Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

HYDROTREATMENT CATALYSTS DESIGN FOR BIO-FUELSPRODUCTIONYakovlev V.A. 1 , Khromova S.A. 1 , Bykova M.V. 1 , Yermakov D.Yu. 1 ,Heeres H.J. 2 , Venderbosch R.H. 3 , Parmon V.N. 11 Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, RussiaE-mail: yakovlev@catalysis.ru2 University of Groningen, the Netherlands3 BTG Biomass Technology Group BV, the NetherlandsOP-1-8Biomass is a renewable alternative to fossil raw materials in the production ofliquid fuels and chemicals. The objective of this work is to develop two-stagetechnology for biodiesel and green diesel production from lipidic renewables (plantoils, animal fats, algae lipids). The specificity of the work is development of neweffective catalysts, adjusted to renewable feedstock. The technology is based onconjugated catalytic processes of transetherification and mild hydrocrackingrepresented on the scheme below:+ CH 3 OH GlycerinPlantoils 100%step 1 – transetherificationstep 2 – mild hydrocracking+ CH 3 OH Biodiesel ∼ 80% + H 2step 1plant oils ∼ 20%step 2Biodiesel∼ 50-70%Main features of developed technology are:− biofuel production of two types: biodiesel and green diesel;− varying of biodiesel and green diesel yields depending needs;− optimization of hydrogen consumption;HeatGreenDiesel+CH 4− energy-supply of both stages via burning of gaseous products, produced on2nd step.Catalytic characteristics of the technology include application of heterogeneousbasic trasetherification catalysts under 200-220°C and 2.0 MPa and possibility ofmultiple catalyst regeneration for the first stage. For the second stage these onescomprise using of non-sulfided and non-noble metal catalysts, mild reaction31