Co-processing of sugarcane bagasse pyrolytic tar and vacuum gas oil under FCC conditions

DIETTA, LEANDRO; RODRIGUEZ, MARIANA; GARCÍA, JUAN RAFAEL; FALCO, MARISA; SEDRAN, ULISES

Santa Fe

Workshop; French-Argentinean Workshop on Heterogeneous Catalysis; 2023

INCAPE

Currently, energy is mainly produced from non-renewable fossil sources, which generates, on the one hand, a growing need for developing new and renewable energy sources and, on the other hand, significant efforts to control CO2 emissions. Multiple factors have created a driving force for decarbonizing refining processes, such as pressure from society, regulations and investors. One of the areas of particular interest for many refiners is the processing of bio-based feedstocks in existing operating units, including the fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) which is the main catalytic conversion process within refineries. This work proposes the FCC cracking of mixtures of vacuum gas oil and tar from the pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse, a non-conventional source of renewable origin.