Process gas chromatograph system for reactions and separations

该提案要求工艺反应器和自动气相色谱仪（GC）。GC是一种分析气体混合物或挥发性化合物的仪器。所要求的GC是非常不寻常的，因为它有三个柱和许多样品端口，使其能够分析各种各样的气体，并从反应容器或其他高压设备（如精馏柱）内的许多不同位置自动取样。精馏塔是一种高压设备，它使用二氧化碳从复杂的混合物中分离有机化合物。这种不寻常的GC将通过皇后大学和Scion（供应商）之间的合作设计和生产为一次性产品。该设备是必不可少的，迫切需要支持五个研究人员的创新研究计划。这些研究人员的研究项目涉及通过催化和/或从生物质中生产和分离有机化合物。 (i)生物质转化产物和从生物质转化为生物喷气燃料和工业上重要的单体的中间体的表征和量化; (ii)通过使用液体和超临界二氧化碳从生物质原料（藻类）中提取生物油的表征和评价 (iii)生物质衍生的生物产品的超临界精馏、单体转化、喷气燃料和生物油的评价，沿着催化剂和反应物再循环程序的发展 (iv)通过生物和催化系统沿着生物气样品分析评估CO2的吸收/转化。 这些计划成功的关键是能够准确快速地识别和量化生物质转化和分离技术的产品。多端口scCO 2采样GC是获得此信息的最重要的分析工具。由于与共同申请人进行的研究相关的采样性质和频率，产生了大量需要GC分析的样品。然而，我们无法获得满足我们当前和未来需求的设备，这严重限制了我们研究活动的进展，因为需要对结果进行快速分析，以评估性能并修改随后的实验阶段。因此，这可能会影响这些创新研究项目所完成工作的整体质量。我们预计，每年将有10-15名高素质人员从所要求的工艺反应器系统和GC仪器的使用中受益。

This proposal requests process reactors and an automated gas chromatograph (GC). A GC is an instrument that analyzes mixtures of gases or volatile compounds. The requested GC is very unusual because it has three columns and many sample ports, giving it the ability to analyze a very wide variety of gases and to take samples automatically from many different locations inside reaction vessels or other high pressure equipment such as a rectification column. A rectification column is a high pressure apparatus that uses carbon dioxide to separate organic compounds from a complex mixture. This unusual GC will be designed and produced as a one-off product through a collaboration between Queens University and Scion (the supplier). The equipment is essential and urgently needed to support the innovative research programs of five investigators. The research projects of these investigators involve the production and separation of organic compounds by catalysis and/or from biomass. (i) Characterization and quantification of biomass conversion products and intermediates from the conversion of biomass to bio-jet fuel and industrially important monomers; (ii) Characterization and evaluation of bio-oil extraction from biomass feedstocks (algae) through the use of liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide; (iii) Evaluation of supercritical rectification of bio-products derived from biomass, conversion to monomers, jet fuels and bio-oils, along with development of catalyst and reactant recycling procedures; (iv) Evaluation of uptake/conversion of CO2 through both biological and catalytic systems along with analysis of biogas samples. Critical to the success of these programs is the ability to accurately and quickly identify and quantify the products of the biomass conversion and separation techniques. A multiport scCO2 sampling GC is the most important analytical tool available in obtaining this information. Due to the nature and frequency of sampling associated with the research conducted by the co-applicants, a large number of samples requiring GC analysis are generated. However, we do not have access to equipment that will meet our current and future needs, which imposes a serious limitation to the progress of our research activities as rapid analyses of results are needed to assess performance and to modify the subsequent experimental phases. Hence, this can impact the overall quality of the work accomplished in these innovative research projects. We anticipate that 10-15 Highly Qualified Personnel per annum will benefit from the use of the requested process reactor systems and GC instrumentation.