A method and an apparatus for producing a chemical compound from biomass based raw material. The bio-mass based raw material is gasified in a gasification device for forming a gasification gas, the gasification gas is treated in the reactor which includes at least one catalyst layer including Fe-based catalyst for forming a hydrocarbon composition, at least one hydrocarbon fraction including olefins is recovered from the hydrocarbon composition, and a chemical compound is formed from the hydrocarbon fraction. Further, the invention relates to the produced chemical compound.

Direct conversion of syngas to light olefins is carried out in a fixed bed or a moving bed reactor with a composite catalyst A+B. The active ingredient of catalyst A is active metal oxide; and catalyst B is one or more than one of zeolite of CHA and AEI structures or metal modified CHA and/or AEI zeolite. A spacing between geometric centers of the active metal oxide of the catalyst A and the particle of the catalyst B is 5 m-40 mm. A spacing between axes of the particles is preferably 100 m-5 mm, and more preferably 200 m-4 mm. A weight ratio of the active ingredients in the catalyst A and the catalyst B is within a range of 0.1-20 times, and preferably 0.3-5.

Disclosed are sp.sup.2 carbon nanogranules with iron incorporated from heavy petroleum residue of a refinery. The nanogranules may be used for improved synthesis of light olefins (C.sub.2-C.sub.4) from syngas in a single step Fischer Tropsch synthesis to lower olefins, (FTO). The efficient iron incorporated carbon nanogranules derived from low value heavy petroleum residue are very attractive as a catalytic system for direct synthesis of light olefin (C.sub.2-C.sub.4) from syngas at CO conversion up to 30%.

Disclosed are sp.sup.2 carbon nanogranules with iron incorporated from heavy petroleum residue of a refinery. The nanogranules may be used for improved synthesis of light olefins (C.sub.2-C.sub.4) from syngas in a single step Fischer Tropsch synthesis to lower olefins, (FTO). The efficient iron incorporated carbon nanogranules derived from low value heavy petroleum residue are very attractive as a catalytic system for direct synthesis of light olefin (C.sub.2-C.sub.4) from syngas at CO conversion up to 30%.

A catalyst, including silica and iron. The silica is in the form of a mesoporous spherical particle. The iron is in the form of nanoparticles evenly distributed and encapsulated in the silica. The particle size of the silica is between 140 and 160 nm, and the silica includes pores between 2 and 9 nm in diameter.

A catalyst, including silica and iron. The silica is in the form of a mesoporous spherical particle. The iron is in the form of nanoparticles evenly distributed and encapsulated in the silica. The particle size of the silica is between 140 and 160 nm, and the silica includes pores between 2 and 9 nm in diameter.

A method and an apparatus for producing a chemical compound from biomass based raw material. The bio-mass based raw material is gasified in a gasification device for forming a gasification gas, the gasification gas is treated in the reactor which includes at least one catalyst layer including Fe-based catalyst for forming a hydrocarbon composition, at least one hydrocarbon fraction including olefins is recovered from the hydrocarbon composition, and a chemical compound is formed from the hydrocarbon fraction. Further, the invention relates to the produced chemical compound.

A method and an apparatus for producing a chemical compound from biomass based raw material. The bio-mass based raw material is gasified in a gasification device for forming a gasification gas, the gasification gas is treated in the reactor which includes at least one catalyst layer including Fe-based catalyst for forming a hydrocarbon composition, at least one hydrocarbon fraction including olefins is recovered from the hydrocarbon composition, and a chemical compound is formed from the hydrocarbon fraction. Further, the invention relates to the produced chemical compound.

The invention is directed to a process to prepare ethylene and propylene from a biomass feedstock wherein the process comprises the following steps: (a) a mild gasification of a torrefied biomass feedstock thereby obtaining a char and a gaseous fraction comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a mixture of gaseous organic compounds; (b) a severe gasification of the gaseous fraction in the absence of the char to obtain a substantially tar-free syngas; (c) a Fischer-Tropsch reaction of the substantially tar-free syngas to obtain a first product mixture comprising of methane and C2+ aliphatic hydrocarbons, and (d) a steam cracking reaction of all or part of the C2+ aliphatic hydrocarbons obtained in step (c) to obtain a second product mixture. Methane as isolated from the first and/or the second product mixture may be combusted to generate heat for the endothermal steam cracking reaction in step (d).

A composite catalyst containing heteroatom-doped zeolite for preparing light olefin using direct conversion of syngas is formed by compounding component I and component II in a mechanical mixing mode. The active ingredient of component I is a metal oxide, and the component II is a heteroatom-doped zeolite. The zeolite topology is CHA or AEI, and the skeleton atoms include AlPO or SiAlPO; the heteroatoms is at least one of divalent metal Mg, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Sr, Zr, Mo, Cd, Ba and Ce, trivalent metal Ti and Ga, and tetravalent metal Ge. A weight ratio of the active ingredient in the component I to the component II is 0.1-20. The reaction process has high light olefin selectivity; the sum selectivity of the light olefin including ethylene, propylene and butylene can reach 50-90%, while the selectivity of a methane side product is less than 7%.