Steeper Energy Aps

Julie Katerine Rodriguez Guerrero

Steen Brummerstedt Iversen

Claus Uhrenholt Jensen

Andrew Ironside

Lante Antonio Carbognani

Göran Olofsson

Sergios Karatzos

Marianna Isabel Trujillo Vaccari

Monica Bartolini Tiberi

Pedro Rafael Pereira Almao

Ling Li

Goran Olofsson

Steen B Iversen

Brummerstedt Iversen Steen

The invention relates to a hydrocarbon blend for input to a refinery and comprising a first blend component containing a renewable hydrocarbon component and a second blend component containing petroleum derived hydrocarbon to form at least part of a final hydrocarbon blend for processing in a refinery where the first blend component is characterized by comprising a hydrocarbon substance with at least 70% by weight having a boiling point above 220° C. and by having the characteristics (δ, δ, δ)=(17-20, 6-12, 6-12) and; where the second blend component is characterised by having the characteristics (δ, δ, δ)=(17-20, 3-5, 4-7), where the first blend component is present in the final hydrocarbon blend in a relative amount of up to 80 wt %.

Blend of hydrocarbon containing fossil and renewable components and method for producing such blend

The invention relates to a catalytic process for upgrading a renewable crude oil produced from biomass and/or waste comprising providing a renewable crude oil and pressurizing it to a pressure in the range in the range 60 to 150 bar, contacting the pressurized renewable crude oil with hydrogen and at least one heterogeneous catalyst contained in a first reaction zone at a weight based hourly space velocity (WHSV) in the range 0.1 to 2.0 hand at a temperature in the range of 150&#xb0; C. to 360&#xb0; C., hereby providing a partially upgraded renewable crude oil, separating the partially upgraded renewable crude oil from the first reaction zone to a partially upgraded heavy renewable oil fraction, a partially upgraded light renewable oil fraction, a water stream and a process gas stream, introducing the separated and partially upgraded heavy renewable oil fraction and separated process gas to a second reaction zone comprising at least two reactors arranged in parallel and being adapted to operate in a first and a second mode of operation, the reactors comprising dual functioning heterogeneous catalyst(-s) capable of performing a catalytic steam cracking reaction in a first mode of operation or a steam reforming reaction in a second mode of operation, where the partially upgraded heavy renewable oil fraction from the first reaction zone is contacted with the dual functioning heterogeneous catalyst and steam at a pressure of 10 to 150 bar and a temperature of 350&#xb0; C. to 430&#xb0; C. whereby a catalytic steam cracking of the partially upgraded heavy renewable oil is performed in the reactors in the first mode of operation, hereby providing a further upgraded heavy renewable oil fraction, while separated process gas from the first and/or second reaction zone is contacted with the dual functioning catalyst and steam at a pressure of 0.1 to 10 bar and a temperature of 350 to 600&#xb0; C. in the reactors in the second mode of operation and contacted with the dual functioning catalyst, thereby producing a hydrogen enriched gas, separating the further upgraded heavy renewable oil fraction from the catalytically steam cracking reactor to at least one light renewable oil fraction, a heavy renewable oil fraction, a hydrogen rich process gas and a water phase, separating hydrogen from the hydrogen enriched gas from the catalytic steam cracking zone and/or from the catalytic steam reforming and recycling it to the first reaction zone, alternating the reactors between the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation at predetermined time intervals thereby allowing for regeneration of the heterogeneous catalyst for the catalytic steam cracking in the first mode of operation while performing the steam reforming reaction of the hydrocarbons contained in the process gas in the second mode of operation;

Process for upgrading renewable liquid hydrocarbons

The invention relates to producing upgraded renewable oil. Renewable crude oil is provided whose oxygen content, water content, and total acid number are within predetermined ranges. Respective fractions of the oil have boiling points below 350&#xb0; C. and above 450&#xb0; C. After the oil is pressurized, and hydrogen is added, the mixture is heated and contacted with a heterogeneous catalyst in a first reaction zone with weight based hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 0.1 to 1 h-1. The resultant partially hydrogenated and deoxygenated oil is further heated and contacted with a heterogeneous catalyst in a second reaction zone at WHSV of 0.1 to 1.5 h-1. Low and high boiling point liquid hydrocarbon fractions of the product of the second reaction zone are sent to third and fourth reaction zones, respectively, to be contacted with hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst under respective heating conditions and WHSV of 0.1 to 1 h-1.

Process for upgrading oxygen containing renewable oil

The invention relates to a method of separating and purifying products from a high pressure processing system adapted for processing a feed stream comprising carbonaceous material at a pressure of at least 150 bar and a temperature of at least 300&#xb0; C., where the converted feed stream (product mixture) is cooled to a temperature in the range 50 to 250&#xb0; C., and depressurized to a pressure in the range 1 to 150 bar, the method comprising separating the depressurized product mixture in gas phase, an oil phase (liquid hydrocarbon), and a water phase comprising water soluble organics, dissolved salts and optionally suspended particles in a first phase separator and purifying the oil phase from the first phase separator by mixing it with one or more washing agents, at least one of which comprises water, and separating the oil phase from the one or more washing agents in a further separation step.

Separation system for high pressure processing system

Products from a high pressure processing system are separated and purified. The processing system is adapted for pressurizing and heating a feed mixture comprising carbonaceous material(-s) in the presence of homogeneous catalysts and liquid organic compounds to produce a converted feed mixture. The converted feed mixture is cooled and depressurized, and then separated into: a gas phase, an oil phase, and a water phase comprising liquid organic compounds and dissolved homogeneous catalysts comprising potassium and/or sodium. The liquid organic compounds and dissolved homogenous catalysts are at least partly recovered from said water phase, thereby producing a first water phase stream enriched in liquid organic compounds and homogeneous catalysts and a second water phase stream depleted in liquid organic compounds and homogeneous catalysts. The first water phase is at least partly recycled to the feed mixture, with a bleed stream being withdrawn therefrom prior to recycling.

Recovery system for high pressure processing system

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Julie Katerine Rodriguez Guerrero