Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

OP-1-14BIO-ETHANOL – PETROCHEMICAL RAW MATERIALTretiyakov V.F. 1 , Isa Y.M. 1 , Frantsuzova N.A. 1 , Torkhovskii V.N. 1 ,Tretiyakov K.V. 21 Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscowe-mail: tretjakov@ips.ac.ru2 A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, MoscowDue to the increase in global consumption of hydrocarbon based fuels anddecline in crude oil reserves, there is active ongoing research in finding an alternativeto the traditional source of hydrocarbons - crude oil. In the last decade, as a result ofthe problems raised by global warming and the agreement reached by manycountries at the Kyoto convention which limits the volume of carbon dioxide given offto the atmosphere, there has been a significant interest in renewable energy sources.Using crude oil, coal and natural gas cannot reduce CO 2 emission, since, thecarbon in these materials on combustion gives off carbon dioxide. The only, knownway of absorbing atmospheric CO 2 is by photosynthesis; where carbon dioxide isconverted and to carbohydrate in plants, which if processed can give a vast numberof important products, one of which is bio-ethanol. Bio-ethanol can be produced byfermentation of starch or sugar that is found in the sap and fruit of plants. Industrialwastes are also raw materials for bio-ethanol production.In many countries, bio-ethanol is used as fuel for internal combustion engines inits pure form and also as a mixture with gasoline. However in Russia and other coldparts of the world, using ethanol as a fuel is hindered by many factors; highhygroscopic nature of ethanol, social factors and absence of legislative acts onethanol.A promising way of processing bio-ethanol into different hydrocarbons isconverting it over zeolite catalysts. An example of such process is the production ofbutadiene and synthetic rubber from ethanol over natural zeolites using theLebedeev’s method. As a result of the discovery of large crude oil deposits, ethanolwas forced out of this process by cheaper cracking products. However with increasein crude oil prices, the process of obtaining 1, 3-butadiene from bio-ethanol seemsmore promising.We have developed a technology, which allows for obtaining a wide range ofhydrocarbons from the conversion of ethanol over zeolite catalysts. Depending on38