AM-10-159 Renewable Hydroprocessing Technology and Refinery Integration Options

Description:

As U.S. refiners process increasing amounts of heavier crudes (Figure 1), refinery inputs are becoming decreasingly well-matched with output demands (Figure 2), and as overall demand for diesel increases, low-sulfur diesel fuel producers are increasingly dealing with more aromatics and sulfur and less cetane. Although current feedstock economics are challenging, hydroprocessing of renewables offers the potential to address these issues and generate renewable identification number (RIN) credits via production of a near-zero-aromatics/sulfur content, high-cetane, low-pour-point diesel blendstock.