Simulation and optimization of dry reforming of biogas containing hydrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide using Aspen Plus

该项目的最终目标是利用干法重整（DRM）和费托催化（FTS）相结合的方法，从甲烷和二氧化碳两种丰富的温室气体中生产可再生液体燃料。这个新概念利用了三种处于实验规模开发阶段的加拿大创新技术，当它们在一个过程中结合在一起时，将提供100%可再生的喷气燃料、柴油、石脑油和乙醇燃料，这些燃料来自玉米和各种非食品级原料。除了由于所使用的原料类型而使所提出的工艺的燃料产品具有明显的可再生性质外，该工艺还利用乙醇制造和厌氧消化产生的二氧化碳作为气-液转化的碳源之一，从而显著改善了碳足迹和燃料生产的经济性。

The ultimate goal of the project is to produce renewable liquid fuels from two abundant greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide using a combination dry reforming (DRM) and Fischer-Tropsch (FTS) catalytic processes. The novel concept utilizes three innovative Canadian technologies under bench-scale development that, when combined together in one process, will provide 100% renewable jet fuel, diesel, naphtha, and ethanol fuels, from corn and a variety of non-food-grade feedstock. In addition to the obvious renewable nature of the fuel products from the proposed process due to the type of feedstock to be utilized, the process make use of the carbon dioxide from ethanol manufacturing and anaerobic digestion as one of the carbon sources for the gas-to-liquid conversion, leading to significant improvement of the carbon footprint and economics of the fuel production.