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OP-III-B-8TWO STEP PROCESS OF OBTAINING LOW BENZENECONTAINING FUELS FROM ETHANOLMakarfi Y.I. 1 , Tretyakov V.F. 1,2 , Frantsuzova N.A. 1 , Tretyakov K.V. 21 Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology,119571 Moscow, Russia2 A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Moscow, Russiayusufisa@yahoo.comRecent reports have shown that a lot of progress is being made in utilizingethanol obtained from biomass as a fuel in internal combustion engines. However,this advancement is dampened by the need to redesign engines that will easily utilizeethanol without having to blend it. Among the advantages of ethanol over fossil fuel isthe reduction in net emission of carbon dioxide. At the same time among itsshortcomings is the fact that crude oil does not only supply fuels but also a widerange of hydrocarbons through primary and secondary treatment of the raw crude.A more convenient way of fully substituting crude oil with ethanol should ensurethat products obtainable from crude oil can be produced from ethanol. To this effect,much work has been done in converting the liquid obtained from biomass into a widerange of hydrocarbons. As reported in [1], based on reaction conditions, varioushydrocarbons can be obtained by passing ethanol over modified zeolite catalysts.However, It has been observed that the concentration of certain aromatic compoundsin the conversion product is relatively high compared to modern day acceptablestandards in transport fuels (less than 1%). Taking this into consideration, We havedeveloped an effective way of hydrogenating the liquid obtained from ethanolconversion using nano-structured Pt-Rd catalyst. The concentration of aromatichydrocarbons in the upgraded liquid reduces by 50%, with practically no benzene.(Table1.) This makes it possible to produce transport fuels with aromatic content 12-35 %mass. (diagram1). The research shows that ethanol is capable of substitutingcrude oil not only as a source of transport fuel, but as a raw material for otherpetrochemicals.194