Determination of the role of Zeolite A in the wood biomass depolymerisation process

Boralex Inc.计划在加拿大建立一个示范工厂，以柴油的形式生产轻油， 木材生物量在成功的示范之后，有几个更大规模的商业工厂的前景 为整个加拿大领土生产可再生和增值的生物柴油。使用的过程依赖于 木材生物质催化解聚（CDP）是一项创新技术。CDP进程是 基于生物质的直接液化，其中长链烃或有机物裂解成轻质原油 油由于该工艺正处于工业化阶段的初期，Boralex的目标是优化该工艺 降低技术和商业风险。然而，缺乏知识和历史的CDP 应用于木材生物质增加了优化化学添加剂和产量的复杂性， 绿色技术将在商业规模上全面部署。在这个项目中，催化剂混合物的作用 在该过程中使用，反应pH值和催化条件之间的关系，以及如何这些物种 影响工艺产率和整体CDP性能，将进行研究。这项研究将使 开发一种新的“绿色”道路，这也将大大减少 温室气体此外，项目目标的实现将有助于通过新的就业机会创造新的就业机会。 这是一种可以在加拿大各地推广的商业模式。

Boralex Inc. intends to implement a demonstration plant in Canada to produce light-oil in form of diesel from wood biomass. After successful demonstration, there are several prospects for larger scale commercial plants for the whole Canadian territory to produce renewable and value added biodiesel. The process used relies on catalytic depolymerization (CDP) of wood biomass which is an innovative technology. The CDP process is based on direct liquefaction of biomass, where long chain hydrocarbons or organics are cracked into light crude oil. Since the process is standing at the beginning of its industrial phase, Boralex aims at optimizing the process yield to minimize technological and commercial risks. However, a lack of knowledge and history of CDP applied to wood biomass adds to the complexity of optimizing chemical additives and yields, and prevents this green technology to be fully deployed at a commercial scale. In this project, the role of the catalysts mixture used in the process, the relationship between reaction pH and catalytic conditions, and how these species influence the process yield and the overall CDP performance, will be investigated. This research will enable the development of a new class of "green" over-the-road, which will also result in a substantial reduction of greenhouse gases. Also, the achievement of the project goals will help the creation of new jobs through a new business model which can be applied throughout Canada.