Oxygenated Fuel Products from Gaseous Carbon Waste Streams

来自气态碳废物流的含氧燃料产品

• 批准号: 575926-2022
• 负责人: Drover, MarcusM
• 金额: $ 1.52万
• 依托单位: University of Windsor
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=748385
• 关键词: Oxygenated; Fuel; Products; Gaseous; Carbon

Due to increasing rates of fossil fuel consumption, atmospheric CO2 continues to reach unprecedented levels, causing concern regarding climate change and ocean acidification. To ensure the well-being of Canadians (and indeed, all global citizens), innovative approaches that engage sustainable practice must be adopted to lessen society's footprint. Carbon capture and utilization will be essential to help global economies to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and limit global temperature rises to 1.5°C. This problem calls for a skilled research team devoted to exploiting the physical sciences to unearth collaborative space in clean energy, enhancing Canada's reputation for excellence. This NSERC Alliance Grant will cement a relationship between Prof. Marcus W. Drover at the University of Windsor and Imperial Oil Ltd., enabling knowledge transfer between one of Canada's largest energy producers and an early-career researcher who is looking to provide new tools for industrial use in the sustainable energy marketplace. These studies target the direct reduction of CO2-to-oxygenated fuels - a desirable transformation, with significant importance to the development of a carbon-neutral economy in Canada. The resulting oxygenated products are valuable - they can be used in fuel cells, combusted, or mixed with gasoline. Such oxygenates can also be used to enhance fuel combustion and thereby reduce exhaust emissions - an area in which Imperial Oil has vested interest. Overall, this proposal pairs interests of Prof. Drover, Imperial Oil Ltd., and the Government of Canada to develop clean and sustainable energy resources.

由于化石燃料消耗的速率增加，大气中的二氧化碳继续达到前所未有的水平，引起人们对气候变化和海洋酸化的关注。为了确保加拿大人（甚至所有全球公民）的福祉，必须采用可持续实践的创新方法，以减少社会的足迹。碳捕获和利用对于帮助全球经济在2050年之前实现净零排放量至关重要，并将全球温度升至1.5°C。这个问题要求一个熟练的研究团队，致力于利用物理科学在清洁能源方面发掘协作空间，从而提高了加拿大以卓越的声誉。这项NSERC联盟赠款将巩固温莎大学马库斯·W·德沃斯教授与帝国石油有限公司之间的关系，从而使加拿大最大的能源生产商之一与早期职业研究员之间的知识转移能够为可持续能源市场提供新工具。这些研究以直接降低二氧化碳到氧气的燃料的直接减少 - 这是一种理想的转变，对于加拿大的碳中性经济的发展至关重要。所得的氧化产物很有价值 - 它们可用于燃料电池，燃烧或与汽油混合。这种氧化剂也可以用于增强燃料成分，从而减少排气排放 - 帝国石油既有兴趣的区域。总体而言，该提案配对了Drover，Imperial Oil Ltd.和加拿大政府的利益，以开发清洁和可持续的能源资源。