Gasification followed by gas upgrading have been widely investigated for fuels production form renewable energy sources (RES). Nevertheless, there is another route for introduction of RES in the fuel sector rather than the production of renewable fuels. The proposed idea is a gasification-upgrading process optimized for hydrogen production, intended for the integration in an oil refinery. The hydrodesulfurization of the refined petroleum products requires pure hydrogen, which is obtained from the one contained in the oil itself. Hence, there is room for introducing an extra source of hydrogen from a RES as biomass. Furthermore the process proposed in this work is suitable for integration, since it requires mainly low temperature heat (150 �C) which is abundant in an oil refinery and a small amount of electricity. Despite the technological challenge introduction of a new process causes, a high marginal profit can be achieved from the purchase of low price crude oil with high sulfur content.

Hydrogen from biomass gasification for utilization in oil refineries

244th National Meeting (2012)

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