Catalytic Transformation of Tall Oil into Biocomponent of Diesel Fuel

Table 6

Results of hydrorefining of the mixtures of gas oil and crude tall oil; catalyst C.

Parameter	Products
Temperature, °C	380		360
Pressure, MPa	5.5		5,5
LHSV, h^−1	1		1
H2/feed, L/L⋅h	1034	511	1054	503
CTO content in feed, % vol.	20
Hydrocarbons C1–C5, % wt.	1,27	1,14	0,68	0,44
Propane, % wt.	0,49	0,44	0,53	0,27
CO content, % wt.	0,28	0,99	0,22	0,60
CO2 content, % wt.	2,57	2,93	1,66	0,67
Liquid product, % wt.	95,12	94,52	95,72	96,64
Reaction water, % wt.	2,31	2,55	2,62	1,38
Sulphur content, mg/kg	58.8	100.5	218.4	473.4
Acid value, mg KOH/g	0.14	0.17	0.05	0.07
Nitrogen content, mg/kg	0.58	0.8	1	1.2
Density at 15°C. kg/m^3	831	837	830	829
Monoaromatics, % wt.	21.2	24.5	16.8	16.8
Σ Di- and Tri-aromatics, % wt.	2.3	2.9	1.4	1.5
Cetane number	56.6	56.3	59	59