1. CatLiq- Catalytic Hydrothermal Liquefaction Process from Pilot Scale to Demo Scale
MEHMET UNSAL, HAYDAR LIVATYALI, PARVANA AKSOY, SERHAT GUL, ALPER ONOGLU
International Congress and Expo on Biofuels & Bioenergy 
August 25-27, 2015 Valencia, Spain

2. Our Team
Altaca Energy is an alternative energy company who owns all the intellectual rights of the CatLiq® technology.
TUBITAK Marmara Research Center Energy and Environment Institutes conduct the laboratory analyses and support the project as technical consultant in process and equipment design.
Bogazici University Chemical and Mechanical Engineering Departments contribute to the project as a consultant in reaction engineering in process in Turkey

4. Lab Scale Plant

5. LAB-SCALE PLANT Conditions Supercritical water Reaction time
~30 minutes
Feedstocks
All kinds of biomass, wet feedstocks, no drying required, 60 kg/h
Chemistry
Reactive water, like acetone solvent, deoxygenetion as carbondioxide
Products
45% biocrude oil (%w on feedstock, dry basis),25% gas, 20% unconverted carbon, 10% soluble organics in water phase.
Thermal efficiency
70-90%
CATLIQ OIL ANALİZLERİ VE PROSES OPTİMİZASYONU

7. Scale-up Hyrarcy
Flow diagram
Mass and energy balance
Process simulation and equipment design
CFD
Mechanical design
Stress analysis

8. Block Diagram

9. Heat exchangers, H/E-1 Pressure 250 bar Temperature from 80 to 341 C
36 of Tube-in-tube
Designed by ASME div. 2 Sec.VIII
Pre-reaction is formed.

10. Heat exchangers, H/E-2 P= 250 bar T=341 to 380 C 24 of shell-tube
Designed by ASME div. 2 Sec.VIII

11. Wow! Flange… H/E-3

12. Heat exchangers, H/E-3 P= 250 bar T=341 to 400 C Shell-tube Final-H/E
Molten salt
Designed by ASME div. 2 Sec.VIII

13. Heat exchangers, H/E- 4, 5
Heat recovery
Steam production

14. Reactors

15. Reactors Solid catalyst, its formula is belongs to Altaca P= 250 bar
T=400 C
Shell-tube
Molten salt
Designed by ASME div. 2 Sec.VIII

16. Power central, 4 MWth

17. Conclusions There is so many works to be done
The start up scenario will be written
The start up will be began and finalized
From start up to steady-state phase
Optimization for some values
Dream project is an Catliq industrial scale design and manufacture finally

18. Thank you for your interest
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