Direct Liquefaction of Lignocellulose:
Exploration, Design and Evaluation of Conceptual Processes
Shushil Kumar
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1. Motivation: In pursuit of a sustainable energy future
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6. Characteristics of Liquefaction bio-crude
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𝐻𝐻𝑉 (
𝑀𝐽𝑘𝑔) = 0.341 × 𝐶 + 1.322 × 𝐻 − 0.12 × 𝑂
𝐻/𝐶
𝑒𝑓𝑓=
𝐻−𝑂/8𝐶/12’
Liquefaction Liquefaction Upgrading
Liquefaction Separation Liquefaction
Biomass Liquid effluent Biomass Liquid effluent
Upgraded liquid effluent
Biomass Liquid effluent
Heavy oil
(Bio-crude) Biomass Liquid effluent
Light oil a d b c Refinery stream
References
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1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
C TI C TI C TI PI Gas sample TI Air Pre-heater
Cooler water bath Autoclave Cylinder piston (Shaking) Removable line 180° Gate valve 3-way valve Reducing valve Pressure Indicator Temperature Indicator Temperature indicator and controller PI TI TI C FLUIDIZED BED
µ
Liquefaction
Filtration Biomass + Solvent + Water
Gas phase (Micro GC) Liquid (GPC/EA) Solid (FT-IR/EA) Reactor wall washed
with acetone
Filtration Retentate
Acetone
Slurry
Acetone rich phase Acetone Evaporation 1
µ
µ
3. Definitions and calculations
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Char/Solid Liquefaction reactor Aq. phase Org. phase Filter Decanter Wood Liquefaction solvent Reactor effluent Degasser LiquidGas Aqueous phase
Organic liquid effluent (Organic phase) F ra c ti o n a to r Liquefaction solvent Bio-crude
𝑌𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑(%) =
𝑀𝑀𝐴𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 (𝑑𝑟𝑦)× 100
𝑌𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑
𝐺𝑎𝑠(%) =
𝑀𝐺𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑊𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 (𝑑𝑟𝑦)× 100
𝑌𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑
𝐿𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑(%) = 100 − 𝑌𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑(%) − 𝑌𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑
𝐺𝑎𝑠(%)
𝑉𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑢𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 =
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑊,𝐺𝑃𝐶 > 1000 𝐷𝑎 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑊,𝐺𝑃𝐶 > 180 𝐷𝑎𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 (%) = 100 − 𝑌𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝐺𝑎𝑠=
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑌𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑𝐺𝑎𝑠𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝐿𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑=
𝑌𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑𝐿𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝑉𝑅= 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝐿𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑× 𝑉𝑅 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
Selectivity
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠= 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝐿𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑− 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝑉𝑅10
100
1000
10000
Signal I
nte
nsity
M
W,GPC(Da)
Liquefaction
Solvent
Bio-crude: Distillates+Heavies
Vacuum residue/
Heavies
Distillates
(180 Da)
References
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Cumula
tiv
e woo
d (w%
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Run number
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 0 20 40 60 80 100
Yield (C%)
Temperature (
OC)
Liquid Solid Gas 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4Vacuu
m r
esidu
e f
ra
ction
10 100 1000 10000 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 320O C 250O C 350O C 300O C 400O C 250O C 300O C 320O C 350O C 370OC 400O C Guaiacol (350O C)
RI de
tect
or
sign
al
M
W,GPC(g/mol)
370O C Guaiacol 350O C100 1000 10000 0 20 40 60 80 100 Gas Solid
Yield (C%)
Reaction time (s)
Liquid 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5VR frac
tion
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10 100 1000 10000 100000 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 3 hrs 900 s 200 s 100 s 200 s 300 s 400 s 500 s 900 s 3 hrsRID sign
al
M
W,GPC(g/mol)
100 s4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 C-O (1030) 350OC 400O C 370OC 250O C
Tr
an
smitta
nce
Wavelength (cm
-1)
Pine wood O-H (3330) C-H(2900) C=O (1735) C=C, aromatic skeletal (1590, 1505) 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 C-OTr
an
smitta
nce
Wavelength (cm
-1)
Pine wood 3 hrs 100 sec 200 sec O-H C-H aromatic skeletal vibrationa
b
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50 60 70 80 90 100 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Liquid y = -0.0003x + 0.9736 Distillates y = 0.0026x + 0.3897 VR y = -0.0029x + 0.5839Selectivity
Wood conversion (%)
Gas y = 0.0003x + 0.027‘
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100 1000 10000 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 9 mL 45 mLRI/UV signa
l@2kDa
Reaction time (s)
Lignocellulose Monomer Polymer Oligomer Secondary Char Primary Char Lights VR Distillates -water -water -water Gas H ig h T e m p e ra tu re Intermediates
5. Conclusion
References
1. Introduction
3. Results and Discussion
70 80 90 1002 4 6 8 10 0 5 10 2 4 6 8 10 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 H2SO4 (1 w%) No Cat CH3COONa (1 w%) CH3COOK (1 w%) KHCO3 (1 w%) KOH (1 w%) CH3COONa (5 w%) CH3COOK (5 w%) KHCO3 (5 w%) KOH (5 w%)Li
qu
id
(C%)
Gas (C%)
VR fractio
n
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
pH of
org
ani
c
liqui
d e
fflu
ent
pH of feed
Solid symbol = 1 w%, Open symbol = 5 w%Additive loadingKOH KHCO3 CH3COOK CH3COONa Blank*+KHCO3 H2SO4 No cat.
8.2 79.3 47.3 17.5 3.9 12.2 12.7 8.2 21.3 9.2 79.6 7.9 44.4 61.2 86.9 0 20 40 60 80 100 (2) (2) Blank+KHCO3a Wood only Wood+KHCO3 KHCO3 only
Cumulative yield (C%)
Liquid Gas Solid Single run Refill of (1)10 100 1000 10000 0 50000 100000 150000 Blank+KHCO3*
Refill of base only (1) Refill of wood only (2) Refill of wood and base (2)
R
ID
s
ign
a
l
M
W,GPC(g/mol)
Single run‘
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0 20 40 60 80 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6Refill of wood + KHCO3
Blank+KHCO3* Refill of wood
V
ac
uu
m res
idu
e frac
tion
Cumulative solid yield (C%)
No cat4. Conclusion
References
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1. Introduction
Wood +Water Recycle Upgraded org. liquid effluent To Refinery Direct Liquefaction Upgrading Recycle Organic liquid effluent Direct Liquefaction Wood +Water a bµ
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20 30 40 50 60 70 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Solid* Gas
Yield (C%)
Cumulative wood (w%)
Liquid10 100 1000 10000 100000 0 5000 10000 15000 Liq-1 HDO-1
RID signa
l
M
W,GPC(g/mol)
60 80 100 120 0 100000 200000 300000 40000010 100 1000 10000 100000 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 RID signal MW,GPC(g/mol) 1 2 3 4 60 80 100 120 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 4 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 RID Signal MW,GPC(g/mol) 1 2 3 4 60 80 100 120 0 50000 100000 150000 200000 1 4 10 100 1000 10000 100000 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 UV signal MW,GPC(g/mol) 1 2 3 4 10 100 1000 10000 100000 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 UV signal MW,GPC(g/mol) 1 2 3 4
a
b
c
d
20 30 40 50 60 70 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
GPC are
a %
Cumulative wood (w%)
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 Bio-crudeVR fract
ion
Solvent VR 20 30 40 50 60 70 10 100 1000 10000 HDO*Viscosity (cP, at 30
OC)
Cumulative wood (w%)
Liquefaction 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 4 6 8 10 12 LiquefactionRI/UV
Cumulative wood (w%)
HDOa
b
c
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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 With HDO y = 0.176e0.0092x
VR fract
ion
Cumulative wood (w%)
Without HDO y = 0.203e0.01134x after hydrotreatment 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 1 10 100 1000 10000 y = 10(-0.114+0.0676x) Without upgrading With upgrading (Ru/C)Viscosity (cP, a
t 3
0
OC)
Cumulative wood (w%)
y = 10(-0.143+0.0562x)*
after hydrotreatmenta
b
∆:
5. Conclusion
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 1 10 100 1000 10000Viscosity (cP, a
t 3
0
OC)
VR fraction*
Poor solvent
Good solvent
References
Wood
Light oil
Heavy oil Org. liquid effluent
Org. liquid effluent
Org. liquid effluent Wood a b Liquefaction reactor Liquefaction reactor Separation Extraction Org. liquid effluent
Raffinate/Heavy oil Extract (Extraction solvent+Light oil) c Regeneration Extraction solvent Light oil
2. Materials and methods
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Vacuum residue (VR) fraction =
Area corresponds to MW,GPC > 1000 DaExtracted percentage = (1 −
𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑙𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡
) × 100
Distribution coefficient =
Distillates concentration in raffinate (g/g)Distillates concentration in extract (g/g)𝛿
𝐷𝑖𝛿
𝑃𝑖𝛿
𝐻𝑖Ra
2= 4(δ
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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.50.6 Ideal end point
(85.7, 1)
Organic liquid effluent (feed to extraction) Water/Methanol* Hydrocarbon W/M(1.5:1)* W/M(0.67:1)* W/M(2:1)*
VR fract
ion
in r
aff
inat
e**
Extracted percentage
C7 C12C 16 C11 y=14.3/(100-x) Ideal operating line0 20 40 60 80 100 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 (4) (3) (2)
VR frac
tio
n
Cumulative extracted percentage
Org. liquid effluent (1)
y=14.3 (100-x)-1
Ideal operating line
Experimental line Light oil (Extracted oil) Raffinate 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 (3) (2) (1)
Distribu
tion
coe
fficien
t
Cumulative extracted percentage
(4)
a
4. Discussion: Theoretical background
∆G
m= RT[n
1ln∅
1+ n
2ln∅
2+ n
1∅
2χ
12]
𝑛
1𝑛
2∅
1∅
2𝜒
12𝛿
1𝛿
2𝝌
12𝜒
12𝛘
12=
Vseg(δ1−δ2)2 RTV
seg=
MW1 ρ1𝑉
𝑠𝑒𝑔𝑀
𝑊1is molecular weight
𝜌
1∆𝐺
𝑚∆𝐺
𝑚∅
2𝑚𝑎𝑥∅
2𝑚𝑎𝑥= −
1 𝛘12(ln∅
1+
n2 n1ln∅
2)
∅
2𝑚𝑎𝑥= −
1 𝛘12(ln∅
1+
∅2ρ2 ∅1ρ1 MW1 MW2ln∅
2)
𝑛
𝑖=
V∅iρi MWi𝑀
𝑊𝑖𝜌
𝑖 ρ2 ρ1∅
2𝑚𝑎𝑥= 𝑒
−MW2MW1 ρ1ρ2( 𝛘12−1)𝑒
− MW2MW1 ρ1ρ2( Vseg(δ1−δ2)2RT −1)𝑒
− MW2 ρ1ρ2( (δ1−δ2)2ρ1RT − 1 MW1)∅
2𝑚𝑎𝑥 (δ1−δ2)2 ρ1RT 1 MW1𝛘
12≤ 1
𝛘
120.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
600
2000
400
1000
Volume fraction of
polymer
Molar mass (Da)
90
OC
25
OC
200
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
2000
1000
400
600
Distribution coe
fficient
Molar mass (Da)
200
Wood
Off gas + Water
Make-up Solvent Raffinate (Heavy oil) Extract Solvent Water
Reactor effluent Org. liquid
effluent Light oil Extraction Gas + Water separator Liquefaction reactor Solvent recovery
Investment [ISBL, M$ 2014] = 4.7 × (energy transfer [MW])
0.55Distill
atio
n
Ex
tra
ction
Ex
tra
ction
-op
t.
0 1 2 3 4 5 Heat duty Capital costHea
t d
ut
y (% o
f HHV o
f wo
od
)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120Cap
ita
l cost (M
$
20
14
-ISBL
)
6. Conclusion
References
1. Introduction
Wood Light oil Reactor effluent Liquefaction reaction 320OC Extraction 90OC Raffinate Extract (Extraction solvent+Light oil) Regeneration 25OC Extraction solvent Water/gas removal 25OC Distillation Org. liquid effluent Bio-crude Water+Gases Water30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 20 40 60 80 100 Solid Gas
Yield (C%)
Cumulative wood (w%)
Liquid 0 20 40 60 80 100 WaterYield (w%)
Organics10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
Extracted oil (Light oil)
Organic liquid effluent
With fractionation
VR fract
ion
Cumulative wood (w%)
Without fractionation Raffinate 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70Extract
ed
pe
rce
nta
ge
Cumulative wood (w%)
a
b
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 2 4 6 8
Ratio
of
ba
nd
inte
nsity
C=O/C-H C=C/C-HCumulative wood (w.%)
Wood Wavelength (cm -1) C=O:1698, C-H: 2922 C-O: 1023. C=C: 1596 C-O/C-H’
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Pyrol ysis oi l OFWA Bio-crude Pyrol ytic lig nin HDO of Bio. HDO of PO 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 MCRT, HHV ( dry) MCRT (dry w%) HHV (MJ/kg) 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2H/Ceff O/C (dry)
(H/C
eff ),
(
O/
Heat Exchange H e a t E x c h a n g e Wood Light oil Reactor effluent Liquefaction reaction 320OC Extraction 90OC Raffinate Extract (Extraction solvent+Light oil) Regeneration 25OC Extraction solvent Water/gas removal 25OC Distillation Org. liquid effluent Bio-crude Gases Water M ix e r Reactor feed Water H e a t E x c h a n g e Gases Light oil Bio-crude Water Reactor effluent Liquefaction reaction 320OC Distillation Wood Water/gas removal 25OC Org. liquid effluent Water M ix e r Reactor feed a b
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6. Conclusion
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References
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1. Introduction
Wood
VGO
Solid
Solid
FCC
Liquefaction
VGO
Filter
Fuels
2. Materials and methods
5.4 7.6 6.2 6.0 3.7 10.4 6.8 6.1 8.2 8.2 9.0 9.3 8.1 5.9 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 86.4 67.7 58.3 34.7 91.5 63.9 45.1 36.8 37.9 37.4 44.5 44.9 34.0 36.4 19.0 1.0 1.0 8.3 24.7 35.5 59.3 4.9 25.8 48.0 57.1 54.0 54.3 46.5 45.8 57.9 57.7 80.6 98.5 98.8 99.6
Crude oilHydrow ax
VGO LCO
Crude oilHydrow ax
VGO LCO VGO LCO VGO LCO VGO LCO
0 20 40 60 80 100 15 m 320OC 30 m 370OC m 320OC
Yie
ld
(C%)
Liquid Solid Gas m 320OC 30 m 60 min 350OC4. Discussion: Comparison with pyrolysis and options of integration in
an oil refinery
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Reactor Rct-feed-c Rct-effluent Filter 1 Filter 2 #4 #3 #5 #2 Decanter #6 #1 Gases Feed HE #8 VGO Mixer Wood (wet) Rct-feed Feed heater Rct-feed-b VGO+Bio-crude Water-phase Rct-feed-a Feed pump Condenser #9 Residual VGO+Bio-crude Char #7 Vacuum Drying’
6. Conclusion
References
1. Introduction
Char Wood LCO-rich phase FCC Liquefaction Fuels Bio-crude rich phase VGO Make-up LCO Filter Decanter2. Materials and Methods
µ
Liquid Collector Gas Collector
Reactor
Cooling
of the products
Product Collection
Gate valve Filter‘
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𝐵𝑖𝑜 − 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 =
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑊,𝐺𝑃𝐶 > 150 𝐷𝑎 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑃𝐶 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒‘
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𝐿𝐶𝑂 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 =
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑊,𝐺𝑃𝐶 < 150 𝐷𝑎 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑃𝐶 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒3. Results
Start-up
1st r
efill
2n
d r
efill
3rd
re
fill
4th
re
fill
5th
re
fill
6th
re
fill
7th
re
fill
8th
re
fill
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 45 mL Autoclave Gas SolidYield (C%)
LiquidStart-up
1st r
efill
2n
d r
efill
3rd
re
fill
4th
re
fill
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 560 mL Autoclave Gas SolidYield (C%)
Liquid‘
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Start
-up
1st
ref
ill
2nd r
efil
l
3rd
ref
ill
4th
ref
ill
5th
ref
ill
6th
ref
ill
7th
ref
ill
8th
ref
ill
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
Pure LCOC
=O
/C
-H
Bi
o-cr
ude f
ract
io
n
Pure LCOVR
fract
io
n
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
LC
O
fract
io
n
35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 y=15670.e-0.049x
(20)
(30)
(40)
Viscosity (cP)
Temperature (
OC)
(10)
y=8931.e-0.024xPyrolysi
s/LCO
Start-Up
1st
Refil
l
2nd Re
fill
3rd Refill
4th Refill
0 20 40 60 80TAN
(
mg
of KO
H/g)
Bio-crude-rich phase LCO-rich phase Pyrolysis Pure LCOPyrolysis
Start-Up
1st Re
fill
2n
d Ref
ill
3rd
Refill
4th
Refill
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35MCRT (
w%
)
WoodStart
-Up
1st
Refill
2nd Re
fill
3rd Re
fill
4th
Refill
LCO-
rich
phase
Bio-cru
de-r
ich p
hase
0 1 2 34 Ash content (% of sample) Ash yield (% of wood)