BIOMASS TO LIQUIDS PROCESS
The present invention relates to a biorefinery system for conserving resources, whereby the system has a refining unit, at least one bio-oil unit, and a host site.
1 . A biorefinery system designed for conserving resources, comprising:
(a) at lease one refining unit for converting bio-oil into fuel and other derivatives;
(b) at least one bio-oil unit which houses unrefined bio-oils selected from the group consisting of natural bio-oils, liquefaction products, and combinations thereof; and,
(c) at least one host site which can utilize or provide resources to the at least one refining unit, the at least one bio-oil unit, or both.
2 . The biorefinery system of claim 1 wherein the natural bio-oils are selected from the group consisting of animal fats, plant oils, vegetable oils, algae oils, and combinations thereof.
3 . The biorefinery system of claim 1 wherein the liquefaction products are sources from the group consisting of direct liquefaction, indirect liquefaction, and combinations thereof.
4 . The biorefinery system of claim 3 wherein the indirect liquefaction process is selected from the group consisting of, pyrolysis, hydrgenolysis, thermolysis, and thermal depolymerization.
5 . The biorefinery system of claim 3 wherein the indirect liquefaction process is selected from the group consisting of gasification, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, methanol synthesis, and higher alcohol synthesis.
6 . The biorefinery system of claim 1 wherein the at least one host site is selected from the group consisting of waste water treatment, slaughter house, food production facility, grain processing facility, ethanol plants, pulp plants, and pulp and paper plants.
7 . The biorefinery system of claim 1 wherein the at least one refining unit uses hydroprocessing technologies selected from the group consisting of hydrocracking, hydrotreating, and hydroisomerization.
8 . The biorefinery system of claim 1 wherein the liquefaction products are sourced from the group consisting of forest residues, crop residues, MSW, sludge from water treating plants, waste chemicals from biomass sources such as glycerol from biodiesel production ect.
9 . The biorefinery system of claim 1 wherein the at least one bio-oil unit is located adjacent the at least one refining unit.