Table 4.
Physicochemical properties of the heavy oils with 25 wt% of ethanol

Bio-oil CoMo/Al2O3 NiMo/Al2O3 NiFe/zeolite Y NiFe/HBeta NiFe/ZSM-5

Temperature (°C)

300 350 400 300 350 400 300 350 400 300 350 400 300 350 400

Water content (wt%) 19.3 5.2 5.0 3.1 4.6 4.9 3.8 10.0 7.3 9.2 5.0 12.0 10.6 7.3 13.0 16.6
TAN(mg KOH/g oil) 150 28 31 52 56 50 70 62 52 56 28 47 55 77 73 58
Viscosity (mm2/s)a 103 57 65 58 62 67 69 40 46 44 45 43 49 42 48 46
Elemental analysis (dry basis, wt%)
C 42.9 67.7 65.3 68.7 60.5 62.7 64.0 62.6 68.1 67.6 56.9 59.7 60.3 58.0 66.8 65.4
H 7.1 7.5 8.6 8.7 10.0 9.9 8.7 8.3 8.2 8.8 9.5 8.7 9.1 7.9 8.1 9.9
N <0.1 <0.1 - - - - - <0.1 - - - - - - - -
Ob 49.9 24.7 26.1 22.6 29.5 27.4 27.3 29.0 23.7 23.6 33.6 31.6 30.6 34.1 25.1 24.7
S <0.1 0.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
HHV(MJ/kg, dry basis) 13.7 28.2 28.1 31.2 26.5 27.8 27.9 24.3 28.3 27.9 23.8 22.4 23.5 22.6 25.1 24.7
Degree of deoxygenation - 50.5 47.7 54.7 40.9 45.1 45.3 41.9 52.5 52.7 32.7 36.7 38.7 31.7 49.7 50.5
: Measured at 20°C
: Calculated by difference