Process incorporates renewables as part of refining operations PETROBRAS has developed a new technology to produce diesel oil. The H-BIO process uses vegetable oils as feedstocks to refine transportat..
Process incorporates renewables as part of refining operations
PETROBRAS has developed a new technology to produce diesel oil. The H-BIO process uses vegetable oils as feedstocks to refine transportation fuels. The technology was developed to introduce a renewable oil source into the diesel fuel production scheme while taking advantage of a refinery's existing infrastructure.
The vegetable-oil stream is blended with mineral diesel fractions and is hydroconverted via hydrotreating units (HDT). The hydrotreating process reduces sulfur content of the petroleum stream and improves the product streams' qualities.
CENPES, the Petrobras Research and Development Center, developed the H-BIO tec
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