Hydrocarbons from lipid feedstocks

该研究计划将侧重于调查脂肪和油转化为第二代生物燃料。具体来说，研究将集中在热解条件下不饱和脂肪酸的基本化学和动力学。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，而且将直接与现有的石化和燃料工业兼容。所采用的方法是从沥青改质研究中改编而来的，阿尔伯塔大学在沥青改质研究中处于世界领先地位，因此研究小组对设备、协议和反应化学的见解都有很好的理解。拟议的计划是Bressler博士目前的NSERC发现计划的延续，该计划在这一领域取得了几项重大突破。该应用程序的重点是建立在当前计划的成功基础上，并扩展研究以解决仍有待回答的几个基本问题。上一轮资助产生了几份手稿和未决的美国和国际PCT专利申请，这些专利申请是利用基础研究方法，采用模型化合物研究脂质到碳氢化合物的高温热处理的结果。开发了新的热解方法，其揭示了通过两步法将甘油三酯分批转化为烃的关键参数。

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.