SEP Integrated National Framework for Cellulosic Drop-in Fuels

SEP 纤维素直接燃料国家综合框架

• 批准号: 1230908
• 负责人: Hemant Pendse
• 金额: $ 190万
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-15 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1230908&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SEP; Integrated; National; Framework; Cellulosic

The NSF Sustainable Energy pathways (SEP) Program, under the umbrella of the NSF Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) initiative, will support the research program of Prof. Hemant Pendse and co-workers at the University of Maine. The highly multi-disciplinary team will develop a framework for evaluating and comparing biofuel technologies by integrating the disciplines of engineering, environmental science, economics, and policy. As a baseline, the framework will be applied to Formate Assisted Pyrolysis (FORMAP) which is a transformative new "drop-in" (infrastructure compatible) hydrocarbon biofuel technology. Project efforts will culminate in a multi-criteria decision-making analysis (MCDA) tool. The research will include work to (1) Evaluate the environmental impacts of each stage of the product life cycle based on various feedstock, processing, component recycling and production scenarios related to the FORMAP technology, and (2) Evaluate possible policy, legal and social acceptance barriers to swift implementation of the new technology. This combined with the MCDA tool will culminate in an Energy Pathway Readiness Level (EPRL) scale, by which this FORMAP technology and other energy technologies could be evaluated for their "readiness" for deployment in the commercial arena in other regions. The FORMAP chemistry is transformative as it makes possible a paradigm shift away from the heterogeneous catalytic post-processing, which is currently the most studied pathway to improve pyrolysis. This project takes FORMAP to real biomass derived intermediates rather using synthetic reagents. The research will provide guidance on the most sustainable pathway for public and regulatory acceptance, and commercialization. While the proposed research is focused on the Northeast region, the research results will be broadly applicable other regions in the United States. Since a broad suite of technologies will be necessary to reduce the overall dependence on petroleum, the analyses will make it possible to systematically marry feedstock production, fuel production, and product distribution technologies for a particular region. Education initiatives will utilize online delivery to improve the size and scope of the audience. Taken in total, education and outreach efforts will promote applied workforce development for those entering or currently working within the biofuels industry. Experience in interdisciplinary research collaboratives and undergraduate and graduate student research projects will promote the next generation of scientists and scientific discoveries.The research will support development of a new process, FORMAP, which has the potential to renewably replace petroleum products with new drop-in biofuels that can be used for aviation and ground transport. The proposed research will result in the development of a multi-criteria decision-making analysis (MCDA) tool that will allow national and international researchers in other regions to optimize the overall sustainability of advanced biofuels through alterations to feedstock choices, production processes, and transportation and distribution alternatives that are locally appropriate. Detailed chemical characterization and process models developed by the project will provide data for the economics and integration of FORMAP into existing petroleum fuels infrastructure.

NSF可持续能源途径（SEP）计划，在NSF科学，工程和教育可持续发展（SEES）倡议的保护伞下，将支持Hemant Pendse教授和同事在缅因州大学的研究计划。这个高度多学科的团队将通过整合工程、环境科学、经济学和政策等学科，开发一个评估和比较生物燃料技术的框架。 作为一个基线，该框架将应用于甲酸盐辅助热解（FORMAP），这是一种变革性的新的“插入式”（基础设施兼容）碳氢化合物生物燃料技术。 项目工作最终将产生一个多标准决策分析工具。 该研究将包括以下工作：（1）根据与FORMAP技术相关的各种原料、加工、部件回收和生产方案，评估产品生命周期每个阶段的环境影响;（2）评估快速实施新技术可能遇到的政策、法律的和社会接受障碍。与军事和民防资源工具相结合，最终将得出能源途径准备程度量表，据此可以评估FORMAP技术和其他能源技术是否“准备就绪”，以便在其他区域的商业竞技场部署。FORMAP化学是变革性的，因为它使得从非均相催化后处理的范式转变成为可能，非均相催化后处理是目前研究最多的改善热解的途径。该项目将FORMAP用于真实的生物质衍生中间体，而不是使用合成试剂。 该研究将为公众和监管机构接受以及商业化的最可持续途径提供指导。虽然拟议的研究主要集中在东北地区，但研究成果将广泛适用于美国其他地区。由于减少对石油的总体依赖需要一系列广泛的技术，这些分析将使特定地区的原料生产、燃料生产和产品分销技术系统地结合起来成为可能。 教育举措将利用在线交付，以扩大受众的规模和范围。 总的来说，教育和推广工作将促进那些进入或目前在生物燃料行业工作的人的应用劳动力发展。在跨学科研究合作以及本科生和研究生研究项目方面的经验将促进下一代科学家和科学发现。该研究将支持开发一种新工艺FORMAP，该工艺有可能用可用于航空和地面运输的新型直接生物燃料可再生地取代石油产品。 拟议的研究将导致开发一个多标准决策分析工具，使其他地区的国家和国际研究人员能够通过改变适合当地的原料选择、生产工艺以及运输和分销替代方案，优化先进生物燃料的总体可持续性。 该项目开发的详细化学特性和工艺模型将为FORMAP的经济性和与现有石油燃料基础设施的整合提供数据。