Removal of Sulphur and Metals From Oil Sands Waste Streams - Phase 2

从油砂废物流中去除硫和金属 - 第 2 阶段

• 批准号: 537486-2018
• 负责人: Tofani, Rick
• 金额: $ 5.46万
• 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 2
• 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=691930
• 关键词: Removal; Sulphur; Metals; Oil; Sands

Oil sands bitumen and by-product streams contain levels of metals and sulphur that prevent its use in certain higher value applications. Removal of these contaminants by traditional means is difficult and uneconomic. The DSU® technology by Enlighten Innovations (Enlighten) is a proprietary removal process with demonstrated success in the treatment of marine fuels; a commercial unit for the treatment of said fuels is presently under construction. Enlighten's breakthrough technology is proven to reduce the level of sulphur to 0.5% in heavy oils and refinery bottoms, thus producing clean marine fuel. Enlighten has conducted tests on selected oil sands streams and their technology shows great promise. To explore and advance this product development, a collaboration between the company and the Environmental Technologies applied research group the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology reates the space for the commercial success of the technology. The proposed project will build on the outcomes of the ongoing NSERC Engage project, extending the investigation of the efficacy of the DSU® process and optimization of the treatment processes for various oil sand streams. The goal of the proposed project is to investigate and optimize the DSU® process for the treatment of bitumen streams focusing on petroleum coke and in the removal of metals and sulphur to ensure the end product can be used to produce carbon anodes. The proposed project is the next step toward the commercialization of this technology. This step is about reducing the negative environmental impact of the oil sands industry during bitumen production. An application of the resulting product has the potential to create new markets for carbon anodes, reduce price differential and reduce the cost of aluminum production. These new markets support the strategic priority of the Alberta provincial government to diversify the oil sands industry and the Alberta economy.

油砂沥青和副产品流含有一定水平的金属和硫，这阻止了其在某些高价值应用中的使用。通过传统方法去除这些污染物是困难且不经济的。Enlighten Innovations（Enlighten）的DSU®技术是一种专有的去除工艺，在处理船用燃料方面取得了成功;目前正在建设一个处理上述燃料的商业装置。Enlighten的突破性技术被证明可以将重油和炼油厂底部的硫含量降低到0.5%，从而生产清洁的船用燃料。Enlighten已经对选定的油砂流进行了测试，他们的技术显示出巨大的前景。为了探索和推进这一产品的开发，该公司与环境技术应用研究小组南阿尔伯塔理工学院的合作为该技术的商业成功创造了空间。拟议项目将以正在进行的NSERC Engage项目的成果为基础，扩大对DSU®工艺效率的调查，并优化各种油砂流的处理工艺。拟议项目的目标是研究和优化DSU®工艺，用于处理沥青流，重点是石油焦和去除金属和硫，以确保最终产品可用于生产碳阳极。该项目是该技术商业化的下一步。这一步骤是为了减少油砂工业在沥青生产过程中对环境的负面影响。所得产品的应用有可能为碳阳极创造新的市场，减少价格差异并降低铝生产成本。这些新市场支持了阿尔伯塔省政府的战略重点，使油砂行业和阿尔伯塔经济多样化。