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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2010
Robert Bartek, Centennial, CO (US);
Michael Brady, Studio City, CA (US);
Dennis Stamires, Dana Point, CA (US);
Steve Yanik, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Paul O'connor, Hoevelaken, NL;
Jacobus Cornelius Rasser, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Robert Bartek, Centennial, CO (US);
Michael Brady, Studio City, CA (US);
Dennis Stamires, Dana Point, CA (US);
Steve Yanik, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Paul O'Connor, Hoevelaken, NL;
Jacobus Cornelius Rasser, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
KiOR Inc., Pasadena, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for producing fuel from biomass is disclosed herein. The process includes torrefying biomass material at a temperature between 80° C. to 400° C. to form particulated biomass having a mean average particle size between 1 μm and 1000 μm. The particulated biomass is mixed with a liquid hydrocarbon to form a suspension, wherein the suspension includes from 1 weight percent to 40 weight percent particulated biomass. The suspension is fed into a unit selected from the group consisting of a pyrolysis reactor, a fluid catalytic cracking unit, a delayed coker, a fluid coker, a hydroprocessing unit, and a hydrocracking unit, and then at least a portion of the particulated biomass of the suspension is converted into fuel.