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

Aduro Energy成立于2012年，是一家总部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工产品-成本低、速度快，并具有显著的环境效益。 为了让阿杜罗进入下一阶段的商业化，该公司需要建立一个创收的中试单位来加工和展示公司获得专利的水化学塑料和水化学沥青升级(HPUTM&HBUTM)技术。与兰伯顿学院的合作项目将专注于测试阿杜罗能源的流程，并提供概念证明，以转移到示范规模。为了实现这一点，将获得工艺和放大数据以及其小试装置的优化。然后，该装置将被转换为连续的中试装置，以便该技术准备好推进到示范规模。 该项目的目标是在中试规模上证明该技术是连续运行的。一旦完成了试点规模的概念验证，阿杜罗将着手建设示范设施。在萨尼亚-兰布顿西部研究园区拥有一个示范单位，将使阿杜罗能够对包括重油和报废塑料在内的几种原料进行试验、测试和优化技术。该技术有可能将未经处理的生活垃圾与塑料或沥青原料共同处理，从而减少对垃圾填埋场的需求，同时减少可能的温室气体排放。与兰布顿学院的合作为培训学生在阿杜罗能源公司的未来就业提供了机会，并改善了兰布顿学院的课程。据估计，示范工厂将创造150万美元的收入，并创造4至6个新的全职职位。

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.