From atoms to plant: co-production of green transport fuel and levoglucosan from waste biomass

从原子到植物：利用废弃生物质联产绿色运输燃料和左旋葡聚糖

• 批准号: EP/R010986/1
• 负责人: Xiaolei Zhang
• 金额: $ 12.87万
• 依托单位: Queen's University Belfast
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FR010986%2F1
• 关键词: atoms; plant; co; production; green

Converting biomass waste to bio-products will simultaneously provide a route to waste-disposal, and a process for the production of useful, economically attractive products. Within all the products derived from biomass waste, liquid hydrocarbon transport fuels are promising for the UK to meet its 2020 renewable energy target of providing 10% of its transport fuel from renewable sources. They will help to tackle the challenges of climate change and the ever-increasing fuel demand.The current waste-to-liquid technologies, however, are facing main problems of high production cost and technical uncertainty. To address these problems, we will develop a breakthrough technology in this project. This novel technology will co-produce liquid transport bio-fuel and one value-added bio-chemical. By doing this, high economic profits will be expected when comparing with conventional liquid bio-fuel plants. The co-production system will additionally benefit to the reduction of the biofuel's high oxygen content, which is known as the main source that leads to poor stability, immiscibility and low calorific value of the produced fuel.The integrated production system will be designed and evaluated within this project, with the involvement of three universities (Queen's University Belfast-QUB, Aston University-AU, and North China Electric Power University-NCEPU), three academics, one PDRA, and two PhDs (one is funded by QUB, the other is funded by NCEPU). The project is also highly industrial geared by directly involvement of two UK-based companies: Hirwaun Energy Ltd, who will provide a pilot scale biomass pyrolysis reactor for results validation, and Green Lizard Technologies Ltd, who will provide suggestions on the technology scale-up.Through the development of this innovative technology, high national impact will be realised to achieve the UK's 2020 Renewable Energy targets through the conversion of over 16 million tonnes per year of the UK's lignocellulosic biomass into advanced fuel together with value-added co-products. It will also have a positive impact on the UK's target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions and increasing the use of renewable materials.

将生物质废物转化为生物产品将同时提供废物处置的途径，以及生产有用的、经济上有吸引力的产品的过程。在所有来自生物质废物的产品中，液态烃运输燃料有望使英国实现其2020年可再生能源目标，即从可再生能源中提供10%的运输燃料。这些技术将有助于应对气候变化和日益增长的燃料需求的挑战，但目前的废物处理技术面临着生产成本高和技术不确定性的主要问题。为了解决这些问题，我们将在该项目中开发突破性技术。这项新技术将联合生产液体运输生物燃料和一种增值生物化学品。通过这样做，当与常规液体生物燃料工厂相比时，将预期高的经济利润。该联合生产系统还将有助于降低生物燃料的高含氧量，这是导致所生产燃料稳定性差、不稳定性和低热值的主要原因。该项目将设计和评估综合生产系统，三所大学将参与其中（贝尔法斯特女王大学-QUB，阿斯顿大学-AU和华北电力大学-NCEPU），三名学者，一名PDRA和两名博士（一名由QUB资助，另一名由NCEPU资助）。该项目也是高度工业化的，有两家英国公司直接参与：Hirwaun能源有限公司将提供一个中试规模的生物质热解反应器进行结果验证，而绿色Lithium技术有限公司将提供技术放大的建议。通过这项创新技术的开发，通过每年将超过1600万吨的英国木质纤维素生物质转化为先进燃料以及增值副产品，将实现英国2020年可再生能源目标。这也将对英国减少二氧化碳排放和增加可再生材料使用的目标产生积极影响。

项目成果

Theoretical study of the effect of hydrogen radicals on the formation of HCN from pyrrole pyrolysis

氢自由基对吡咯热解生成HCN影响的理论研究

• DOI: 10.1016/j.joei.2018.08.004
• 发表时间: 2019-10-01
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF THE ENERGY INSTITUTE
• 影响因子: 5.7
• 作者: Liu, Ji;Zhang, Xiaolei;Yang, Yong-ping
• 通讯作者: Yang, Yong-ping

Evaluation of the effects and interactions of initial chlorine and sulphur contents on the release of potassium compounds during biomass combustion

• DOI: 10.1016/j.joei.2022.01.014
• 发表时间: 2022-01
• 期刊: Journal of the Energy Institute
• 影响因子: 5.7
• 作者: Wenhan Cao;Jun Li;Xiaolei Zhang

Release of potassium in association with structural evolution during biomass combustion

• DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119524
• 发表时间: 2020-11
• 期刊: Fuel
• 影响因子: 7.4
• 作者: Wen Cao;Jun Li;Leteng Lin;Xiaolei Zhang

Mechanistic investigation of char growth from lignin monomers during biomass utilisation

• DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2022.107556
• 发表时间: 2023-01
• 期刊: Fuel Processing Technology
• 影响因子: 7.5
• 作者: Alexander Shaw;Xiaolei Zhang;Shuya Jia;Juan Fu;Lin Lang;Robert C. Brown

Mechanism study on the effect of alkali metal ions on the formation of HCN as NOx precursor during coal pyrolysis

煤热解过程中碱金属离子对NOx前驱体HCN形成的影响机理研究

• DOI: 10.1016/j.joei.2018.03.012
• 发表时间: 2019-06
• 期刊: Journal of the Energy Institute
• 影响因子: 5.7
• 作者: Ji Liu;Xiao-lei Zhang;Qiang Lu;Alex;er Shaw;Bin Hu;Xiao-yan Jiang;Chang-qing Dong
• 通讯作者: Chang-qing Dong