A Green Technology for Extension of Conventional Marine Diesel Fuel Oils

南阿尔伯塔理工学院（SAIT）正在寻求NSERC应用研究和开发计划的支持，与Katal能源公司进行应用研究项目。（Katal）是一家总部位于艾伯塔省的公司，该公司开发了一种生产低碳馏分燃料的新技术，有望改变下游石油和天然气以及运输行业。卡塔尔的工艺包括将地下地下水与传统掩体燃料混合，然后进行催化重整，以生产含水、非乳化的替代柴油燃料产品，其体积比原始掩体高得多。Katal的替代HRF-R3燃料是高等级、清洁燃烧和ASTM认证的，保留了经认证的加拿大常规船用柴油的所有关键性能特征。这种燃料转化工艺克服了其他清洁燃料生产商面临的运营挑战，降低了预计生产成本，减少了对环境的影响。 Katal在克兰菲尔德大学（英国）和卡尔加里大学进行了重大的研发投资，以开发其新型加氢重整催化技术。 两个工作原型已用于测试。 一个原型，价值800 000美元，由SAIT建造，目前在现场。可用于拟建项目。 在拟议的475，000美元项目中，涉及Katal的68%贡献，SAIT将进行有关燃料燃烧，排放曲线和点火行为的实验，以确认其在船用柴油发动机中使用的有效性，而无需改装。工艺验证所必需的发动机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的阿里斯环境技术集团领导，从而受益于并建立在其应用研究专业知识和基础设施。

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.