Process for converting a solid biomass material

Abstract

A process for converting a solid biomass material comprising a) providing a pneumatic fluid; b) dispersing the solid biomass material into the pneumatic fluid to prepare a pneumatic dispersion and transporting the pneumatic dispersion to a reactor; and c) contacting the pneumatic dispersion with a catalyst in the reactor to produce a product stream comprising one or more conversion products.

1 . A process for converting a solid biomass material, comprising
 a) providing a pneumatic fluid;   b) dispersing the solid biomass material into the pneumatic fluid to prepare a pneumatic dispersion and transporting the pneumatic dispersion to a reactor; and   c) contacting the pneumatic dispersion with a catalyst in the reactor to produce a product stream comprising one or more conversion products.   
     
     
         2 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the pneumatic fluid is an oil or oil fraction. 
     
     
         3 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the pneumatic fluid is selected from the group consisting of vaporized liquefied petroleum gas, vaporized gasoline, vaporized diesel, vaporized kerosene, vaporized naphtha, and any combination thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The process of  claim 1  further comprising dispersing the solid biomass material in a pneumatic fluid that is pressurized to a pressure in the range from more than 0.10 MegaPascal to equal to or less than 1.00 MegaPascal to prepare the pneumatic dispersion. 
     
     
         5 . The process of  claim 4 , wherein the solid biomass material has a particle size distribution with a mean particle size in the range from equal to or more than 100 micrometer to equal to or less than 5000 micrometer. 
     
     
         6 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the pneumatic dispersion has a density in the range from equal to or more than 10 kilogram per cubic meter (m 3 ) to equal to or less than 4000 kilogram per cubic meter (m 3 ). 
     
     
         7 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the catalyst comprises a hydrocracking catalyst or a catalytic cracking catalyst and the reactor comprises a hydrocracker reactor or a catalytic cracking reactor. 
     
     
         8 . A fluid catalytic cracking process for converting a solid biomass material, comprising:
 a) providing a pneumatic fluid, wherein such pneumatic fluid comprises an oil, one or more oil fractions, and/or a mixture thereof;   b) dispersing the solid biomass material into the pneumatic fluid to prepare a pneumatic dispersion; and   c) contacting the pneumatic dispersion with a fluid catalytic cracking catalyst in a fluid catalytic cracking reactor to produce a product stream comprising one or more conversion products.   
     
     
         9 . The process of  claim 8 , wherein the pneumatic fluid comprises a vaporized oil, one or more vaporized oil fractions and/or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         10 . The process of  claim 8  further comprising supplying an additional hydrocarbon feed. 
     
     
         11 . The process of  claim 8 , wherein the contacting step comprises contacting the pneumatic dispersion with the fluid catalytic cracking catalyst at a temperature of at least 400° C. in a riser reactor to produce a product stream comprising one or more cracked products and a spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst. 
     
     
         12 . The process of  claim 11 , further comprising
 a separation step comprising separating the one or more cracked products from the spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst;   a regeneration step comprising regenerating spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst to produce a regenerated fluid catalytic cracking catalyst, heat and carbon dioxide; and   a recycle step comprising recycling the regenerated fluid catalytic cracking catalyst to the catalytic cracking step.   
     
     
         13 . The process of  claim 8  further comprising torrefying the solid biomass. 
     
     
         14 . The process of  claim 8  further comprising transporting the pneumatic dispersion to the fluid catalytic cracking reactor. 
     
     
         15 . The process of  claim 15  wherein the transport is achieved using a screw feeder.