Development of a Hydrochemolytic Pilot Unit For Upgrading Asphaltene and Waste Plastics

开发用于升级沥青质和废塑料的水化学中试装置

• 批准号: 558401-2020
• 负责人: Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Lambton College of Applied Arts and 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: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=706757
• 关键词: Development; Hydrochemolytic; Pilot; Unit; Upgrading

Established in 2012, Aduro Energy is an Ontario-based technology solutions company that leverages the unique properties of water to upgrade renewable oils, waste plastics, rubber, and Bitumen into higher-value petroleum and specialty chemical products - cheaply, quickly, and with significant environmental benefits. For Aduro to move on to the next stage of commercialization, the company needs to build a revenue-generating pilot-scale unit to process and demonstrate the companies patented Hydrochemolytic Plastics and Hydrochemolytic Bitumen Upgrading (HPUTM & HBUTM) technology. The collaborative project with Lambton College will focus on testing Aduro energy's process and provide a proof of concept to move to demonstration scale. To achieve this, data for process and scale-up will be obtained as well as the optimization of their bench-scale unit. The unit will then be converted to a continuous pilot-scale unit for the technology to be ready to advance to the demonstration scale. The goal of this project is to prove the technology in continuous operation at pilot scale. Once the proof of concept is accomplished at the pilot-scale, Aduro will move onto building the demonstration facility. Having a demonstration unit located at the Sarnia-Lambton Western Research Park would allow Aduro to conduct trials, testing, and optimize technology on several feedstocks including heavy oil and end-of-life plastics. The technology has the potential to co-process raw MSW with plastics or Bitumen feedstock thereby reducing the need for landfill sites while reducing possible GHG. The collaboration with Lambton College presents an opportunity for the training of students for future employment at Aduro Energy and the improvement of the Lambton College curriculum. It is also estimated that the demonstration plant will generate $1.5M in revenue and create 4-6 new full-time positions.

Aduro Energy成立于2012年，是一家位于安大略省的技术解决方案公司，利用水的独特性质将可再生油，废塑料，橡胶和沥青升级为更高价值的石油和特种化学产品-廉价，快速，具有显着的环境效益。 为了使Aduro进入商业化的下一阶段，该公司需要建立一个创收的中试规模装置，以处理和展示公司获得专利的水化学降解塑料和水化学降解沥青升级（HPUTM & HBUTM）技术。与兰顿学院的合作项目将侧重于测试阿杜罗能源的过程，并提供一个概念证明，以转移到示范规模。为了实现这一目标，将获得工艺和规模放大的数据以及对其实验室规模单元的优化。然后，该装置将被转换为连续的中试规模装置，以便该技术准备推进到示范规模。 该项目的目标是在中试规模上证明该技术的连续运行。一旦概念验证在中试规模上完成，Aduro将着手建造示范设施。在Sarnia-Lambton西部研究园建立示范装置将使Aduro能够对包括重油和报废塑料在内的多种原料进行试验、测试和优化技术。该技术有可能与塑料或沥青原料共同处理未加工的城市固体废物，从而减少对垃圾填埋场的需求，同时减少可能的温室气体。与兰顿学院的合作为学生未来在阿杜罗能源公司就业提供了培训机会，并改善了兰顿学院的课程。据估计，该示范工厂将产生150万美元的收入，并创造4-6个新的全职职位。