Patent ID: 9512364
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B01J,C10G,C10L,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A method for hydropyrolyzing an oxygenated organic feedstock, the method comprising: (a) introducing the oxygenated organic feedstock and a fluidizing gas comprising hydrogen into a fluidized bed hydropyrolysis reactor comprising a fluidized bed of solid particles, including catalyst, under hydropyrolysis conditions sufficient to generate product vapors from thermal decomposition and hydropyrolysis of the oxygenated organic feedstock; and (b) recovering from the product vapors a product stream containing substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon species, wherein the product stream comprises less than about 4% oxygen by mass; wherein the fluidized bed of solid particles has a depth of greater than two reactor diameters and includes lateral inserts selected from the group consisting of obstructions, obstacles, constrictions, and combinations thereof, spaced at axial intervals from about one to about two reactor diameters in a manner such that slugging does not occur within the fluidized bed hydropyrolysis reactor.