Laboratory for Chemical Technology
Thermal Conversion of Fossil and Renewable Feedstocks
Steven P. Pyl
Advisors
- prof. dr. Marie-Françoise Reyniers
- prof. dr. ir. Guy B. Marin
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Thermal Conversion of Fossil and Renewable Feedstocks Steven P. Pyl Advisors prof. dr. Marie-Franoise Reyniers prof. dr. ir. Guy B. Marin Laboratory for Chemical Technology Methusalem Advisory Board, 28/06/2010 The Need for Detail
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Feedstock molecular composition
continuity equations
Fundamental model Product molecular composition
Process conditions Advanced analytical techniques
Complex feedstock Complex product
Advanced analytical techniques Physical transport phenomena Microkinetic model
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TOF-MS GC×GC Heated Transfer- line
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FID OVEN TOF-MS He Rtx-1 PONA BPX-50 BPX-50 injector Liquid CO2
(1) (2) (3) (3) (6) (5) (4) (7)
modulator
Van Geem, Pyl, et al. J. Chrom. A. 2010
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10 50 30 4 C9 C16 Di-aromatics naphthenes Di-naphthenes Mono- aromatics Naphtheno- aromatics paraffins 10 50 30 4 Di-aromatics C9 C16 naphthenes Di-naphthenes Mono- aromatics Naphtheno- aromatics paraffins
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10 40 20 4 benzene 30 toluene ethyl- benzene n-C13 n-C12 n-C11 n-C10 n-C9 n-C8 n-C7 n-C6 propyl- benzene butyl- benzene
Hydrodeoxygenation Hydrocracking
n-Paraffins 32.4% iso-Paraffins 59.9% Olefins 0.4% Naphthenes 6.5% Aromatics 0.8%
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C16:0 C18:0 C18:1 C18:2 C18:3 C20:1 C22:1 C24:1 C16:1 C14:0
wt% :0 :1 :2 :3 C14 0.48 0.00 0.00 0.00 C16 14.01 0.19 0.02 0.04 C18 2.69 57.73 16.49 5.61 C20 0.55 0.98 0.00 0.00 C22 0.27 0.36 0.00 0.00 C24 0.24 0.26 0.00 0.00
Transestrification
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Furnace + Reactor Online Analysis Section
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cell 1 cell 2 cell 3 cell 4 cell 5 cell 6 cell 7
flare DHA FURNACE & REACTOR ONLINE ANALYSIS FEED preheating & mixing reactor zone P P P P P
condensate
GC×GC
(4) (5) (9) (1) (1) (6) (2) (3)
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N2 IR-GA RGA PGA
(10) (11) (8) (12) (7)
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flare DHA ONLINE ANALYSIS P
condensate
GC×GC
(4) (5) (9) (6)
N2 IR-GA RGA PGA
(10) (11) (8) (12) (7)
Heated transfer lines 300°C GCGC DHA
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RGA (TCD) RGA (FID) PGA (TCD) DHA (FID) GC×GC (FID) H2 CO2 C2H4 C2H6 C2H2 CH4 CO N2 C2 C3 C4 CH4 CO2 C2H4 C2H6 C2H2 CO CH4 C2 C3 C4 CH4 C5 C6 ... N2 ... CH4
check
C16 C25
flare DHA ONLINE ANALYSIS P
condensate
GC×GC
(4) (5) (9) (6)
N2 IR-GA RGA PGA
(10) (11) (8) (12) (7)
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1st dimension retention time (min) 50 25 2nd dimension retention time (s) 5 2 modulated not modulated paraffins (a) indene naphthalene benzene methyl- naphthalenes styrene toluene
1st dimension retention time (min) 10 5 signal intensity (mV) (b) methane propene 1.3-butadiene ethene
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Reduced peak overlap More straightforward peak identification More accurate quantification Quantification of approximately 150 chemical components
1st dimension retention time (min) 20 50 35 5 80 65 indene naphthalene acenapthylene phenanthrene pyrene toluene benzene ethyl-Bz xylenes styrene methyl-naphthalenes vinyltoluene anthracene biphenyl tri-methyl-Bz methyl-indenes acenapthene Methusalem Advisory Board, 28/06/2010
1st dimension retention time (min) 35 55 45 2nd dimension retention time (s) 1.8 1st dimension retention time (min) 35 45 2nd dimension retention time (s) 1.8 (a) (b) C3 alkyl- benzenes nC14 nC10 nC14 nC10 C4 alkyl- benzenes C5 alkyl- benzenes C3 alkyl- benzenes C4 alkyl- benzenes C5 alkyl- benzenes vinyltoluene vinylstyrene vinyltoluene vinylstyrene
Reduced peak overlap More straightforward peak identification COT = 800 C COT = 840 C More accurate quantification Quantification of approximately 150 chemical components
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COT = 800°C COT = 840°C COT = 800°C COT = 840°C methane 8.736 12.718 indene 0.489 0.799 ethene 22.325 24.045 naphtalene 2.520 2.961 ethane 2.868 2.587 1-methyl-napthalene 2.401 2.126 propene 13.972 11.933 2-methyl-napthalene 1.919 1.673 propane 0.549 0.419 biphenyl 0.221 0.200 1.3-butadiene 4.657 4.520 2-ethyl-naphthalene 0.831 0.524 benzene 4.790 7.111 1.5-dimethyl-napthalene 0.343 0.252 toluene 3.051 3.656 1.6-dimethyl-napthalene 0.901 0.692 ethylbenzene 0.489 0.419 2-ethenyl-napthalene 0.230 0.491 m-xylene 0.759 0.874 1.4-dimethyl-napthalene 0.400 0.333 p-xylene 0.216 0.014 biphenylene 0.170 0.496 styrene 0.721 1.231 2-methyl-biphenyl 0.046 0.037
0.376 0.394 acenaphthylene 0.177 0.154 propylbenzene 0.066 0.019 phenanthrene 0.285 0.746 1-ethyl-2-methyl-benzene 0.369 0.313 anthracene 0.077 0.205 1.3.5-trimethyl-benzene 0.382 0.344 methyl-phenanthrene 0.187 0.285 1-methyl-indene 1.227 0.232 methyl-anthracene 0.035 0.329 2-methyl-indene 0.012 0.395 pyrene 0.107 0.233 Yields (wt%) Yields (wt%)
Quantification of approximately 150 chemical components
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Yield (wt%) Methane Yield (wt%)
ethylene propylene 1,3-butadiene 1-butene benzene pygas fuel oil
Effect of Coil Oulet Temperature
Detailed feedstock composition
continuity equations
COILSIM1D
Detailed product composition
Process conditions
IDEAL PLUG FLOW CRACKSIM
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C18:1 C16:1 C20:1 Unconverted FAME 1-heptene 1-pentadecene 1-undecene 1-nonene 1-heptadecene 1-tridecene 5 100 C2 alkyl benzene C3 alkyl benzene C5 alkyl benzene C7 alkyl benzene C9 alkyl benzene
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benzene toluene styrene naphthalene 1-pentene 1-heptene 1-pentadecene 1-undecene Methyl- propanoate 1-nonene biphenyl mono- aromatics di-aromatics saturates &
5 1-tridecene 100
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