Biocrude Refinery

Basics

• A biorefinery specifically desinged to process Biocrude
• Very similar to a petroleum refinery

Used For

• Production of Bio-Fuels
• Production of Bio-Petrochemicals
• Production of other Biocrude Derivateves

Existing Open Source Designs

• This Video on very small scale lab batch distillation
• Various Lab setups for distillation (even if not specifically for petroleum
• Setups for Alchohol Distillation being adapted

Minimum Viable Product

Lab Scale

• ~1L Capacity of Biocrude in
• Can fit on a lab station

Microfactory/Pilot Plant Scale

• Can fit on Pallets, Skids, or IMCs

Basic Design

Biocrude Tank

• This takes biocrude either from an onsite producer, or from ofsite transport

Catalyst Removal Unit

• This scrubs and recovers any HTL catalysts

Heater

• Used only in continous distillers (NOT batch style ones)
• Preheats the oil to 400° for the (Bio)-Crude-Oil Distillation Unit (or the "(B)CDU")

(B)CDU

• Stands for (Bio)-Crude-Oil Distillation Unit
• Has two variants:

Batch

• Used for small scale due to is's simplicity
• Is essentially what this video lays out

Continous

• This

VDU

• Stands for Vacuum Distillation Unit
• Distills the heaviest fractions without thermally cracking them via lowering the temp needed

Other Units

• These can change various fractions into others and/or refine them further:

See Also

• Biocrude
• HTL
• Biorefinery

Useful Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Petroleum refining processes is essentially the same but with a different feedstock