Hydrocarbons from lipid feedstocks

该研究计划将重点研究脂肪和油转化为第二代生物燃料的情况。具体地说，这项研究将围绕不饱和脂肪酸在热解条件下的基本化学和动力学展开。预期的产品将是真正的碳氢化合物，因此预计不仅是可再生的，而且将与现有的石化和燃料行业直接兼容。所采用的方法来自于阿尔伯塔大学的沥青改进研究，在该研究中，阿尔伯塔大学处于世界领先地位，因此研究小组非常了解设备、方案和对反应化学的见解。拟议的计划是布雷斯勒博士目前的NSERC发现计划的继续，该计划已经在这一领域取得了几项重大突破。这项申请的重点是建立在当前计划的成功基础上，并扩大研究以解决几个有待回答的基本问题。前一轮供资产生了若干手稿和未决的美利坚合众国和国际PCT专利申请，这些申请是利用一种基础研究方法，利用模型化合物研究脂肪高温热处理成碳氢化合物的结果。开发了新的热解方法，揭示了甘油三酯通过两步过程间歇转化为碳氢化合物的关键参数。

The research program will focus on investigating the conversion of fats and oils to second generation biofuels. Specifically the research will focus around the fundamental chemistry and kinetics of unsaturated fatty acids under pyrolytic conditions. The anticipated products will be true hydrocarbons and therefore are expected to not only be renewable, but will be directly compatible to the existing petrochemical and fuel industry. The approaches utilized are adapted from bitumen upgrading research, at which the University of Alberta is a world leader, and thus equipment, protocols and the insights on reaction chemistry are well understood by the research group. The proposed program is a continuation of Dr. Bressler's current NSERC Discovery program which has resulted in several significant breakthroughs in this area. This application is focused on building upon the successes of the current program and expands the research to address several fundamental questions that remain to be answered. The previous round of funding resulted in several manuscripts and pending United States of America and International PCT patent applications that were the result of utilizing a fundamental research approach employing model compounds to study high temperature thermal processing of lipids to hydrocarbons. Novel pyrolytic approaches were developed that revealed the parameters critical for batch conversion of triglycerides to hydrocarbons through a two step process.