The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) will host a two-day webinar series, Biocarbon Incorporation into Transportation Fuels via Co-processing in Refineries, to highlight the key takeaways from the Bio-oil Co-processing
Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
July 20, 2023
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Visit the Webinar Day 1 (9/20) and Webinar Day 2 (9/27) webpages to download the presentations and listen to the recordings.
Co-processing of biogenic feedstocks within the existing petroleum infrastructure represents an opportunity to incorporate large volumes of bio-carbon into transportation fuels. However, upgrading intermediate liquids from biomass and waste to final products efficiently and economically, while minimizing impacts to existing refinery infrastructure, remains a notable barrier to commercialization.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) held a two-day webinar series, Biocarbon Incorporation into Transportation Fuels via Co-processing in Refineries, highlighting key takeaways from the Bio-oil Co-processing with Refinery Streams project. Through presentations and a question & answer session, the webinars brought interested stakeholders together to discuss the following topics:
- Webinar Day 1: Co-processing Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oils and Hydrothermal Liquefaction Bio-crudes in Fluid Catalytic Cracking and Hydroprocessing in Refineries - September 20, 2023, from 10:00 am – 11:00 am (MT)/ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (ET) - This webinar focused on the challenges and findings of co-processing of woody fast pyrolysis bio-oils in fluid catalytic cracking, as well as woody pyrolysis bio-oils and wet waste hydrothermal liquefaction bio-crudes in hydrotreating and hydrocracking.
- Webinar Day 2: Biogenic Carbon Tracking and Measurement in Co-processing of Biogenic Feeds in Petroleum Refineries - September 27, 2023, from 10:00 am – 11:00 am (MT)/ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (ET) - This webinar discussed the development of inexpensive and deployable isotope-based techniques for biogenic carbon tracking, specifically the d13C method and the 14C LSC (Liquid Scintillation Counting).
The Bio-oil Co-processing with Refinery Streams project aimed to generate foundational knowledge for processing renewable intermediates in petroleum refineries and offer co-processing strategies, as well as develop new methods for biogenic carbon tracking and measurement.
To download the presentations and listen to the recordings, visit the Two-Day Webinar Series: Biocarbon Incorporation into Transportation Fuels via Co-Processing in Refineries webpages, Webinar Day 1 (9/20) and Webinar Day 2 (9/27).