A Green Technology for Extension of Conventional Marine Diesel Fuel Oils

南艾伯塔省理工学院(SAIT)正在寻求NSERC应用研究和开发计划的支持，以便与总部位于艾伯塔省的Ktal Energy Inc.(KATAL)合作开展一个应用研究项目，该公司开发了一种生产低碳馏分燃料的新技术，有望改变下游石油天然气和交通运输行业。KATAL的工艺包括将地下地下水与常规船用船用燃料混合，然后进行催化重整，以生产与原始船用燃料相比容量显著增加的水合、非乳化的替代柴油产品。KATAL的替代HRF-R3燃料是高品级、清洁燃烧和ASTM认证的燃料，保留了经过认证的加拿大传统船用柴油的所有关键性能特征。这一燃料转换过程克服了其他清洁燃料生产商面临的业务挑战，预计生产成本较低，对环境的影响也较小。*KATAL已在英国克兰菲尔德大学和卡尔加里大学进行了大量研发投资，以开发其新型加氢重整催化技术。已经使用了两个工作样机进行测试。其中一个价值80万美元的原型是由SAIT建造的，目前位于现场。它可用于拟议的项目。在拟议的475,000美元的项目中，SAIT将对燃料的燃烧、排放状况和点火行为进行实验，以确认其在船用柴油发动机中的使用有效性，而不需要进行改装。对工艺验证至关重要的发动机性能分析和表征工作将作为一个单独但相关的项目在当地进行。该项目将由SAIT的ARIS环境技术集团领导，从而受益于其应用研究专业知识和infrastructure.************************************************并在其基础上继续发展

The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is seeking support from the NSERC Applied Research and Development program for an applied research project with Katal Energy Inc. (Katal), an Alberta-based company that has developed a new technology to produce low-carbon, distillate fuels that promise to transform the downstream oil and gas and the transportation industries. Katal's process involves mixing subsurface groundwater with conventional marine bunker fuel, followed by catalytic reforming, to produce a hydrated, non-emulsified, alternative diesel fuel product at significantly higher volumes relative to the original bunker. Katal's alternative HRF-R3 fuel is high-grade, clean-burning and ASTM-approved, retaining all of the key performance characteristics of certified Canadian conventional marine diesel fuel. This fuel conversion process overcomes operational challenges faced by other clean fuel producers at a lower projected production cost and reduced environmental impacts. ****Katal has made significant R&D investments at Cranfield University (UK) and the University of Calgary in the development of its novel hydro-reforming catalytic technology. Two working prototypes have been used for testing. One prototype, valued at $800,000, was constructed by SAIT and is currently located on site. It is available for the proposed project. During the proposed $475,000 project, involving a 68% contribution by Katal, SAIT will conduct experiments pertaining to the fuel's combustion, emission profile and ignition behaviour to confirm the validity of its use in marine diesel engines without the need for retrofitting. The engine profiling and characterization work essential for the process validation will be conducted locally as a separate, but related, project. The project will be led by SAIT's ARIS Environmental Technologies group, thereby benefitting from and building upon its applied research expertise and infrastructure.************************************************