Process for converting a solid biomass material

Abstract

A process for converting a solid biomass material comprising: a) providing a solid biomass material; b) contacting a feed comprising the solid biomass material and a petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition, which petroleum derived hydrocarbon composition has a C7-asphaltenes content of equal to or more than 1.0 wt %, based on the total weight of the petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition, co-currently with a source of hydrogen in one or more ebullating bed reactors comprising a catalyst at a temperature in the range from 350° C. to 500° C. to produce a reaction product.

1 . A process comprising:
 a) providing a solid biomass material; and   b) contacting a feed comprising the solid biomass material and a petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition, which petroleum derived hydrocarbon composition has a C7-asphaltenes content of equal to or more than 1.0 wt %, based on the total weight of the petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition, co-currently with a source of hydrogen in one or more ebullating bed reactors comprising a catalyst at a temperature in the range from 350° C. to 500° C. to produce a reaction product.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 c) fractionating the reaction product obtained in step b) into two or more product fractions and separating one or more product fraction(s) having a final boiling point of equal to or less than 370° C. at 0.1 MPa. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2  further comprising:
 d) upgrading the one or more product fraction(s) having a final boiling point of equal to or less than 370° C. at 0.1 MPa in one or more hydrocarbon conversion processes to produce one or more upgraded product fraction(s) having a final boiling point of equal to or less than 370° C. at 0.1 MPa; 
 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3  further comprising:
 e) blending the one or more upgraded product fraction(s) having a final boiling point of equal to or less than 370° C. at 0.1 MPa with one or more other components to prepare a liquid fuel composition. 
 
     
     
         5 . The process of  claim 2 , wherein the liquid fuel composition is a liquid fuel composition suitable for use in a spark-ignition engine and/or a liquid fuel composition suitable for use in an auto-ignition engine. 
     
     
         6 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the solid biomass material is a torrefied solid biomass material. 
     
     
         7 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the solid biomass material is a micronized solid biomass material. 
     
     
         8 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition has an initial atmospheric boiling point of equal to or more than 350° C. 
     
     
         9 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition comprises a Micro Carbon Residue in the range from equal to or more than 10% wt to equal to or less than 30 wt %, based on the total weight of the petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition. 
     
     
         10 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the reaction product produced in step b) comprises a higher amount of aromatic compounds having a boiling point of equal to or more than 370° C. as compared to a reaction product that one would have obtained using a feed consisting of the petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition. 
     
     
         11 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein step b) comprises:
 contacting the feed comprising the solid biomass material and the petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition co-currently with a source of hydrogen in a first ebullating bed reactor to produce a first reaction product comprising one or more aromatic compounds and one or more un-converted asphaltenes; and   contacting the first reaction product co-currently with a source of hydrogen in a second ebullating bed reactor comprising a catalyst at a temperature in the range from 350° C. to 500° C. to produce a second reaction product.   
     
     
         12 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein step b) comprises:
 mixing a feed comprising the solid biomass material and a co-feed comprising the petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition to produce a mixture; and   contacting the mixture co-currently with a source of hydrogen in one or more ebullating bed reactors comprising a catalyst at a temperature in the range from 350° C. to 500° C. to produce a reaction product.   
     
     
         13 . The process of  claim 6 , wherein step b) comprises:
 mixing a feed comprising the torrefied solid biomass material and a co-feed comprising the petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition to produce a mixture; and   contacting the mixture co-currently with a source of hydrogen in one or more ebullating bed reactors comprising a catalyst at a temperature in the range from 350° C. to 500° C. to produce a reaction product.   
     
     
         14 . The process of  claim 7 , wherein step b) comprises:
 mixing a feed comprising the micronized solid biomass material and a co-feed comprising the petroleum-derived hydrocarbon composition to produce a mixture; and   contacting the mixture co-currently with a source of hydrogen in one or more ebullating bed reactors comprising a catalyst at a temperature in the range from 350° C. to 500° C. to produce a reaction product.   
     
     
         15 . A composition comprising:
 a plurality of hydrocarbon compounds having a boiling point of equal to or less than 370° C.,   a first fraction comprising equal to or more than 1 wt % to equal to or less than 99 wt % of biomass-derived hydrocarbon compounds; and   a second fraction comprising equal to or more than 1 wt % to equal to or less than 99 wt % of petroleum derived hydrocarbon compounds;   wherein the first fraction has a weight ratio W B  of aromatics to paraffins;   wherein the second fraction has a weight ratio W P  of aromatics to paraffins; and   wherein the weight ratio W B  is lower than the weight ratio W P .   
     
     
         16 . A composition comprising:
 a plurality of hydrocarbon compounds, which composition has a C7-asphaltenes content of equal to or more than 0.1 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition and which composition comprises in the range from equal to or more than 8.0 wt % to equal to or less than 30 wt % of one or more aromatic compounds, which one or more aromatic compounds each comprise equal to or more than 3 aromatic ring structures and have a boiling point equal to or higher than 370° C.   
     
     
         17 . The composition of  claim 16  wherein the composition comprises in the range of equal to or more than 9.0 wt % to equal to or less than 20 wt % of one or more aromatic compounds.