Modular Manufacturing Workshop; Arlington, VA; January 17-18, 2017

模块化制造车间；

• 批准号: 1700994
• 负责人: Dionisios Vlachos
• 金额: $ 3.97万
• 依托单位: University of Delaware
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-12-01 至 2017-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1700994&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Modular; Manufacturing; Workshop; Arlington; VA

The project will support a workshop on Modular Manufacturing of Chemicals that will be held near the National Science Foundation on January 17 and 18, 2017. The workshop will bring together technology leaders to develop a roadmap for basic research supporting development of small-scale, modular, chemical manufacturing facilities as an alternative to conventional huge-scale chemical plants. The modular alternative offers potential advantages for the utilization of chemical feedstocks that are remotely located and cannot be economically transported to centralized processing facilities. Successful development and implementation of modular manufacturing facilities will ensure sustained competitiveness of the U.S. chemical industry while also addressing environmental challenges and promoting clean energy technology.The rapid emergence of large reserves of natural gas derived from shale oil fracturing operations has created a challenge in utilizing the gas. Much of the so-called stranded gas produced in remote locations is burned because of poor economics for transporting it to power-plants or chemical plants. Modular, scalable, processing units that can be installed at the well-head, offer a means of converting these hydrocarbon gases to transportable liquid fuels and chemicals. The modular units can only be successfully deployed if heretofore unrealized levels of process intensification and integration can be achieved. This, in turn, will require unprecedented collaboration among engineers and scientists across disciplines involving catalysis, reactor engineering, separations, energy utilization, and systems engineering. The workshop will explore the most efficient mechanisms for achieving such collaboration. Benefits of the technology will include improved process technologies for implementation across all manufacturing scales, and societal benefits including reduced carbon dioxide emissions, safer chemical processing, workforce training, and continued world-wide competitiveness of the U.S. chemical industry.

该项目将支持将于2017年1月17日和18日在国家科学基金会附近举行的化学品模块化制造研讨会。讲习班将汇集技术领袖，为基础研究制定路线图，支持发展小型、模块化的化学制造设施，以替代传统的大型化工厂。模块化替代方案为化学原料的利用提供了潜在的优势，这些原料位于偏远地区，无法经济地运输到集中处理设施。模块化生产设施的成功开发和实施将确保美国化学工业的持续竞争力，同时也将解决环境挑战和促进清洁能源技术。页岩油压裂产生的大量天然气储量迅速出现，这给天然气的利用带来了挑战。大部分在偏远地区产生的所谓滞留气体被焚烧，因为将其运送到发电厂或化工厂的经济效益不高。模块化、可扩展的处理单元可以安装在井口，提供了一种将这些碳氢化合物气体转化为可运输的液体燃料和化学品的方法。只有在实现迄今为止尚未实现的过程强化和集成水平的情况下，模块化单元才能成功部署。反过来，这将需要工程师和科学家之间前所未有的跨学科合作，包括催化、反应堆工程、分离、能源利用和系统工程。讲习班将探讨实现这种合作的最有效机制。该技术的好处将包括改进所有制造规模的工艺技术，以及社会效益，包括减少二氧化碳排放，更安全的化学加工，劳动力培训，以及继续保持美国化学工业的全球竞争力。