Novel Approaches to Low Carbon Advanced Hydrocarbon Biofuels and Co-products

随着对经济多样化和环境可持续性的强烈渴望，全球经济正迅速转向低碳或零碳重点。加拿大在减少温室气体以及承诺使我们的能源使用多样化，从石油和煤炭转向可再生能源系统方面都采取了坚定的立场。*在过去的14年里，NSERC Discovery赠款使布雷斯勒实验室成为开发新型先进生物燃料技术的关键贡献者和国际领先者。这一发现计划发展了脂肪转烃(LTH)技术背后的科学，这是一种高温转化技术，专注于在不使用催化剂或氢的情况下将脂肪资源转化为碳氢燃料的低碳足迹。*在NSERC的支持下，基础研究活动让位于专利、技术许可、试点活动，现在终于在2018年通过加拿大可持续发展技术公司、战略投资和阿尔伯塔大学衍生公司Forge碳氢化合物的创建在安大略省Sombra进行商业部署。*尽管LTH技术处于成功商业化的有利地位，但已经确定了几个新的基础研究机会，这些机会将补充这一平台技术，增强这些燃料的可持续性和经济耐久性。在接下来的5年里，正在制定一项积极的研究计划，寻求为这个新的技术平台开发一个新的产品组合。*主题A：首先，将探索先进的交换树脂，以有效分离和回收当前技术的短链脂肪酸副产品。这种方法将取代目前的苛性洗涤，并将同时从树脂中回收溶剂以及树脂的超临界流体再生。第二个重点将是利用含油性生物发酵价值较低的短链酸。*主题B：第二个调查重点将是从LTH技术到生物喷气燃料产品的部分原生烃产品的提炼、异构化和升级。这一倡议与国家战略非常一致，可能提供一种成本更低、碳足迹更好的新方法。*主题C：最后，布雷斯勒实验室最近(2017年)建造并投入使用了第一个高压高温微波热解反应堆。这一研究项目的目标将是通过结合微波加热、解锁新的动力学和产品机会来研究LTH技术的阶段性变化。这一尚未探索的热解化学领域将产生许多主要出版物和发现。到目前为止，所有的微波加热都仅限于常压或低压。

The global economy is rapidly shifting towards a low, or zero, carbon focus with a strong desire for economic diversification and environmental sustainability. Canada has taken strong positions on both greenhouse gas abatement as well as commitments towards diversifying our energy usage away from petroleum and coal towards renewable energy systems. ***Over the past 14 years, NSERC Discovery grants have enabled the Bressler laboratory to be a key contributor and international leader in the development of a novel advanced biofuel technology. This Discovery program has developed the science behind the Lipid-to-Hydrocarbon (LTH) technology, which is a high temperature conversion technology, focused on the low carbon footprint conversion of lipid resources to hydrocarbon fuels without the use of catalysts or hydrogen. ***The basic research activities, supported by NSERC, gave way to patenting, licensing of the technology, pilot activities, and now finally commercial deployment in 2018 in Sombra, Ontario through the support of Sustainable Development Technology Canada, strategic investment, and the creation of Forge Hydrocarbons, a University of Alberta spin-off company.***Although the LTH technology is well positioned for successful commercialization, several new opportunities for basic research have been identified that would compliment this platform technology enhancing both the sustainability and the economic durability of these fuels. Over the next 5 years, an aggressive research plan is being developed that will seek to develop a new portfolio of products for this new technology platform. ***THEME A: Firstly, advanced exchange resins will be explored to efficiently separate and recover short chain fatty acid byproducts of the current technology. This approach is poised to replace the current caustic wash and will simultaneously pursue solvent recovery from the resin as well as supercritical fluid regeneration of the resins. The second key focus will be fermentation of the less valuable short chain acids with oleaginous organisms.***THEME B: The second line of investigation will focus on the refining, isomerization and upgrading of a portion of the raw hydrocarbon product stream from the LTH technology to a biojet fuel product. This initiative aligns well with national strategies and may provide a novel approach with lower costs and better carbon footprint.***THEME C: Finally, The Bressler laboratory has recently (2017) constructed and commissioned the first high pressure and temperature microwave pyrolytic reactor. The goal of this research project will be to look into a step change advancement of the LTH technology through the incorporation of microwave heating unlocking new kinetics and product opportunities. This unexplored regime of pyroltic chemistry will yield numerous primary publications and discoveries as to date, all microwave heating has been limited to ambient or low pressures.