SBIR Phase II: Mixed Oxide Sulfur-Tolerant Water Gas Shift Catalysts

这个小型企业创新研究第二阶段项目将专注于改进第一阶段计划中确定的催化剂成分，以从生物质生产燃料。为了使液体燃料和生物质制氢更经济、更高效，需要新的催化剂材料。在该二期项目中，将利用可扩展的合成方法来制备1公斤/天批次的高比表面积催化剂，并使用专有添加剂来提高低温变换活性。在第二阶段的研究中，pH Matter将展示新型催化剂组合物在额外的客户特定气体进料环境下的性能，并展示一种扩大催化剂合成过程的方法，以便交付给BTL系统开发商和商业催化剂制造商。最终目标是生产催化剂并产生性能数据，证明该催化剂可以在生物质来源中发现的各种污染物中运行，从而降低成本并提高生物燃料生产的效率。该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力潜在地相当大。从生物质生产能源和液体燃料将产生许多有益的社会影响。生物质气化过程是碳中性的，因为它使用从植物中捕获的二氧化碳；因此，生物质气化将取代化石燃料的能源生产，从而减少温室气体排放。与燃料作物不同，生物质可以从第二代来源获得，比如对人类消费没有用处的废物产品，所以这项技术不会与食物来源竞争。此外，使用生物质作为液体燃料来源将减少我国对外国能源的依赖。在NSF SBIR第二阶段计划期间开发和改进的技术也可以应用于广泛的其他催化反应。潜在的应用包括：稀燃柴油发动机尾气处理，燃料电池的碳氢重整，燃料电池的电极材料，以及气转液过程。总体而言，该项目将为催化和材料开发方面的文献贡献新的成果。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will focus on the refinement of catalyst compositions identified during the Phase I program for production of fuels from biomass. New catalyst materials are needed to make liquid fuels and hydrogen from biomass more economical and efficient. In this Phase II project a scalable synthesis method will be utilized to prepare 1kg/day batches of high surface area catalysts with proprietary additives to improve low temperature shift activity. During the Phase II research, pH Matter will demonstrate the performance of the novel catalyst compositions under additional customer-specific gas feed environments and demonstrate a method for scaling up the catalyst synthesis process for delivery to BTL system developers and commercial catalyst manufacturers. The end goal is production of catalysts and generation of performance data demonstrating that the catalyst can operate in the full range of contaminants found in biomass sources,reducing the cost and improving the efficiency of fuel production from biomass.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is potentially quite large. The production of energy and liquid fuels from biomass will have a number of beneficial societal impacts. Biomass gasification processes are carbon neutral, since it uses C0 2 that was captured from plants; therefore, biomass gasification will replace energy production from fossil fuels, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Unlike fuel crops, biomass can be garnered from second generation sources like waste products that have no use for human consumption, so the technology does not compete with food sources. Further,using biomass as a source of liquid fuel will reduce the dependence of our nation on foreign sources of energy. The technology developed and refined during the Phase II NSF SBIR program could have application to a wide range of other catalytic reactions as well. Potential applications include: lean burn diesel engine exhaust treatment,hydrocarbon reforming for fuel cells, electrode materials in fuel cells,and gas-to-liquid processes. Overall,the project will contribute novel results to the body of literature in catalysis and materials development.