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Flexible process for transformation of ethanol into middle distillates

US9475999B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 6, 2011
Grant dateOct 25, 2016
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Expiry dateApr 18, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P30/20
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention describes a process for the production of middle distillate hydrocarbon bases from an ethanol feedstock that is produced from a renewable source that is obtained from biomass, whereby said process comprises a stage for purification of said feedstock, a stage for transformation of said purified feedstock into a light olefinic effluent that comprises at least 30% by weight of olefins that have between four to six carbon atoms relative to the total mass of the formed hydrocarbon compounds, whereby said stage works in the presence of a catalyst that comprises at least one zeolite that is selected from among the zeolites that have a structural type that appears in the following list: CHA, ERI, MTF, AEI, AEL, FER, EUO, MEL, MFS, TON, MTT and the zeolites ZBM-30, ZSM-48, IM-5 and IZM-2, taken by themselves or in a mixture, a stage for separation of the olefinic effluent that is obtained from stage b) in such a way as to eliminate at least a portion of the water that is formed during stage b) to produce at least one hydrocarbon gaseous effluent that for the most part has three or fewer carbon atoms and at least one olefinic hydrocarbon liquid effluent that for the most part h…

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