The electrically-powered synthesis of ethylene for the chemical industry

减少二氧化碳排放是一项紧迫的全球性挑战。目前缺乏经济 因为捕获的CO2没有什么价值，所以鼓励捕获工业排放物。作为可再生能源 电力容量继续在规模上增加而价格下降，存在巨大的机会 使用清洁电力，通过电催化将二氧化碳转化为有价值的产品。电催化使 从CO2原料合成常规化石衍生的化学品;然而，现有系统表现出 性能差，与现有技术相比没有竞争力。 我们将开发新的催化剂材料和系统，以实现可再生能源的高选择性和效率。 乙烯生产乙烯是世界上最重要的石油化工产品之一， 约2000亿美元。 该项目将产生一种可再生电力驱动的乙烯合成工艺， 与传统的化石衍生方法相比具有经济竞争力。这将有助于加拿大实现其 温室气体排放目标，为石化行业的脱碳提供途径， 促进可再生电力和碳捕获技术的采用。 该提案是与工业合作伙伴共同制定的：TOTAL，一家主要的综合石油和天然气公司， 公司总部设在法国巴黎，在蒙特利尔有重要的业务;也与其子公司， 哈钦森，一家位于蒙特利尔的航空航天和材料公司。我们的目标是确保 项目，以加拿大工业，特别是确保该技术是兼容的 道达尔/哈钦森的石化业务。

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions is an urgent global challenge. There is currently a lack of economic incentive to capture industrial emissions as there is little value in the captured CO2. However, as renewable electricity capacity continues to increase in scale while dropping in price, there exists an enormous opportunity to use clean electricity to convert CO2 into products of value using electrocatalysis. Electrocatalysis enables the synthesis of conventionally fossil-derived chemicals from CO2 feedstock; however, existing systems exhibit poor performance and are not competitive with incumbent technologies. We will develop new catalyst materials and systems to achieve high selectivity and efficiency for renewable ethylene production. Ethylene is one of the most important petrochemicals in the world and has a market size of approximately $200B. This project will result in a process for the renewable electricity-powered synthesis of ethylene that is economically competitive with conventional fossil-derived methods. This will help Canada reach its greenhouse gas emission goals by providing a path towards decarbonization of the petrochemicals industry and enabling the uptake of renewable electricity and carbon capture technologies. This proposal was developed jointly with the industrial partners: TOTAL, a major integrated oil and gas company headquartered in Paris, France having significant operations in Montreal; and also with its subsidiary, Hutchinson, an aerospace and materials company based in Montreal. Our goal was to ensure relevance of the project to Canadian industry, and specifically to ensure that the technology is compatible with TOTAL/Hutchinson's petrochemical operations.