Catalytic Transformation of Tall Oil into Biocomponent of Diesel Fuel

Table 5

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

Parameter	Products
Temperature, °C	380		360
Pressure, MPa	5.5		5,5
LHSV, h^−1	1		1
H2/feed, L/L⋅h	1030	541	1034	531
CTO content in feed, % vol.	20
Hydrocarbons C1–C5, % wt.	0,98	0,48	0,55	0,37
Propane, % wt.	0,38	0,33	0,69	0,46
CO content, % wt.	0,65	0,32	0,68	0,48
CO2 content, % wt.	0,38	1,25	2,07	1,40
Liquid product, % wt.	96.74	97.73	96.00	95.67
Reaction water, % wt.	0.86	1.02	1.93	2.93
Sulphur content, mg/kg	128.8	308.3	114.2	38.2
Acid value, mg KOH/g	0.15	0.03	0.11	0.04
Nitrogen content, mg/kg	2.4	2.8	1.5	1.8
Density at 15°C. kg/m^3	839	835	832	833
Monoaromatics, % wt.	25	23.2	20.7	21.4
Σ Di- and Tri-aromatics, % wt.	2.9	2.6	2	2
Cetane number	55	56.4	55.8	56.7