Quality Improvement of Biomass Derived Diesel

生物质柴油的质量改进

• 批准号: 508314-2017
• 负责人: Ylijoki, Kai
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Saint Mary's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=639293
• 关键词: Quality; Improvement; Biomass; Derived; Diesel

Cellufuel Inc. has developed a proprietary process to produce diesel fuel from waste wood biomass. While theproduct is derived from biomass sources, the fuel is not biodiesel, which by definition is an organic fatty acidester. Given that the product of Cellufuel Inc. is a synthetic diesel product and not biodiesel, it is not subject tothe problems associated with biodiesel such as corrosion, oil polymerization, and high viscosity. The quality ofdiesel fuel is assessed by several quality metrics, particularly those prescribed by ASTM D975 for road goingdiesel. Three of these metrics are the flashpoint, sulphur content, and acid number. The diesel fuel producedby Cellufuel Inc. meets the quality standards of ASTM D975 except for these three areas. The proposedresearch project will develop methods to improve the diesel product to bring these three metrics into therequired range. Flashpoint will be raised by development of new methods to remove volatile components fromthe product stream. Sulphur content will be lowered by investigating new carrier fluids to preventcontamination of the diesel fuel product. Acid number will be improved by developing new methods toremove organic acid impurities derived from the wood feedstock. These improvements will allow CellufuelInc. to bring their new biomass derived diesel to market as a high-quality alternative to petroleum deriveddiesel.

Cellufuel Inc.开发了一个专有过程，以从废木生物量中生产柴油燃料。虽然产品是从生物量来源得出的，但燃料不是生物柴油，根据定义，这是有机脂肪酸酯。鉴于Cellufuel Inc.的产物是一种合成柴油产品而不是生物柴油，因此与生物柴油（例如腐蚀，油聚合和高粘度）相关的问题并非存在。电燃料的质量由几种质量指标进行评估，尤其是ASTM D975规定的燃料燃料。这些指标中有三个是闪点，硫含量和酸性。 Cellufuel Inc.生产的柴油燃料符合ASTM D975的质量标准。拟议的研究项目将开发改善柴油产品的方法，以将这三个指标带入该范围。 FlashPoint将通过开发新方法从产品流中删除挥发性组件来提高。通过研究新的载体流体以防止柴油燃料产品进行污染，可以降低硫含量。通过开发从木材原料衍生的有机酸杂质的新方法，将改善酸数。这些改进将允许Cellufuelinc。将其新的生物质衍生柴油作为石油衍生柴油的高质量替代品。