Hydrothermal upgrading of non-food corn-oil into high value alternative fuels

将非食品玉米油水热升级为高价值替代燃料

• 批准号: 501445-2016
• 负责人: Charpentier, Paul
• 金额: $ 10.34万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 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=693559
• 关键词: Hydrothermal; upgrading; non; food; corn

In this NSERC CRD project we will work with Aduro Energy and Greenfield Specialty Alcohols on examining how to produce high quality fuels from corn-oil waste produced during ethanol production. Preliminary work at Western University has shown that decarboxylation chemistry of several model compounds of free fatty acids can be easily controlled by tuning the experimental conditions in sub/supercritical water to help drive the decarboxylation chemistry. Water at near supercritical conditions both helps to solubilize the biomass feed while helping drive the decarboxylation chemistry to very high yields and forming upgraded fuel. This project will focus on upgrading corn oil produced as a byproduct of EtOH production into green diesel and jet fuel. This approach can help increase the revenue of ethanol producers around the world by converting their low value byproduct corn oil into high value alternative fuels. Students from Western will optimize the catalyst structure and reaction engineering process parameters, examining the decarboxylation kinetics and reaction mechanism. Feedstocks provided from four GFSA alcohol production sites will be examined on how their chemical structure and variability influences the catalytic process and catalyst deactivation. At the end of this project we will have optimized the catalyst structure and process dynamics. In addition, we will help our supporting company's demonstrate this approach at their Chatham, Ont facility who in parallel will translate our results in a new demonstration faciltity. This project will help eliminate a current waste problem while providing a new cleantech solution and value chain for the Canadian economy.

在这个NSERC CRD项目中，我们将与Aduro Energy和Greenfield Specialty酒精一起研究如何从乙醇生产过程中产生的玉米油中产生高质量的燃料。西部大学的初步工作表明，通过调整亚/超临界水中的实验条件以帮助驱动脱羧化学，可以轻松控制几种自由脂肪酸模型化合物的脱羧化学。在近乎临界条件下的水都有助于溶解生物质饲料，同时帮助将脱羧化学的产量提高到很高的产量并形成升级的燃料。该项目将着重于将ETOH生产副产品生产的玉米油升级到绿色柴油和喷气燃料中。这种方法可以通过将其低价值的副产品玉米油转化为高价值替代燃料，从而有助于增加乙醇生产商的收入。 来自Western的学生将优化催化剂结构和反应工程过程参数，检查脱羧动力学和反应机制。将研究由四个GFSA酒精生产地点提供的原料，以了解其化学结构和可变性如何影响催化过程和催化剂失活。 在该项目的结尾，我们将优化催化剂结构和过程动力学。 此外，我们将帮助我们的支持公司在其Chatham的ONT设施中演示这种方法，他们将同时将我们的结果转化为新的演示式职能。该项目将有助于消除当前的废物问题，同时为加拿大经济提供新的清洁技术解决方案和价值链。