Hydrocarbon Oil Upgrading Under Natural Gas

天然气下的碳氢油升级

基本信息

批准号：
548434-2019
负责人：
Tofani, Rick
金额：
$ 1.82万
依托单位：
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
依托单位国家：
加拿大
项目类别：
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
加拿大
起止时间：
2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=680760
关键词：
Hydrocarbon Oil Upgrading Under Natural

项目摘要

Forty percent of heavy crude oil must be upgraded prior to entering the pipeline and eventually arriving at a refinery. The current upgrader process is conducted under high pressure, consumes large amounts of hydrogen and is a heavy greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter. The hydrogen is known to enhance the properties of the oil but the economic cost is high. An innovative new partial upgrade has been proposed by Kara Energy Services. This novel process maintains the benefits attributed to hydrogen but uses a cheap and abundant H-donor such as methane, this is the main component of natural gas. Kara's proprietary process is conducted under low pressure, uses natural gas, which is cheap and abundant, and consumes considerably less hydrogen. Therefore, the entire process has lower GHG emissions. This project will move the Kara technology along the technology readiness level toward commercialization from TRL 5 to TRL 6. The goal is to ensure the novel approach provides a cost-effective quality product ready for pipeline transportation and producing high-value added petrochemicals. The success is achieved by the catalytic incorporation of natural gas (methane-methanotreating) into the heavy oil at mild temperatures and pressures (<5 MPa). Natural gas prices are much lower than H2 providing enhanced productivity, reduced production costs and improved profitability. These outcomes establish a novel methane activation and liquefaction tool which is a breakthrough in the field of catalysis and its application to clean energy conversion.

在进入管道之前，必须升级40％的重原油并最终到达炼油厂。当前的升级工艺是在高压下进行的，消耗大量氢，并且是重型温室气体（GHG）发射极。已知氢可以增强石油的特性，但经济成本很高。 Kara Energy Services提出了创新的新部分升级。这个新颖的过程维持归因于氢的好处，但使用了廉价而丰富的H-Donor，例如甲烷，这是天然气的主要组成部分。 Kara的专有工艺是在低压下进行的，使用廉价且丰富的天然气，并且消耗少的氢。因此，整个过程的气体排放量较低。该项目将将KARA技术沿技术准备水平从TRL 5转移到TRL 6到TRL 6。目标是确保新颖的方法为管道运输提供了成本效益的优质产品，并生产了高价值的添加石化化学物质。成功是通过在轻度温度和压力（<5 MPa）下将天然气（甲烷 - 甲烷培养）催化融合到重油中实现的。天然气价格远低于H2，可提高生产率，降低生产成本和提高的获利能力。这些结果建立了一种新型的甲烷激活和液化工具，这是催化领域的突破及其在清洁能量转化率的应用中的突破。