TÜBİTAK MEHMET UNSAL, HAYDAR LIVATYALI, PARVANA AKSOY, SERHAT GUL, ALPER ONOGLU CatLiq- Catalytic Hydrothermal Liquefaction Process from Pilot Scale to.

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MEHMET UNSAL, HAYDAR LIVATYALI, PARVANA MEHMET UNSAL, HAYDAR LIVATYALI, PARVANA AKSOY, SERHAT GUL, ALPER ONOGLUAKSOY, SERHAT GUL, ALPER ONOGLU

CatLiq- Catalytic Hydrothermal CatLiq- Catalytic Hydrothermal Liquefaction Process from Pilot Scale to Liquefaction Process from Pilot Scale to Demo ScaleDemo Scale

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International Congress and Expo on Biofuels & Bioenergy 

August 25-27, 2015 Valencia, Spain

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Our TeamAltaca Energy is an alternative energy company who owns all the intellectual rights of the CatLiq® technology.

TUBITAK Marmara Research Center Energy and Environment Institutes conduct the laboratory analyses and support the project as technical consultant in process and equipment design.

Bogazici University Chemical and Mechanical Engineering Departments contribute to the project as a consultant in reaction engineering in process in Turkey

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Lab Scale Plant

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LAB-SCALE PLANTLAB-SCALE PLANT

5CATLIQ OIL ANALİZLERİ VE PROSES OPTİMİZASYONU

Conditions Supercritical waterReaction time ~30 minutesFeedstocks All kinds of biomass, wet feedstocks, no drying

required, 60 kg/hChemistry Reactive water, like acetone solvent,

deoxygenetion as carbondioxideProducts 45% biocrude oil (%w on feedstock, dry

basis),25% gas, 20% unconverted carbon, 10% soluble organics in water phase.

Thermal efficiency 70-90%

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Scale-up HyrarcyScale-up Hyrarcy

• Flow diagram• Mass and energy balance• Process simulation and equipment

design• CFD• Mechanical design• Stress analysis

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Block Diagram

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Feedstock Heat Exchangers Reactor Gas/Solid Separator Ash furnace Ash15 tonne/h 570 kg/h COrg.1.5 tonne/h 780 kg/h inorg.

Water/Oil Separator Wastewater treatment Water6 tonne/h

Catliq Oil650 kg/h

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Heat exchangers, H/E-1

• Pressure 250 bar

• Temperature from 80 to 341 C

• 36 of Tube-in-tube

• Designed by ASME div. 2 Sec.VIII

• Pre-reaction is formed.

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Heat exchangers, H/E-2

• P= 250 bar

• T=341 to 380 C

• 24 of shell-tube

• Designed by ASME div. 2 Sec.VIII

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Wow! Flange… H/E-3

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Heat exchangers, H/E-3

• P= 250 bar• T=341 to

400 C• Shell-tube• Final-H/E• Molten salt• Designed

by ASME div. 2 Sec.VIII

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Heat exchangers, H/E- 4, 5• Heat

recovery• Steam

production

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Reactors

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Reactors• Solid catalyst, its formula

is belongs to Altaca• P= 250 bar• T=400 C• Shell-tube• Molten salt• Designed by ASME div. 2

Sec.VIII

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Power central, 4 MWth

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Conclusions

• There is so many works to be done• The start up scenario will be written• The start up will be began and

finalized• From start up to steady-state phase• Optimization for some values• Dream project is an Catliq industrial

scale design and manufacture finally

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Thank you for your interest

E-mail:[email protected]

Website:www.mam.gov.tr

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