Renewable heating oil
View Patent ↗More stable and valuable bio-oil produced from biomasses are provided. More specifically, more stable and valuable bio-oil useful as heating oil is provided. Particularly, various embodiments of the present invention provide for a bio-oil having sufficient heating value and stability to be useful as heating oil without the need to hydrotreat the bio-oil or use a similar deoxygenating process.
1. A renewable heating oil composition derived from the thermochemical conversion of a cellulosic biomass, wherein said renewable heating oil composition comprises hydrocarbons consisting of:
(a) an oxygenated component present in an amount such that the renewable heating oil composition has an oxygen content from 6 weight percent to 15 weight percent, and
(b) a non-oxygenated component having an aromatic content greater than about 40 weight percent,
wherein said renewable heating oil composition has a heating value from 14,000 btu/lb to about 18,000 btu/lb.
2. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 1 wherein said oxygenated component is present in an amount such that said oxygen content of said renewable heating oil composition is from 7 to 15 weight percent.
3. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 1 wherein said aromatic content of said non-oxygenated component is from about 40 weight percent to about 60 weight percent.
4. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 1 wherein said cellulosic biomass is a lignocellulosic biomass.
5. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 1 wherein said renewable heating oil composition is used as a fuel for a furnace, boiler or stove.
6. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 1 wherein said renewable heating oil composition is produced from said thermochemical conversion without an oxygen-removing hydrotreatment step.
7. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 1 wherein said thermochemical conversion is in the presence of a catalyst.
8. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 1 having a stability parameter of less than 30 cp/h.
9. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 1 having a stability parameter of less than 15 cp/h.
10. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 1 having a stability parameter of less than 1 cp/h.
11. A renewable heating oil composition derived from the thermochemical conversion of a lignocellulosic biomass in the presence of a catalyst without an oxygen-removing hydrotreatment step, wherein said renewable heating oil composition comprises mainly hydrocarbons consisting of:
(a) an oxygenated component present in an amount such that the renewable heating oil composition has an oxygen content from 7 weight percent to 15 weight percent, and
(b) a non-oxygenated component having an aromatic content from about 40 weight percent to about 60 weight percent,
wherein said oxygenated component and said non-oxygenated component are present in a proportion so as to render a heating value from 14,000 to about 18,000 btu/lb, and wherein said composition is used as a heating oil for a furnace, boiler or stove.
12. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 11 having a stability parameter of less than 30 cp/h.
13. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 11 having a stability parameter of less than 15 cp/h.
14. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 11 having a stability parameter of less than 1 cp/h.
15. A renewable heating oil composition derived from a cellulosic biomass wherein said renewable heating oil composition is produced by a process comprising:
(a) converting at least a portion of said cellulosic biomass material in an oxygen-poor environment in the presence of a catalyst material at a temperature in the range of from about 200° C. to about 1000° C. to produce a reaction product stream containing said renewable heating oil composition; and
(b) separating said renewable heating oil composition from said reaction product stream such that said heating oil composition has a heating value from 14,000 btu/lb to about 18,000 btu/lb, without an oxygen-removing hydrotreatment step, and wherein said renewable heating oil composition comprises hydrocarbons and said hydrocarbons consist of (i) an oxygenated component present in an amount such that the renewable heating oil composition has an oxygen content from 6 weight percent to 15 weight percent, and (ii) a non-oxygenated component having an aromatic content greater than about 40 weight percent.
16. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 15 wherein said cellulosic biomass is a lignocellulosic biomass.
17. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 15 wherein said oxygenated component is present in an amount such that said oxygen content of said renewable heating-oil composition is from 7 weight percent to 15 weight percent.
18. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 15 wherein said aromatic content of said non-oxygenated component is from about 40 weight percent to about 60 weight percent.
19. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 15 wherein the conversion of step (a) occurs in less than 10 seconds.
20. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 15 having a stability parameter of less than 30 cp/h.
21. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 15 having a stability parameter of less than 15 cp/h.
22. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 15 having a stability parameter of less than 1 cp/h.
23. A renewable heating oil composition derived from a lignocellulosic biomass wherein said renewable heating oil composition is produced by a process comprising:
(a) converting in less than 10 seconds at least a portion of said lignocellulosic biomass material in an oxygen-poor environment in the presence of a catalyst material at a temperature in the range of from about 200° C. to about 1000° C. to produce a reaction product stream containing said renewable heating oil composition; and
(b) separating said renewable heating oil composition from said reaction product stream such that said renewable heating oil composition has a heating value from 14,000 btu/lb to about 18,000 btu/lb, without an oxygen-removing hydrotreatment step, and wherein said renewable heating oil composition comprises hydrocarbons and said hydrocarbons consist of (i) an oxygenated component present in an amount such that said renewable heating oil composition has an oxygen content from 7 weight percent to 15 weight percent, and (ii) a non-oxygenated component having an aromatic content from about 40 weight percent to about 60 weight percent.
24. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 23 having a stability parameter of less than 30 cp/h.
25. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 23 having a stability parameter of less than 15 cp/h.
26. The renewable heating oil composition of claim 23 having a stability parameter of less than 1 cp/h.