Suncor Energy Inc.

Greenfield Global Inc.

Arno De Klerk

Iftikhar Huq

Prabhakar Reddy

Cibele Melo Halmenschlager

Felix Rudolf August Link

Yuhan Xia

Nestor G Zerpa Reques

Ayyub A Omer

An alcohol-containing feed is transformed by the use of only two distinct conversion process steps into products, of which one product is a kerosene that is a fully formulated aviation turbine fuel (jet fuel) comprising of mostly n-alkanes, isoalkanes, cycloalkanes, and aromatics. The first conversion step is acid-catalyzed conversion and the second conversion step is hydrotreating. The kerosene product is within the compositional limits for aviation turbine fuel containing synthesized material and it requires no blending to be fully formulated. Specifically the product contains sufficient aromatics to be within the prescribed range of aromatics (8-26.5 vol % or or 8-25 vol %.) for aviation turbine fuel containing synthesized material.

Methods for producing jet fuel from alcohols and mixtures containing alcohols

Partial upgrading processes can include thermal treatment combined with solvent deasphalting, and recycling of certain streams, to process bitumen feedstocks and produce a bitumen product. The thermal treatment can be done so that the feedstock is in liquid phase at conditions below incipient coking conditions. Solvent deasphalting can be done before or after thermal treatment depending on the configuration of the process. Subjecting the bitumen feedstock to a partial upgrading can facilitate viscosity reduction of the bitumen feedstock and can facilitate avoiding the need for the addition of an external source of hydrogen.

Partial upgrading of bitumen with thermal treatment and solvent deasphalting

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