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Hydrocarbon fuel production method

a hydrocarbon fuel and production method technology, applied in the direction of fatty acid chemical modification, fatty-oil/fat separation, biomass after-treatment, etc., can solve the problems of low quality of aliphatic compound as fuel, adversely affecting the material of engine, and high content of oxygen, so as to achieve commercial stably the effect of production

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-02-20
JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORP +1
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The present invention provides a method for creating a high-quality hydrocarbon fuel from algae-based compounds. This method is commercially stable and can produce consistent results.

Problems solved by technology

On the other hand, an aliphatic compound produced by algae has disadvantages, for example, it is poor in flowability because it is a linear molecule, and when the aliphatic compound is an oil or fat, the content of oxygen is high, and there is a fear of adversely affecting the material of an engine, and the aliphatic compound is of low quality as a fuel as it is.

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[0106]Hydrodeoxygenation treatment was performed by an operation similar to that of Comparative Example 1 except that instead of the hexane-extracted oil in Comparative Example 1, a propane-soluble portion was used that was obtained by repeating propane extraction under the condition (temperature 111° C.) in which the solubility of the hexane-extracted oil in propane under a pressure of 6 MPa was 13.7 g per 100 g of propane, shown in the above-described Table 1, until the recovery rate reached 90% or more. Catalyst deterioration was reduced compared with Comparative Example 1 and Comparative Example 2, and the catalyst deterioration rate indicator was 0.7° C. / day.

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[0107]An operation similar to that of Comparative Example 1 was performed except that instead of the hexane-extracted oil in Comparative Example 1, a propane-soluble portion was used that was obtained by repeating propane extraction under the condition (temperature 112° C.) in which the solubility of the hexane-extracted oil in propane under a pressure of 6 MPa was 8.0 g per 100 g of propane, shown in the above-described Table 1, until the recovery rate reached 90% or more. Catalyst deterioration was further reduced, and the catalyst deterioration rate indicator was 0.5° C. / day.

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[0108]Hydrodeoxygenation treatment was performed by an operation similar to that of Comparative Example 1 except that instead of the hexane-extracted oil in Comparative Example 1, a propane-soluble portion was used that was obtained by repeating propane extraction under the condition (temperature 114° C.) in which the solubility of the hexane-extracted oil in propane under a pressure of 6 MPa was 5.5 g per 100 g of propane, shown in the above-described Table 1, until the recovery rate reached 90% or more. Catalyst deterioration was further reduced, and the catalyst deterioration rate indicator was 0.3° C. / day.

[0109]The results of the Comparative Examples and the Examples described above are collectively shown in Table 4. In addition, impurity concentration in the hexane-extracted oil and the propane-soluble portions obtained by performing propane extraction under the respective conditions, subjected to hydrodeoxygenation treatment, is shown together in Table 4. From the results show...

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Abstract

The present invention provides a method for producing a hydrocarbon fuel, comprising a first step of holding a mixture containing an aliphatic compound produced by algae, and a hydrocarbon solvent in which critical temperature is 90° C. or higher, in a supercritical state, with temperature and pressure adjusted so that a solubility of the aliphatic compound in the hydrocarbon solvent is 15 g or less per 100 g of the hydrocarbon solvent, and then recovering a soluble portion of the aliphatic compound in the hydrocarbon solvent; and a second step of subjecting the soluble portion recovered in the first step to hydrotreatment using a catalyst.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a method for producing a hydrocarbon fuel.BACKGROUND ART[0002]In recent years, with an increase in environmental awareness, attempts have been actively made to positively utilize biomass, carbon neutral resources, as energy sources, instead of fossil fuels, in order to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide discharged. Among them, a method of culturing algae, such as Chlorella, that produce an aliphatic compound, such as an oil or fat or an aliphatic hydrocarbon, and recovering the aliphatic compound from the algae to provide a hydrocarbon fuel is regarded as promising (see Non Patent Literatures 1 and 2).[0003]As the above method of recovering an aliphatic compound from algae, a solvent extraction method is widely used in which using a solvent in which the solubility of aliphatic compounds is high, such as hexane or ethyl acetate, extraction is performed under atmospheric pressure at a temperature equal to or lower than the boiling...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C10G3/00
CPCC10G3/50C10G21/14C10G3/00C10G67/04C10G2300/44C10G2300/1014C10G45/08C10G2300/4006C10L1/04C12N1/12C11C3/00A01G33/00C12M47/06C10G3/42C10L1/02C11B1/10C11C3/123C11B7/0016Y02P30/20
Inventor HOIZOE, HIROTOSHIAOKI, NOBUOUEDA, IWAO
Owner JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORP