 95% by weight of a hydrodeoxygenated isomerized hydrocarbon biomass feedstock, at a temperature from 80 to 180°C and at a pressure from 50 to 160 bars. The invention also provides for a fluid having a boiling point in the range of from 100 to 400°C and a boiling range below 80°C, said fluid comprising more than 95% isoparaffins and less than 3% of naphthens by weight and having a ratio of iso paraffins to n-paraffins of at least 12:1, a biodegradability at 28 days of at least 60%, as measured according to the OECD 306 standard, a biocarbon content of at least 95% by weight, and containing less than 100ppm aromatics by weight. The invention finally provides for uses of the fluid. fileinme>