ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Assessment of the Refining Process Profitability
for Biofuel Production – Rapeseed Pyrolytic
Oil Case Study
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Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Fuels Chemistry
and Technology, Gdańska 7/9, 50-344 Wrocław, Poland
Submission date: 2020-12-16
Final revision date: 2021-02-06
Acceptance date: 2021-02-10
Online publication date: 2021-08-09
Publication date: 2021-09-22
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Katarzyna Pstrowska
Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Fuels Chemistry and Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(5):4609-4619
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On the basis of the 1H, 13C NMR and FT-IR spectroscopic results, elemental analysis and acid
hydroxide group content analysis, the chemical structure of liquid fractions from pyrolysis of rapeseed
treatment products was discussed. All the examined pyrolysis products contain a large number of
unstable olefins as well as oxygen and nitrogen in aromatic rings or side hydrocarbon chains in aromatics.
Although the liquid fractions obtained by pyrolysis of rapeseed and rapeseed processing products are
potentially valuable fuel or fuel components, they need refining treatment. The best method, in this
case, seems to be the hydrorefining process. It was shown that the hydrotreatment of such a complex
composition requires incurring the costs of hydrogen for refining and construction costs of relevant
installations or using existing ones in the nearest refinery. The costs of biofuel production from studied
liquid pyrolysis products and other biomass-derived fractions should include the raw material costs as
the logistics, i.e. transport of biomass and pyrolytic oils to the place of their pyrolysis or refining. In
many cases, the costs of producing liquid fuels by biomass pyrolysis can be comparable or even higher
than the value of the biofuel produced.