WO2014092896A1 - Catalytic cracking process for biofeeds - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to the catalytic cracking of biofeeds and more particularly in its preferred forms to the catalytic cracking of triglyceride materials using a basic catalyst.
- Biomass is the only renewable energy source that yields solid, gaseous and liquid fuels and has been described as the renewable energy source with the highest potential to contribute to the energy needs of modern society. Biomass also has the significant environmental advantage of maintaining some level of carbon balance: even though biomass combustion releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, plants consume carbon dioxide in the process of photosynthesis thus tending to an improved carbon balance.
- Ethanol is one option as a gasoline component. Ethanol can be made efficiently from sugar cane in tropical climates but much less efficiently from corn and other crops in temperate zones. Vegetable oils (mainly triglycerides) can be produced effectively in warm climates (e.g. palm oil) or temperate zones (rapeseed, soy) but triglycerides must be converted by some means for use in vehicles. Transesterification is one option for making diesel fuel suitable for use in road vehicles, commonly referred to as biodiesel.
- Biodiesel (100%, referred to as B 100) is a renewable fuel, defined officially by the National Biodiesel Board (USA) according to ASTM D 6751 as a fuel comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats. It is typically produced by a reaction of a vegetable oil or animal fat with an alcohol such as methanol or ethanol in the presence of a catalyst to yield mono-alkyl esters and glycerin, which is removed as a by-product.
- Biodiesel can be blended with petroleum based diesel fuels for use in existing diesel engines usually with little or no modification to the engine or fuel systems and is thus distinct from the vegetable and waste oils used in diesel engines which have been suitably modified.
- Another potential biomass conversion process is hydrocracking; the process is proven technology but incurs considerable cost for operation, especially in extra hydrogen consumption.
- Yet another technique used to convert biomass into valuable liquid derivatives is pyro lysis. Pyro lysis is a severe form of thermal cracking with subsequent rearrangement of fragments. The resulting bio-oil can then be used as fuel or for the production of chemicals.
- triglyceride based vegetable oils or animal fats have the potential to be a suitable source of fuel or hydrocarbons under the right processing conditions, pyrolysis of triglyceride materials is not as well established as with other lignocellulosic biomass sources such as switchgrass, bagasse, etc. and it has been shown that these two types of bio-oils are entirely different in nature.
- Triglycerides such as those found in canola and other vegetable oils and animal fats are, however, promising feeds for catalytic cracking as they are essentially aliphatic hydrocarbons, apart from the three ester groups. The loss of the six oxygens from the ester groups as water will however leave the remaining hydrocarbon fragments deficient in hydrogen and thus prone to coking and other sorts of aromatization.
- U.S. Patent No. 8,231 , 777 describes a method of converting oils of vegetable origin to products in the diesel boiling range using conventional fresh or equilibrium FCC catalysts such as zeolites, e.g. ZSM-5, faujasite or mordenite, or with silica-aluminum phosphate (SAPO) or aluminum phosphate (ALPO) in a twin reactor unit with one reactor dedicated to use with the vegetable oil feed.
- SAPO silica-aluminum phosphate
- APO aluminum phosphate
- a process of catalytically cracking a feedstock which comprises a biocomponent contacts the feedstock with a catalytic cracking catalyst comprising a basic metal oxide on a porous oxide support at an elevated cracking temperature to eliminate oxygen from the biocomponent to form cracked hydrocarbon residues.
- the basic metal oxide of the cracking catalyst is preferably an oxide of a metal Group 2 of the Periodic
- IUPAC such as calcium or magnesium on a support comprised of a non- acidic form of alumina such as gibbsite or boehmite.
- feedstocks are those based on triglycerides, especially vegetable oils, animal fats and algae oils.
- FIGURE 1 is an X-ray diffraction pattern from a catalyst containing hydrotalcite as described in the Examples.
- FIGURE 2 is a plot of X-ray diffraction patterns from catalysts containing magnesium oxide and calcium oxide as well as from the calcined alumina support material as described in the Examples.
- the feed used in the present catalytic cracking process comprises a biocomponent; that is, a component which has been derived from biological sources such as a triglyceride-containing feed.
- a feedstock containing triglycerides can be at least partially deoxygenated to produce a cracking product with a substantial portion of useful liquid products.
- a feed derived from a biological source can be a feedstock derived from a biological raw material component, such as vegetable fats/oils or animal fats/oils, fish oils, pyrolysis oils, and algae lipids/oils, as well as components of such materials, and in some embodiments can specifically include one or more types of lipid compounds.
- a biological raw material component such as vegetable fats/oils or animal fats/oils, fish oils, pyrolysis oils, and algae lipids/oils, as well as components of such materials, and in some embodiments can specifically include one or more types of lipid compounds.
- Lipid compounds are typically biological compounds that are insoluble in water, but soluble in nonpolar (or fat) solvents such as alcohols, ethers, chloroform, alkyl acetates, benzene, and combinations of them.
- lipids include, but are not necessarily limited to, fatty acids, glycerol-derived lipids (including fats, oils and phospholipids), sphingosine-derived lipids (including ceramides, cerebrosides, gangliosides, and sphingomyelins), steroids and their derivatives, terpenes and their derivatives, fat-soluble vitamins, certain aromatic compounds, and long-chain alcohols and waxes.
- Biofeeds containing triglycerides are preferred for this catalytic cracking process.
- Triglycerides are present in many typical sources used as feedstock for making renewable products and are promising feeds for catalytic cracking.
- Typical triglycerides useful for making renewable products include a three carbon glycerol backbone that has ester linkages to three longer side chains shown in the structure:
- R l 5 R 2 and R 3 are three alkyl groups, typically long chain alkyl groups of about 12 to about 30 carbon atoms, more usually from 16 to 22 carbon atoms. If the six oxygens from the ester groups leave as H 2 O, the remaining hydrocarbon fragments are deficient in hydrogen, and the fragments are then prone to aromatization which, through the formation of polycyclic aromatics, may lead to coking and a decrease in liquid products. According to the present invention, however, the use of basic cracking catalysts, in particular those containing calcium or magnesium, can lead to a desirable product distribution with increased yields of non-aromatic distillate. [0016] Triglycerides are plentiful in nature and can be found in a wide variety of natural sources, described briefly below.
- the main classes of such sources include vegetable oils, animal fats and oils and algae lipids and oils.
- vegetable oils that can be used include, but are not limited to rapeseed (canola) oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, peanut oil, linseed oil, tall oil, corn oil, castor oil, jatropha oil, jojoba oil, olive oil, flaxseed oil, camelina oil, safflower oil, babassu oil, tallow oil and rice bran oil.
- Useful vegetable oils also include processed vegetable oil materials such as the fatty acids and fatty acid alkyl esters derived from vegetable oils, e.g.
- C i-C 5 alkyl esters with the methyl, ethyl, and propyl esters preferred.
- animal fats that can be used include beef fat (tallow), hog fat (lard), turkey fat, fish fats/oils especially from forage fishes such as menhaden, and chicken fat.
- the animal fats can be obtained from any suitable source including restaurants, meat production facilities and slaughterhouses.
- Animal fats also including processed animal fat materials
- Algae oils or lipids can typically be contained in algae in the form of membrane components, storage products, and/or metabolites. Certain algal strains, particularly microalgae such as diatoms and cyanobacteria, can contain proportionally high levels of lipids. Algal sources for the algae oils can contain varying amounts, e.g., from 2 wt% to 40 wt% of lipids, based on total weight of the biomass itself.
- Algal sources for algae oils can include, but are not limited to, unicellular and multicellular algae.
- Examples of such algae can include a rhodophyte, chlorophyte, heteronochphyte, tribophyte, glaucophyte, chlorarachniophyte, euglenoid, haptophyte, cryptomonad, dinoflagellum, phytoplankton, and the like, and combinations thereof.
- algae can be of the classes Chlorophyceae and/or Haptophyta.
- Neochloris oleoabundans Scenedesmus dimorphus, Euglena gracilis, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Pleurochrysis carterae, Prymnesium parvum, Tetraselmis chui, and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
- Additional or alternate algal sources can include one or more microalgae of the Achnanthes, Amphiprora, Amphora, Ankistrodesmus, Asteromonas, Boekelovia, Borodinella, Botryococcus, Bracteococcus, Chaetoceros, Carteria, Chlamydomonas, Chlorococcum, Chlorogonium, Chlorella, Chroomonas, Chrysosphaera, Cricosphaera, Crypthecodinium, Cryptomonas, Cyclotella, Dunaliella, Ellipsoidon, Emiliania, Eremosphaera, Ernodesmius, Euglena, Franceia, Fragilaria, Gloeothamnion, Haematococcus, Halocafeteria, Hymenomonas, Isochrysis, Lepocinclis, Micractinium, Monoraphidium, Nannochloris, Nannochloropsis,
- the preferred biocomponent feeds include any of those which comprise primarily triglycerides and free fatty acids (FFAs).
- the triglycerides and FFAs typically contain aliphatic hydrocarbon chains in their structure having from 8 to 36 carbons, preferably from 10 to 26 carbons, for example from 14 to 22 carbons.
- Types of triglycerides can be determined according to their fatty acid constituents.
- the fatty acid constituents can be readily determined using Gas Chromatography (GC) analysis. This analysis involves extracting the fat or oil, saponifying (hydro lyzing) the fat or oil, preparing an alkyl (e.g., methyl) ester of the saponified fat or oil, and determining the type of ester using GC analysis.
- GC Gas Chromatography
- a majority (i.e., greater than 50%) of the triglyceride present in the lipid material can be comprised of C i 0 to C 26 fatty acid constituents, based on total triglyceride present in the lipid material.
- a majority of triglycerides present in the biocomponent feed are preferably comprised of C 12 to C J8 fatty acid constituents, based on total triglyceride content.
- Other types of feed that are derived from biological raw material components can include fatty acid esters, such as fatty acid alkyl esters (e.g., FAME and/or FAEE).
- the biocomponent portion of a feedstock can also be characterized relative to the olefin content of the feed.
- the olefin content of a biocomponent feed can vary widely depending on the source of the feed.
- a feed based on soybean oil may contain up to 100% of molecules that contain at least one degree of unsaturation. Palm oils typically include 25 - 50 wt% of olefinic molecules, while coconut oil may include 15% or less of olefinic molecules.
- a biocomponent portion of a feed can include at least about 20 wt% olefins, such as at least about 40 wt% olefins, or at least about 50 wt% olefins, or at least about 75 wt% olefins where the olefin is any compound that includes an olefin bond.
- olefin is any compound that includes an olefin bond.
- the proportion of olefins may be reduced if one or more of the smaller components does not contain an olefin.
- a triglyceride with an olefin bond in only one of the three side chains would be considered an olefin. Therefore, the entire weight of the triglyceride would count toward the olefin weight percentage in the feed.
- the fatty acid resulting from the side chain including the olefin bond would count toward the olefin weight percentage.
- the other two fatty acids formed from the side chains would be separate molecules and therefore would not be considered olefins. Thus, even though no olefins were saturated, the weight percentage of olefins in the feed would still be lower.
- the biocomponent portion of the feedstock can be a hydrotreated or non-hydrotreated portion.
- a non-hydrotreated feed can typically have an olefin content and an oxygen content similar to the content of the corresponding raw biocomponent material.
- treated biocomponent feeds include food grade vegetable oils, and biocomponent feeds that are refined, bleached, and/or deodorized.
- Biocomponent based feeds will normally contain oxygen in addition to nitrogen and sulfur as other heteroatoms.
- a biocomponent feedstream based on a vegetable oil may include up to about 10 wt% oxygen, for example, at least about 1 wt% oxygen, for example at least about 2 wt%, at least about 3 wt%, at least about 4 wt%, at least about 5 wt%, at least about 6 wt%, or at least about 8 wt% or even more, e.g. up to about 12 wt% or up to about 14 wt%.
- the olefin content of the biocomponent feedstream (assuming no prior hydrotreatment), can include an olefin content of at least about 3 wt%, for example at least about 5 wt% or at least about 10 wt%, depending on the source of the biocomponent.
- the number of double bonds in the fatty acid portions of the biofeeds can typically vary from zero up to four: oleic acid, for example, has one double bond, linoleic acid has two, and others have three of four as shown in Table 1.
- olefmic double bonds have a faster cracking rate
- the presence of olefmic bonds in the hydrocarbon fragments is favorable to the cracking process so that biocomponents such as the triglycerides derived from oleic, linoleic, linolenic, arachidonic acids are favored for their amenability to cracking has four as are the fatty acids in fish oils which may contain up to six or more double bonds.
- the feed can include at least about 10 wt% of feed based on a biocomponent source or sources, or higher amounts, for example, at least about 25 wt%, at least about 50 wt%, or at least about 75 wt%, or at least about 90 wt%, or at least about 95 wt%.
- a unit dedicated to biocomponent feed cracking i.e. with a feed comprised entirely of biocomponent(s).
- Biocomponent feedstreams can have a wide range of nitrogen and/or sulfur contents in addition to the oxygen content.
- a biocomponent based feedstream based on a vegetable oil source can contain up to about 300 wppm nitrogen while a biomass based feedstream containing whole or ruptured algae can content even more nitrogen, for instance, at least about 2 wt%, for example at least about 3 wt%, at least about 5 wt%, or at least about 10 wt%; algae with still higher nitrogen contents are known.
- the sulfur content of a biocomponent feed can also vary. In some cases, the sulfur content can be about 500 wppm or less, for example about 100 wppm or less, about 50 wppm or less, or about 10 wppm or less.
- the cracking feed including a biocomponent, preferably one which contains triglycerides is subjected to catalytic cracking over a cracking catalyst which contains a basic metal component.
- the catalyst will normally have the basic metal component on a porous oxide support in order to provide a greater surface area on which the cracking reactions can occur; support materials with a high surface area, typically at least 100 m 2 /g are preferred.
- the support may typically comprise a metal oxide such as activated alumina, titania ceria, zirconia or may be a mixed oxide such as silica-alumina.
- Supports that have a low degree of acidity are preferred such as the non-acidic forms of alumina e.g. boehmite ( ⁇ - ⁇ ( ⁇ )), gibbsite, silica titania.
- Gamma-alumina represents a good choice for catalytic applications because of a defect spinel crystal lattice that imparts to it a structure that is both open and capable of high surface area.
- Gamma-alumina commonly used as a catalytic support for automotive and industrial catalysts, typically has a face- centered cubic close-packed oxygen sublattice structure having a high surface area typically of 150-300 m 2 /g, a large number of pores with diameters of 30 - 120 Angstroms and a pore volume of 0.5 to > 1 cm 3 /g, making it particularly useful as a catalytic support.
- Flash calcined gibbsite (rho-alumina) e.g. CP powder manufactured by Almatis AC, Inc.
- Vidalia, LA is notable for its high surface area, typically over 100 or 200 m 2 /g, e.g. with a BET surface area of 120-150 m 2 /g and even higher, e.g. 250 or 350-420 m 2 /g.
- the support may suitably be formed into catalyst particles suitable for use in the FCC process by spray drying a slurry of the support material in the conventional manner, to produce catalyst particles with a particle size not more than 100 ⁇ and in most cases in the range of 20-100 ⁇ .
- the basic component of the catalyst is provided by a basic metal compound, typically an alkaline earth metal (in oxide form) of Group 2 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC table), especially calcium and magnesium; beryllium will not normally be used in view of its toxicity while the heavier metals strontium and barium are not expected to offer any advantage over the more readily accessible calcium and magnesium.
- the metals of Group 1 (alkali metals) are not favored in view of the reactivity in oxide form towards water which is generated during the cracking reaction by release of the oxygens from the biofeed component.
- Basic mixed metal oxides of a basic metal such as magnesium are useful, for example, hydrotalcite, (Mg 6 Al 2 (CO 3 )(OH) 16 -4(H 2 O) are also useful.
- Supported catalysts with hydrotalcite as the basic metal oxide may be particularly effective in view of the high surface area of the hydrotalcite component.
- the basic metal component may conveniently be incorporated into the support by impregnation using an aqueous solution of a salt of the metal, preferably by the incipient wetness technique. Incorporation by ion-exchange will not normally be an option since the support material will not have sufficient acid sites capable of engaging in cation exchange with the cations of the basic metal.
- Suitable metals salts of the preferred basic metals will include acetates, nitrate and chlorides; magnesium sulfate is also a choice, being readily soluble in water although the corresponding calcium salt is not.
- the support with the impregnated salt is calcined to convert the salt to oxide form; calcination temperatures of at least about 400°C are preferred with higher temperatures being also suitable, e.g. 500°C, 600°C, 700°C or 800°C, depending on available equipment.
- the basic metal it may be directly added during the catalyst formulation by mixing with a slurry of the support material and optional binders followed by spray drying of the slurry in the normal way with calcination to confer finished strength.
- relatively high proportions of the basic metal oxide may be incorporated, for example, up to 50 wt. pet. of the catalyst or even more.
- the basic metal oxide inherently has a high surface area such as the hydrotalcite mentioned above, a finished catalyst with a desirably high surface area may be made.
- Alpha activity is a dimensionless value which reflects the relative activity of the catalyst with respect to a high activity silica-alumina cracking catalyst.
- the method of determining alpha is described in the Journal of Catalysis, Vol. VI, pages 278-287, 1966.
- the alpha activity of the catalyst should be not more than 5, and preferably not more than 2 or even less, preferably less than 1 or less than 0.5.
- Aluminas e.g. gamma alumina, typically have alpha values less than 1 , and thus are considered low- acidity materials compared to zeolite or the silica-alumina components of cracking catalysts.
- the cracking of the biocomponent-containing feed is suitably carried out by the fluid catalytic cracking process (FCC) although moving bed cracking is also contemplated if lower catalys feed ratios can be accepted.
- Fluid catalytic cracking can be operated using conventional equipment and under the normal FCC conditions with a temperature (riser top temperature in a riser type unit) of at least about 400°C and usually higher, e.g. 500°C or 550°C although lower temperatures may be feasible with a practical minimum of 300°C, and typically in the range 300-500°C, e.g. 350-450°C.
- Catalys feed ratios (by weight) will typically be at least about 2: 1 and preferably higher, e.g.
- Pressures in the cracker will be within normal limits i.e. at moderate pressures up to about 2 barg, e.g. about 1.5-1.7 barg.
- Other conditions such as steam:feed ratio, riser residence time, etc. can be chosen according to the specific catalyst and feed in use, as dictated by empirical means to achieve the desired hydrocarbon product distribution which will of course, vary with the selected cracking conditions.
- biocomponent feedstreams can vary depending on the nature of the biocomponent source. Although biocomponent feedstreams with final boiling points up to about 540°C (1000°F) may be suitable for use, many will have lower boiling ranges.
- One parameter that will be significant in the selected cracking conditions in normal commercial scale operation is, however, not the boiling point of the feed but its smoke point since this is the value at which decomposition and charring of the oil begins.
- the preheat temperature of the feed may be desirable to limit the preheat temperature of the feed to the value of the smoke point or a value not far removed above it if excessive thermal degradation of the feed during the preheating is to be avoided and coking of the preheat furnace kept at an acceptable level.
- preheater furnace temperatures as high as about 360°C (680°F) or 420°C (about 785°F), depending on location of measurement, are common when cracking mineral oil feeds
- restriction of the preheat to a value not much above the smoke point of the feed or, the smoke point of the biofeed component with the lowest smoke point with mixed feeds
- the smoke points of some typical unrefined vegetable oils can be quite low, e.g.
- the use of the basic cracking catalysts with the biocomponent feeds is capable of producing an enhanced yield of distillate hydrocarbons boiling above the gasoline boiling range (i.e. above 200°C/392°F) which is of particular advantage at present times with an increased demand for distillate product for use as road diesel and kerojet fuel.
- the distillate proportion of the C 5 + liquid fraction will be at least 25 wt. pet. of the total C5+ liquid hydrocarbon fraction.
- the distillate fraction contains a higher proportion of non- aromatics (paraffins/naphthenes/olefins) which again is favorable for blending into road diesel and kerojet.
- the P/N/O proportion is typically at least 40 wt. pet. or even at least 50 wt. pet., as compared to not more than 30 wt. pet when using a conventional FCC cracking catalyst.
- One option for increasing the biocomponent content of a feed is to use recycled product from processing of biocomponent feed as a diluent.
- a recycled product from processing a biocomponent feed is still derived from a biocomponent source, and therefore such a recycled product can be counted as a feed portion from a biocomponent source.
- a feed containing 60% biocomponent feed that has not been processed and 40% of a recycled product from processing of the biocomponent feed can be considered as a feed that derived wholly from biocomponent.
- at least a portion of the product from processing of a biocomponent feed can be a diesel boiling range (200-350°C) product.
- the amount of recycled product can correspond to at least about 10 wt% of the feed to the deoxygenation process, such as at least about 25 wt%, or at least about 40 wt%.
- the amount of recycled product in a feed can be about 60 wt% or less, such as about 50 wt% or less, 40 wt% or less, or about 25 wt% or less.
- Embodiment 1 A process of catalytically cracking a feedstock comprising a biocomponent which comprises contacting a feedstock comprising a biocomponent with a catalytic cracking catalyst comprising a basic metal oxide on a porous oxide support at an elevated cracking temperature to eliminate oxygen from the biocomponent to form cracked hydrocarbon residues.
- Embodiment 2 A process according to embodiment 1 , wherein the basic metal oxide comprises an oxide of a metal of Group 2 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC).
- IUPAC Periodic Table
- Embodiment 3 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the basic metal oxide is calcium or magnesium.
- Embodiment 4 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the cracking catalyst has a surface are (BET) of at least 30 m 2 /g.
- Embodiment 5 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the cracking catalyst has a surface are (BET) of at least 50 m 2 /g.
- Embodiment 6 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the porous oxide support comprises a metal oxide.
- Embodiment 7 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the porous oxide support comprises a low-acidity alumina.
- Embodiment 8 A process according to embodiment 6, wherein the proportion of the metal of the basic metal oxide in the catalyst is at least 5 mol percent relative to the metal of the porous support material.
- Embodiment 9 A process according to embodiment 6, wherein the proportion of the metal of the basic metal oxide in the catalyst is at least 10 mol percent relative to the metal of the porous support material.
- Embodiment 10 A process according to embodiment 6, wherein the proportion of the metal of the basic metal oxide in the catalyst is at least 20 mol percent relative to the metal of the porous support material.
- Embodiment 1 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent comprising at least one triglyceride.
- Embodiment 12 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent comprising a vegetable oil.
- Embodiment 13 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent and a mineral oil.
- Embodiment 14 A process according to any of embodiments 1-12, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent and a processed biocomponent.
- Embodiment 15 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise not more than 60 weight percent aromatics.
- Embodiment 16 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise not more than 50 weight percent aromatics.
- Embodiment 17 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 40 weight percent paraffins/naphthenes/olefins.
- Embodiment 18 A process according to any of embodiments 1-14, wherein in the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 50 weight percent paraffins/naphthenes/olefms.
- Embodiment 19 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 15 weight percent distillate boiling above the gasoline boiling range.
- Embodiment 20 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 2 weight percent ethylene.
- Embodiment 21 A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the catalyst comprises MgO.
- Embodiment 22 A process according to embodiment 21 , wherein the catalyst further comprises Al 2 O 3 .
- Basic catalysts were formulated as follows. Two slurries were prepared. Both slurries contained 12 wt% aluminum chlorohydrol with 38 wt% kaolin to bind the material. Each slurry was then mixed to contain 50 wt% of either gibbsite alumina or hydrotalcite (Mg 6 Al 2 (CO 3 )(OH) 16 -4(H 2 O). Subsequent spray drying occurred at 174 kPag (25 psig) air pressure, a feed rate of 300 cc/min, and an outlet temperature of 149°C (300°F). The resulting particulate matter was then calcined at 500°C with a temperature ramp of 7°C/min with a hold at 500°C for 15 minutes and then cooled.
- the calcined gibbsite alumina support was then impregnated using the incipient wetness technique with either Ca acetate or Mg acetate (as aqueous solution) followed by calcination calcined at 800°C with a temperature ramp of 4.3°C/min with a hold at 500°C for 15 minutes followed by cooling in order to convert the metal acetates to metal oxides.
- the catalysts were then characterized using density measurements, alpha activity, temperature programmed ammonia adsorption, Brunauer- Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area (SA), metal loadings analysis, and x-ray diffraction (X D) to give the characteristics shown in Table 2 below.
- BET Brunauer- Emmett-Teller
- SA Brunauer- Emmett-Teller
- X D x-ray diffraction
- Metal loading molar ratio of total non-Al metals/ Al
- the X-ray diffraction pattern of the gibbsite/hydrotalcite catalyst is shown in Figure 1 and those for the CaO/gibbsite and MgO/gibbsite catalysts in Figure 2.
- pure CaO has a dominant peak at 37.4 degrees (2- theta), and smaller ones at 53.6 and 32.2 degrees.
- Pure MgO (mineral name: periclase) has major peaks at 43 and 62.3 degrees , and a minor peak at about 37 degrees.
- the catalysts were evaluated by cracking low erucic acid rapeseed oil (also known as Canola oil) using a batch FCC microreactor at 552°C (1025°F) and catalyst-to-oil ratio of 6.
- the commercial equilibrium catalyst was run as a standard for data comparison. The results are shown in Tables 3 and 4 below. Table 3 reports the total product distribution and Table 4 the hydrocarbon analysis of the liquid phase.
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Abstract
A process of catalytically cracking a feedstock based on a biocomponent contacts the feedstock with a catalytic cracking catalyst comprising a basic metal oxide on a porous oxide support at an elevated cracking temperature to eliminate oxygen from the biocomponent to form cracked hydrocarbon residues. The basic metal oxide of the cracking catalyst is preferably a metal oxide of Group 2 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) such as calcium or magnesium on a support comprised of a non-acidic form of alumina such as gibbsite or boehmite. Preferred feedstocks are those based on triglycerides, especially vegetable oils, animal fats and algae oils.
Description
CATALYTIC CRACKING PROCESS FOR BIOFEEDS
FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to the catalytic cracking of biofeeds and more particularly in its preferred forms to the catalytic cracking of triglyceride materials using a basic catalyst.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Petroleum derived fuels supply the majority of the world's energy and petroleum based products are used in a wide range of industrial applications; petrochemicals serve as raw materials for the chemical industry in the manufacture of numerous products. The enormous growth in consumption of crude petroleum during the middle and late twentieth century can be attributed to the ease with which petroleum can be discovered, produced, transported, processed, and utilized. The oil crisis in the 1970s, the depletion of reserves resulting from the growth in consumption, national security issues, price uncertainty, and growing environmental concern over the combustion of fossil fuels highlight major issues associated with the current levels of petroleum use. As a result, there has been renewed interest in the discovery of non-petroleum or "green" fuels, chemicals and sources of energy including wind power, solar power, hydrogen production, fuel cells, and biomass.
[0003] Government regulations are expected to drive the use of increasing amounts of bio-derived liquid fuels. A significant proportion of renewable energy research is devoted to harnessing energy from biomass. Biomass is the only renewable energy source that yields solid, gaseous and liquid fuels and has been described as the renewable energy source with the highest potential to contribute to the energy needs of modern society. Biomass also has the
significant environmental advantage of maintaining some level of carbon balance: even though biomass combustion releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, plants consume carbon dioxide in the process of photosynthesis thus tending to an improved carbon balance.
[0004] Ethanol is one option as a gasoline component. Ethanol can be made efficiently from sugar cane in tropical climates but much less efficiently from corn and other crops in temperate zones. Vegetable oils (mainly triglycerides) can be produced effectively in warm climates (e.g. palm oil) or temperate zones (rapeseed, soy) but triglycerides must be converted by some means for use in vehicles. Transesterification is one option for making diesel fuel suitable for use in road vehicles, commonly referred to as biodiesel. Biodiesel (100%, referred to as B 100) is a renewable fuel, defined officially by the National Biodiesel Board (USA) according to ASTM D 6751 as a fuel comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats. It is typically produced by a reaction of a vegetable oil or animal fat with an alcohol such as methanol or ethanol in the presence of a catalyst to yield mono-alkyl esters and glycerin, which is removed as a by-product. Biodiesel can be blended with petroleum based diesel fuels for use in existing diesel engines usually with little or no modification to the engine or fuel systems and is thus distinct from the vegetable and waste oils used in diesel engines which have been suitably modified.
[0005] Another potential biomass conversion process is hydrocracking; the process is proven technology but incurs considerable cost for operation, especially in extra hydrogen consumption. Yet another technique used to convert biomass into valuable liquid derivatives is pyro lysis. Pyro lysis is a severe form of thermal cracking with subsequent rearrangement of fragments. The resulting bio-oil can then be used as fuel or for the production of chemicals. Although triglyceride based vegetable oils or animal fats have the potential to be
a suitable source of fuel or hydrocarbons under the right processing conditions, pyrolysis of triglyceride materials is not as well established as with other lignocellulosic biomass sources such as switchgrass, bagasse, etc. and it has been shown that these two types of bio-oils are entirely different in nature. Triglycerides such as those found in canola and other vegetable oils and animal fats are, however, promising feeds for catalytic cracking as they are essentially aliphatic hydrocarbons, apart from the three ester groups. The loss of the six oxygens from the ester groups as water will however leave the remaining hydrocarbon fragments deficient in hydrogen and thus prone to coking and other sorts of aromatization.
[0006] Catalytic cracking of bio-derived liquids has previously been reported. U.S. Patent No. 8,231 , 777 (Silva) describes a method of converting oils of vegetable origin to products in the diesel boiling range using conventional fresh or equilibrium FCC catalysts such as zeolites, e.g. ZSM-5, faujasite or mordenite, or with silica-aluminum phosphate (SAPO) or aluminum phosphate (ALPO) in a twin reactor unit with one reactor dedicated to use with the vegetable oil feed. The catalytic cracking of rapeseed oil using commercial FCC equilibrium catalyst (Ecat) and Ecat catalysts with deposited metal (nickel and platinum) is also described by Rao et al in ChemSusChem 2010, 3, 807-8101 with the conclusion that with such catalysts, a judicious choice of metal is vital for performance. The increase in aromatization is confirmed by Dupain et al in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 72, Issues 1-2, 8 March 2007, 44-612 which reported a high aromatization rate of rapeseed oil fatty acids causing the formation of large amounts of aromatics of up to 30-40 wt.% in the gasoline fraction with relatively high amounts of coke when cracking with a commercial equilibrium catalyst under FCC conditions.
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[0007] Idem et al., Fuel Processing Technology 51 (1997) 101-1253 described the catalytic conversion of canola oil over a suite of catalysts, including ZSM-5, silica, silica-alumina, gamma-alumina, calcium oxide and magnesium oxide.
[0008] Thus, while vegetable oils are amenable to catalytic cracking, the yields and product distributions are less than desired when using conventional catalysts such as the commercial FCC catalysts used in this earlier work. For this reason, catalytic cracking of biofeeds is not known to be practiced commercially anywhere.
SUMMARY
[0009] We have now found that basic catalysts, in particular those containing metal oxides such as magnesium and calcium oxides, have the capability to lead to a desirable product distribution in catalytic cracking of feeds containing biocomponents, in particular, to a higher distillate selectivity, a notable advantage with the current increased demand for distillate product for use as road diesel and kerojet. In addition, this distillate is relatively high in non- aromatics (paraffins/naphthenes/olefins) which again is favorable for blending into road diesel and kerojet.
[0010] According to the present invention, a process of catalytically cracking a feedstock which comprises a biocomponent contacts the feedstock with a catalytic cracking catalyst comprising a basic metal oxide on a porous oxide support at an elevated cracking temperature to eliminate oxygen from the biocomponent to form cracked hydrocarbon residues. The basic metal oxide of the cracking catalyst is preferably an oxide of a metal Group 2 of the Periodic
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Table (IUPAC) such as calcium or magnesium on a support comprised of a non- acidic form of alumina such as gibbsite or boehmite. Preferred feedstocks are those based on triglycerides, especially vegetable oils, animal fats and algae oils.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] FIGURE 1 is an X-ray diffraction pattern from a catalyst containing hydrotalcite as described in the Examples.
[0012] FIGURE 2 is a plot of X-ray diffraction patterns from catalysts containing magnesium oxide and calcium oxide as well as from the calcined alumina support material as described in the Examples.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
Biofeeds for Catalytic Cracking
[0013] The feed used in the present catalytic cracking process comprises a biocomponent; that is, a component which has been derived from biological sources such as a triglyceride-containing feed. By carrying out the cracking under suitable and effective conditions using a basic cracking catalyst, a feedstock containing triglycerides can be at least partially deoxygenated to produce a cracking product with a substantial portion of useful liquid products.
[0014] A feed derived from a biological source (i.e., a biocomponent feed or feedstock) can be a feedstock derived from a biological raw material component, such as vegetable fats/oils or animal fats/oils, fish oils, pyrolysis oils, and algae lipids/oils, as well as components of such materials, and in some embodiments can specifically include one or more types of lipid compounds. Lipid compounds are typically biological compounds that are insoluble in water, but soluble in nonpolar (or fat) solvents such as alcohols, ethers, chloroform, alkyl
acetates, benzene, and combinations of them. Major classes of lipids include, but are not necessarily limited to, fatty acids, glycerol-derived lipids (including fats, oils and phospholipids), sphingosine-derived lipids (including ceramides, cerebrosides, gangliosides, and sphingomyelins), steroids and their derivatives, terpenes and their derivatives, fat-soluble vitamins, certain aromatic compounds, and long-chain alcohols and waxes.
[0015] Biofeeds containing triglycerides are preferred for this catalytic cracking process. Triglycerides are present in many typical sources used as feedstock for making renewable products and are promising feeds for catalytic cracking. Typical triglycerides useful for making renewable products include a three carbon glycerol backbone that has ester linkages to three longer side chains shown in the structure:
where Rl 5 R2 and R3 are three alkyl groups, typically long chain alkyl groups of about 12 to about 30 carbon atoms, more usually from 16 to 22 carbon atoms. If the six oxygens from the ester groups leave as H2O, the remaining hydrocarbon fragments are deficient in hydrogen, and the fragments are then prone to aromatization which, through the formation of polycyclic aromatics, may lead to coking and a decrease in liquid products. According to the present invention, however, the use of basic cracking catalysts, in particular those containing calcium or magnesium, can lead to a desirable product distribution with increased yields of non-aromatic distillate.
[0016] Triglycerides are plentiful in nature and can be found in a wide variety of natural sources, described briefly below. The main classes of such sources include vegetable oils, animal fats and oils and algae lipids and oils. Examples of vegetable oils that can be used include, but are not limited to rapeseed (canola) oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, peanut oil, linseed oil, tall oil, corn oil, castor oil, jatropha oil, jojoba oil, olive oil, flaxseed oil, camelina oil, safflower oil, babassu oil, tallow oil and rice bran oil. Useful vegetable oils also include processed vegetable oil materials such as the fatty acids and fatty acid alkyl esters derived from vegetable oils, e.g. typically, C i-C5 alkyl esters with the methyl, ethyl, and propyl esters preferred. Examples of animal fats that can be used include beef fat (tallow), hog fat (lard), turkey fat, fish fats/oils especially from forage fishes such as menhaden, and chicken fat. The animal fats can be obtained from any suitable source including restaurants, meat production facilities and slaughterhouses. Animal fats (also including processed animal fat materials) also include fatty acids and fatty acid alkyl esters, e.g. the C i -C5 alkyl esters with the methyl, ethyl, and propyl esters being again preferred.
[0017] Algae oils or lipids can typically be contained in algae in the form of membrane components, storage products, and/or metabolites. Certain algal strains, particularly microalgae such as diatoms and cyanobacteria, can contain proportionally high levels of lipids. Algal sources for the algae oils can contain varying amounts, e.g., from 2 wt% to 40 wt% of lipids, based on total weight of the biomass itself.
[0018] Algal sources for algae oils can include, but are not limited to, unicellular and multicellular algae. Examples of such algae can include a rhodophyte, chlorophyte, heterokontophyte, tribophyte, glaucophyte, chlorarachniophyte, euglenoid, haptophyte, cryptomonad, dinoflagellum, phytoplankton, and the like, and combinations thereof. In one embodiment,
algae can be of the classes Chlorophyceae and/or Haptophyta. Specific species can include, but are not limited to, Neochloris oleoabundans, Scenedesmus dimorphus, Euglena gracilis, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Pleurochrysis carterae, Prymnesium parvum, Tetraselmis chui, and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Additional or alternate algal sources can include one or more microalgae of the Achnanthes, Amphiprora, Amphora, Ankistrodesmus, Asteromonas, Boekelovia, Borodinella, Botryococcus, Bracteococcus, Chaetoceros, Carteria, Chlamydomonas, Chlorococcum, Chlorogonium, Chlorella, Chroomonas, Chrysosphaera, Cricosphaera, Crypthecodinium, Cryptomonas, Cyclotella, Dunaliella, Ellipsoidon, Emiliania, Eremosphaera, Ernodesmius, Euglena, Franceia, Fragilaria, Gloeothamnion, Haematococcus, Halocafeteria, Hymenomonas, Isochrysis, Lepocinclis, Micractinium, Monoraphidium, Nannochloris, Nannochloropsis, Navicula, Neochloris, Nephrochloris, Nephroselmis, Nitzschia, Ochromonas, Oedogonium, Oocystis, Ostreococcus, Pavlova, Parachlorella, Pascheria, Phaeodactylum, Phagus, Platymonas, Pleurochrysis, Pleurococcus, Prototheca, Pseudochlorella, Pyramimonas, Pyrobotrys, Scenedesmus, Skeletonema, Spyrogyra, Stichococcus, Tetraselmis, Thalassiosira, Viridiella, and Volvox species, and/or one or more cyanobacteria of the Agmenellum, Anabaena, Anabaenopsis, Anacystis, Aphanizomenon, Arthrospira, Asterocapsa, Borzia, Calothrix, Chamaesiphon, Chlorogloeopsis, Chroococcidiopsis, Chroococcus, Crinalium, Cyanobacterium, Cyanobium, Cyanocystis, Cyanospira, Cyanothece, Cylindrospermopsis, Cylindrospermum, Dactylococcopsis, Dermocarpella, Fischerella, Fremyella, Geitleria, Geitlerinema, Gloeobacter, Gloeocapsa, Gloeothece, Halospirulina, Iyengariella, Leptolyngbya, Limnothrix, Lyngbya, Microcoleus, Microcystis, Myxosarcina, Nodularia, Nostoc, Nostochopsis, Oscillatoria, Phormidium, Planktothrix, Pleurocapsa, Prochlorococcus, Prochloron, Prochlorothrix, Pseudanabaena, Rivularia, Schizothrix, Scytonema, Spirulina, Stanieria, Starria, Stigonema, Symploca, Synechococcus, Synechocystis, Tolypothrix, Trichodesmium, Tychonema, and Xenococcus species.
[0019] Table 1 below compares the fatty acid analysis (wt. pet. by gas chromatography) of various natural sources.
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Table 1
Fatty Acid Profiles of Natural Source Oils
Notes:
1. Fatty acid with chain length of 12 carbon atoms and 0 double bonds. The same nomenclature applies for all other fatty acids
2. Double bond position beginning from the carboxyl group.
[0020] The preferred biocomponent feeds include any of those which comprise primarily triglycerides and free fatty acids (FFAs). The triglycerides and FFAs typically contain aliphatic hydrocarbon chains in their structure having from 8 to
36 carbons, preferably from 10 to 26 carbons, for example from 14 to 22 carbons. Types of triglycerides can be determined according to their fatty acid constituents. The fatty acid constituents can be readily determined using Gas Chromatography (GC) analysis. This analysis involves extracting the fat or oil, saponifying (hydro lyzing) the fat or oil, preparing an alkyl (e.g., methyl) ester of the saponified fat or oil, and determining the type of ester using GC analysis. In one embodiment, a majority (i.e., greater than 50%) of the triglyceride present in the lipid material can be comprised of C i0 to C26 fatty acid constituents, based on total triglyceride present in the lipid material. A majority of triglycerides present in the biocomponent feed are preferably comprised of C12 to C J8 fatty acid constituents, based on total triglyceride content. Other types of feed that are derived from biological raw material components can include fatty acid esters, such as fatty acid alkyl esters (e.g., FAME and/or FAEE).
[0021] The biocomponent portion of a feedstock can also be characterized relative to the olefin content of the feed. The olefin content of a biocomponent feed can vary widely depending on the source of the feed. For example, a feed based on soybean oil may contain up to 100% of molecules that contain at least one degree of unsaturation. Palm oils typically include 25 - 50 wt% of olefinic molecules, while coconut oil may include 15% or less of olefinic molecules. Depending on the embodiment, a biocomponent portion of a feed can include at least about 20 wt% olefins, such as at least about 40 wt% olefins, or at least about 50 wt% olefins, or at least about 75 wt% olefins where the olefin is any compound that includes an olefin bond. Thus, there are two ways that the proportion of olefins in a feed can be modified. If all olefins in a molecule are saturated, the molecule is no longer an olefin. Alternatively, if a molecule is broken down into smaller components, such as by the cracking, the proportion of olefins may be reduced if one or more of the smaller components does not contain an olefin. As an example, a triglyceride with an olefin bond in only one of the three side chains would be considered an olefin. Therefore, the entire
weight of the triglyceride would count toward the olefin weight percentage in the feed. After a deoxygenative cracking that preserved olefin bonds, only the fatty acid resulting from the side chain including the olefin bond would count toward the olefin weight percentage. The other two fatty acids formed from the side chains would be separate molecules and therefore would not be considered olefins. Thus, even though no olefins were saturated, the weight percentage of olefins in the feed would still be lower.
[0022] The biocomponent portion of the feedstock (such as the triglycerides) can be a hydrotreated or non-hydrotreated portion. A non-hydrotreated feed can typically have an olefin content and an oxygen content similar to the content of the corresponding raw biocomponent material. Examples of treated biocomponent feeds include food grade vegetable oils, and biocomponent feeds that are refined, bleached, and/or deodorized.
[0023] Biocomponent based feeds will normally contain oxygen in addition to nitrogen and sulfur as other heteroatoms. A biocomponent feedstream based on a vegetable oil may include up to about 10 wt% oxygen, for example, at least about 1 wt% oxygen, for example at least about 2 wt%, at least about 3 wt%, at least about 4 wt%, at least about 5 wt%, at least about 6 wt%, or at least about 8 wt% or even more, e.g. up to about 12 wt% or up to about 14 wt%. The olefin content of the biocomponent feedstream (assuming no prior hydrotreatment), can include an olefin content of at least about 3 wt%, for example at least about 5 wt% or at least about 10 wt%, depending on the source of the biocomponent. The number of double bonds in the fatty acid portions of the biofeeds can typically vary from zero up to four: oleic acid, for example, has one double bond, linoleic acid has two, and others have three of four as shown in Table 1. Since olefmic double bonds have a faster cracking rate, the presence of olefmic bonds in the hydrocarbon fragments is favorable to the cracking process so that biocomponents such as the triglycerides derived from oleic, linoleic, linolenic,
arachidonic acids are favored for their amenability to cracking has four as are the fatty acids in fish oils which may contain up to six or more double bonds.
[0024] The feed can include at least about 10 wt% of feed based on a biocomponent source or sources, or higher amounts, for example, at least about 25 wt%, at least about 50 wt%, or at least about 75 wt%, or at least about 90 wt%, or at least about 95 wt%. Given the differing cracking characteristics of biocomponent feeds and mineral oil feeds it is normally preferred to carry out the cracking in a unit dedicated to biocomponent feed cracking, i.e. with a feed comprised entirely of biocomponent(s).
[0025] Biocomponent feedstreams can have a wide range of nitrogen and/or sulfur contents in addition to the oxygen content. For example, a biocomponent based feedstream based on a vegetable oil source can contain up to about 300 wppm nitrogen while a biomass based feedstream containing whole or ruptured algae can content even more nitrogen, for instance, at least about 2 wt%, for example at least about 3 wt%, at least about 5 wt%, or at least about 10 wt%; algae with still higher nitrogen contents are known. The sulfur content of a biocomponent feed can also vary. In some cases, the sulfur content can be about 500 wppm or less, for example about 100 wppm or less, about 50 wppm or less, or about 10 wppm or less.
Cracking Catalyst
[0026] According to the present invention, the cracking feed including a biocomponent, preferably one which contains triglycerides, is subjected to catalytic cracking over a cracking catalyst which contains a basic metal component. The catalyst will normally have the basic metal component on a porous oxide support in order to provide a greater surface area on which the cracking reactions can occur; support materials with a high surface area,
typically at least 100 m2/g are preferred. The support may typically comprise a metal oxide such as activated alumina, titania ceria, zirconia or may be a mixed oxide such as silica-alumina. Supports that have a low degree of acidity (as typically measured by the alpha value) are preferred such as the non-acidic forms of alumina e.g. boehmite (γ-ΑΙΟ(ΟΗ)), gibbsite, silica titania.
[0027] Gamma-alumina represents a good choice for catalytic applications because of a defect spinel crystal lattice that imparts to it a structure that is both open and capable of high surface area. Gamma-alumina, commonly used as a catalytic support for automotive and industrial catalysts, typically has a face- centered cubic close-packed oxygen sublattice structure having a high surface area typically of 150-300 m2/g, a large number of pores with diameters of 30 - 120 Angstroms and a pore volume of 0.5 to > 1 cm3/g, making it particularly useful as a catalytic support. Flash calcined gibbsite (rho-alumina), e.g. CP powder manufactured by Almatis AC, Inc. of Vidalia, LA, is notable for its high surface area, typically over 100 or 200 m2/g, e.g. with a BET surface area of 120-150 m2/g and even higher, e.g. 250 or 350-420 m2/g.
[0028] The support may suitably be formed into catalyst particles suitable for use in the FCC process by spray drying a slurry of the support material in the conventional manner, to produce catalyst particles with a particle size not more than 100μ and in most cases in the range of 20-100μ.
[0029] The basic component of the catalyst is provided by a basic metal compound, typically an alkaline earth metal (in oxide form) of Group 2 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC table), especially calcium and magnesium; beryllium will not normally be used in view of its toxicity while the heavier metals strontium and barium are not expected to offer any advantage over the more readily accessible calcium and magnesium. The metals of Group 1 (alkali metals) are not favored in view of the reactivity in oxide form towards water
which is generated during the cracking reaction by release of the oxygens from the biofeed component. Basic mixed metal oxides of a basic metal such as magnesium are useful, for example, hydrotalcite, (Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16 -4(H2O) are also useful. Supported catalysts with hydrotalcite as the basic metal oxide may be particularly effective in view of the high surface area of the hydrotalcite component. The proportion of alkaline earth metal in the catalyst is normally at least 5 mol percent relative to the metal of the porous support material and preferably higher, typically at least 10 mol percent or more, e.g. 20, 25, 30, 40 or 50 mol percent (mol percent = molar ratio of total non-support metals/support metals x 100).
[0030] The basic metal component may conveniently be incorporated into the support by impregnation using an aqueous solution of a salt of the metal, preferably by the incipient wetness technique. Incorporation by ion-exchange will not normally be an option since the support material will not have sufficient acid sites capable of engaging in cation exchange with the cations of the basic metal. Suitable metals salts of the preferred basic metals will include acetates, nitrate and chlorides; magnesium sulfate is also a choice, being readily soluble in water although the corresponding calcium salt is not. Following impregnation, the support with the impregnated salt is calcined to convert the salt to oxide form; calcination temperatures of at least about 400°C are preferred with higher temperatures being also suitable, e.g. 500°C, 600°C, 700°C or 800°C, depending on available equipment.
[0031] As an alternative to the impregnation of the basic metal, it may be directly added during the catalyst formulation by mixing with a slurry of the support material and optional binders followed by spray drying of the slurry in the normal way with calcination to confer finished strength. In this way, relatively high proportions of the basic metal oxide may be incorporated, for example, up to 50 wt. pet. of the catalyst or even more. If the basic metal oxide
inherently has a high surface area such as the hydrotalcite mentioned above, a finished catalyst with a desirably high surface area may be made.
[0032] One parameter of the finished cracking catalyst that is significant is its acidity and activity for catalytic cracking as measured by the conventional alpha value. Alpha activity is a dimensionless value which reflects the relative activity of the catalyst with respect to a high activity silica-alumina cracking catalyst. The method of determining alpha, is described in the Journal of Catalysis, Vol. VI, pages 278-287, 1966. For the present purposes, it is preferred that the alpha activity of the catalyst should be not more than 5, and preferably not more than 2 or even less, preferably less than 1 or less than 0.5. Aluminas, e.g. gamma alumina, typically have alpha values less than 1 , and thus are considered low- acidity materials compared to zeolite or the silica-alumina components of cracking catalysts.
Catalytic Cracking
[0033] The cracking of the biocomponent-containing feed is suitably carried out by the fluid catalytic cracking process (FCC) although moving bed cracking is also contemplated if lower catalys feed ratios can be accepted. Fluid catalytic cracking can be operated using conventional equipment and under the normal FCC conditions with a temperature (riser top temperature in a riser type unit) of at least about 400°C and usually higher, e.g. 500°C or 550°C although lower temperatures may be feasible with a practical minimum of 300°C, and typically in the range 300-500°C, e.g. 350-450°C. Catalys feed ratios (by weight) will typically be at least about 2: 1 and preferably higher, e.g. 4: 1 , 5: 1 6: 1 or even higher. Pressures in the cracker will be within normal limits i.e. at moderate pressures up to about 2 barg, e.g. about 1.5-1.7 barg. Other conditions such as steam:feed ratio, riser residence time, etc. can be chosen according to the specific catalyst and feed in use, as dictated by empirical means to achieve the
desired hydrocarbon product distribution which will of course, vary with the selected cracking conditions.
[0034] The boiling range for biocomponent feedstreams can vary depending on the nature of the biocomponent source. Although biocomponent feedstreams with final boiling points up to about 540°C (1000°F) may be suitable for use, many will have lower boiling ranges. One parameter that will be significant in the selected cracking conditions in normal commercial scale operation is, however, not the boiling point of the feed but its smoke point since this is the value at which decomposition and charring of the oil begins. Depending on the residence time of the biocomponent in the feed preheating system it may be desirable to limit the preheat temperature of the feed to the value of the smoke point or a value not far removed above it if excessive thermal degradation of the feed during the preheating is to be avoided and coking of the preheat furnace kept at an acceptable level. While preheater furnace temperatures as high as about 360°C (680°F) or 420°C (about 785°F), depending on location of measurement, are common when cracking mineral oil feeds, restriction of the preheat to a value not much above the smoke point of the feed (or, the smoke point of the biofeed component with the lowest smoke point with mixed feeds) may limit preheat temperature so as not to exceed about 225 °C (about 440°F) except for feeds containing refined vegetable oils. The smoke points of some typical unrefined vegetable oils can be quite low, e.g. about 1 10°C (about 225°F) for canola, flaxseed or sunflower oils, about 160°C (about 320°F) for corn oil, high-oleic sunflower oil, peanut, soy walnut and olive oil; while the smoke points of refined vegetable oils and animal fats can be significantly higher, their use will not normally be economically attractive and for this reason, use of the lower preheat temperatures will frequently be favored with the unrefined oils, again depending on residence time in the preheat system. If preheat temperatures are kept at a low order, it may be necessary or desirable to increase the catalyst circulation rate (catalys oil ratio) and/or to increase regenerator
temperature in order to reach normal cracking temperatures (e.g. 550°C). The use of the relatively lower cracking temperatures referred to above may therefore be favored if the degree of preheat has to be limited.
[0035] The use of the basic cracking catalysts with the biocomponent feeds is capable of producing an enhanced yield of distillate hydrocarbons boiling above the gasoline boiling range (i.e. above 200°C/392°F) which is of particular advantage at present times with an increased demand for distillate product for use as road diesel and kerojet fuel. Typically, the distillate proportion of the C5+ liquid fraction will be at least 25 wt. pet. of the total C5+ liquid hydrocarbon fraction. In addition, the distillate fraction contains a higher proportion of non- aromatics (paraffins/naphthenes/olefins) which again is favorable for blending into road diesel and kerojet. The P/N/O proportion is typically at least 40 wt. pet. or even at least 50 wt. pet., as compared to not more than 30 wt. pet when using a conventional FCC cracking catalyst.
Blended Feeds
[0036] While the present cracking process achieves its most notable effects when the basic catalyst is used to crack feeds comprising 100 percent of the biocomponent, mixed feeds of the biocomponent and a mineral oil component such as those typically derived from crude oil or shale oil that has optionally been subjected to one or more separation and/or other refining processes may be combined with the biocomponent feed. These feeds have the potential to be used even though the normal acid-mediated cracking reactions cannot be expected to occur to any significant if any extent although some thermal cracking may be expected especially at higher temperatures. For this reason, the use of 100% biocomponent feeds is favored.
[0037] One option for increasing the biocomponent content of a feed is to use recycled product from processing of biocomponent feed as a diluent. A recycled product from processing a biocomponent feed is still derived from a biocomponent source, and therefore such a recycled product can be counted as a feed portion from a biocomponent source. Thus, a feed containing 60% biocomponent feed that has not been processed and 40% of a recycled product from processing of the biocomponent feed can be considered as a feed that derived wholly from biocomponent. As an example, at least a portion of the product from processing of a biocomponent feed can be a diesel boiling range (200-350°C) product. If a recycled product flow is added to the input to a deoxygenation process, the amount of recycled product can correspond to at least about 10 wt% of the feed to the deoxygenation process, such as at least about 25 wt%, or at least about 40 wt%. Alternatively, the amount of recycled product in a feed can be about 60 wt% or less, such as about 50 wt% or less, 40 wt% or less, or about 25 wt% or less.
Additional Embodiments
[0038] Embodiment 1. A process of catalytically cracking a feedstock comprising a biocomponent which comprises contacting a feedstock comprising a biocomponent with a catalytic cracking catalyst comprising a basic metal oxide on a porous oxide support at an elevated cracking temperature to eliminate oxygen from the biocomponent to form cracked hydrocarbon residues.
[0039] Embodiment 2. A process according to embodiment 1 , wherein the basic metal oxide comprises an oxide of a metal of Group 2 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC).
[0040] Embodiment 3. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the basic metal oxide is calcium or magnesium.
[0041] Embodiment 4. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the cracking catalyst has a surface are (BET) of at least 30 m2/g.
[0042] Embodiment 5. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the cracking catalyst has a surface are (BET) of at least 50 m2/g.
[0043] Embodiment 6. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the porous oxide support comprises a metal oxide.
[0044] Embodiment 7. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the porous oxide support comprises a low-acidity alumina.
[0045] Embodiment 8. A process according to embodiment 6, wherein the proportion of the metal of the basic metal oxide in the catalyst is at least 5 mol percent relative to the metal of the porous support material.
[0046] Embodiment 9. A process according to embodiment 6, wherein the proportion of the metal of the basic metal oxide in the catalyst is at least 10 mol percent relative to the metal of the porous support material.
[0047] Embodiment 10. A process according to embodiment 6, wherein the proportion of the metal of the basic metal oxide in the catalyst is at least 20 mol percent relative to the metal of the porous support material.
[0048] Embodiment 1 1. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent comprising at least one triglyceride.
[0049] Embodiment 12. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent comprising a vegetable oil.
[0050] Embodiment 13. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent and a mineral oil.
[0051] Embodiment 14. A process according to any of embodiments 1-12, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent and a processed biocomponent.
[0052] Embodiment 15. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise not more than 60 weight percent aromatics.
[0053] Embodiment 16. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise not more than 50 weight percent aromatics.
[0054] Embodiment 17. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 40 weight percent paraffins/naphthenes/olefins.
[0055] Embodiment 18. A process according to any of embodiments 1-14, wherein in the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 50 weight percent paraffins/naphthenes/olefms.
[0056] Embodiment 19. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 15 weight percent distillate boiling above the gasoline boiling range.
[0057] Embodiment 20. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 2 weight percent ethylene.
[0058] Embodiment 21. A process according to any prior embodiment, wherein the catalyst comprises MgO.
[0059] Embodiment 22. A process according to embodiment 21 , wherein the catalyst further comprises Al2O3.
EXAMPLE Catalyst Formulation
[0060] Basic catalysts were formulated as follows. Two slurries were prepared. Both slurries contained 12 wt% aluminum chlorohydrol with 38 wt% kaolin to bind the material. Each slurry was then mixed to contain 50 wt% of either gibbsite alumina or hydrotalcite (Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16 -4(H2O). Subsequent spray drying occurred at 174 kPag (25 psig) air pressure, a feed rate of 300 cc/min, and an outlet temperature of 149°C (300°F). The resulting particulate matter was then calcined at 500°C with a temperature ramp of 7°C/min with a hold at 500°C for 15 minutes and then cooled.
[0061] The calcined gibbsite alumina support was then impregnated using the incipient wetness technique with either Ca acetate or Mg acetate (as aqueous solution) followed by calcination calcined at 800°C with a temperature ramp of 4.3°C/min with a hold at 500°C for 15 minutes followed by cooling in order to convert the metal acetates to metal oxides.
[0062] The catalysts were then characterized using density measurements, alpha activity, temperature programmed ammonia adsorption, Brunauer- Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area (SA), metal loadings analysis, and x-ray diffraction (X D) to give the characteristics shown in Table 2 below. The BET
surface area and density of an FCC equilibrium catalyst recovered from a commercial FCCU are also given for purposes of comparison.
Table 2
Catalyst Characteristics
Notes:
1. Determined by the method described in the Journal of Catalysis, Vol. VI, pages 278-287, 1966.
2. Metal loading: molar ratio of total non-Al metals/ Al
[0063] The X-ray diffraction pattern of the gibbsite/hydrotalcite catalyst is shown in Figure 1 and those for the CaO/gibbsite and MgO/gibbsite catalysts in Figure 2. On the basis of data on MgO and CaO standards from the International Center for Diffraction Data, pure CaO has a dominant peak at 37.4 degrees (2- theta), and smaller ones at 53.6 and 32.2 degrees. There are almost no peaks in the XRD pattern for the CaO/Al2O3 catalyst, indicating a largely amorphous material, certainly not mainly CaO. Pure MgO (mineral name: periclase) has major peaks at 43 and 62.3 degrees , and a minor peak at about 37 degrees. In the XRD pattern for the MgO/Al2O3 catalyst, small peaks can be seen at those positions but the major peaks (e.g. 37, 45, 65 degrees) correspond to the mineral spinel, with the formula MgAl2O4. Comparison with the XRD pattern for spinel implies that the dominant phase is the spinel as a result of reaction between the Mg with the alumina support in the course of the final 800°C calcination, to form the mixed metal oxide although a small amount of MgO is also present.
Catalyst Evaluation
[0064] The catalysts were evaluated by cracking low erucic acid rapeseed oil (also known as Canola oil) using a batch FCC microreactor at 552°C (1025°F) and catalyst-to-oil ratio of 6. The commercial equilibrium catalyst was run as a standard for data comparison. The results are shown in Tables 3 and 4 below. Table 3 reports the total product distribution and Table 4 the hydrocarbon analysis of the liquid phase.
Table 3
Product Distribution of Rapeseed Oil Catalytic Cracking
Catalyst Hydrotalcite CaO/Al203 MgO/Al203 Equilibrium
Hydrogen 0.06 0.10 0.06 0.07
Methane 1.59 1.52 1.35 0.99
Ethane 2.23 2.08 1.93 0.69
Ethylene 2.84 2.95 2.81 1.12
Propane 1.57 1.57 1.46 1.32
Propylene 3.93 3.35 3.20 5.80
Total C 1-C3 12.22 11.57 10.81 9.99
Butane/Butenes 5.21 4.69 4.46 8.97
Gasoline 40.16 41.48 42.14 44.53
Distillate 17.87 17.39 18.35 13.64
Bottoms 4.05 4.58 5.07 3.06
Coke 7.66 7.62 6.19 7.46
Total C5+ Liquids 67.29 68.14 70.02 70.2
Gasoline wt % of 59.68 60.87 60.18 63.43 TLP
Distillate wt % of 26.56 25.52 26.21 19.43 TLP
CO,C02,H20 12.82 12.66 12.98 12.36
Table 4
Microhydrocarbon Analysis (MHA) Composition Liquid Phase
Cracking of Rapeseed Oil
[0065] The results displayed in Tables 3 and 4 demonstrate the advantage of using basic catalysts over zeolite-containing acidic catalysts: the basic catalysts produce more distillate and the resulting FCC liquid fraction contains less aromatics, potentially requiring less hydrogen treatment to upgrade to finished fuels. In addition, surprisingly, the MgO/Al2O3 had notably lower coke make, lower C1-C3 yields, and lower aromatics in the liquid phase compared to the other catalysts.
Claims
1. A process of catalytically cracking a feedstock comprising a biocomponent which comprises contacting a feedstock comprising a biocomponent with a catalytic cracking catalyst comprising a basic metal oxide on a porous oxide support at an elevated cracking temperature to eliminate oxygen from the biocomponent to form cracked hydrocarbon residues.
2. A process according to claim 1, wherein the basic metal oxide comprises an oxide of a metal of Group 2 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC).
3. A process according to claim 2, wherein the basic metal oxide is calcium or magnesium.
4. A process according to any of claims 1-3, wherein the cracking catalyst has a surface area (BET) of at least 30 m2/g.
5. A process according to claim 4, wherein the cracking catalyst has a surface area (BET) of at least 50 m2/g.
6. A process according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the porous oxide support comprises a metal oxide.
7. A process according to claim 6, wherein the porous oxide support comprises a low-acidity alumina.
8. A process according to claim 6 or claim 7, wherein the proportion of the metal of the basic metal oxide in the catalyst is at least 5 mol percent relative to the metal of the porous support material.
9. A process according to claim 8, wherein the proportion of the metal of the basic metal oxide in the catalyst is at least 10 mol percent relative to the metal of the porous support material.
10. A process according to claim 9, wherein the proportion of the metal of the basic metal oxide in the catalyst is at least 20 mol percent relative to the metal of the porous support material.
1 1. A process according to any of claims 1-10, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent comprising at least one triglyceride.
12. A process according to any of claims 1-1 1, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent comprising a vegetable oil.
13. A process according to any of claims 1-12, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent and a mineral oil.
14. A process according to any of claims 1-13, wherein the feedstock comprises a biocomponent and a processed biocomponent.
15. A process according to any of claims 1-14, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise not more than 60 weight percent aromatics.
16. A process according to claim 15, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise not more than 50 weight percent aromatics.
17. A process according to claim 16, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 40 weight percent paraffins/naphthenes/olefins.
18. A process according to any of claims 1-17, wherein in the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 50 weight percent paraffms/naphthenes/olefms.
19. A process according to any of claims 1-18, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 15 weight percent distillate boiling above the gasoline boiling range.
20. A process according to any of claims 1-19, wherein the hydrocarbon residues produced from the catalytic cracking comprise at least 2 weight percent ethylene.
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