Hydrofraction (TM) Oil Upgrading to Aviation and Marine Fuels via Catalytic Hydroprocessing

全球趋势是摆脱石油产品，解决方案之一是用生物燃料代替石油燃料。生物燃料提供了一种不受化石燃料破坏性供应影响的能源安全来源。生物燃料在今天的发动机中很容易使用，不需要进行修改。它们可以像石油柴油燃料一样储存、燃烧和抽水。加拿大陡坡能源有限公司（陡坡）开发了HydrofactionTM，这是一种类似石油的油，从农业/农工林业残留物和城市有机废物的废弃生物质副产品中生产。加拿大陡峭能源公司一直在进行研究，以优化HydrofactionTM生物原油升级的途径，使用商业和开发自己的特殊用途催化剂。这项工作的目标市场是飞机和船舶应用，加拿大已经确定了减少对这些环境中使用的柴油的依赖的愿望。他们的研究已经成功地证明了HydrofactionTM油的可升级性，以混合油和柴油，然而，还有改进的空间，特别是找到一个合适的和有竞争力的经济流程方案。拟议的项目将最大限度地提高喷气和船用沸点范围的产量，同时符合规定的燃料标准。这项工作将为商业过程的扩大提供足够的数据。对加拿大人的影响是一种产品，它将彻底改变航空和海洋燃料工业，减少温室气体，扩大我们的能源工业，为加拿大人带来培训和就业机会。

There is global trend to move off petroleum products and one solution is to replace petroleum fuels with bio fuels. Bio fuels provide a source of energy security not subject to the disruptive supply of fossil fuels. Bio fuels are easy to use in today's engines without the need to make modifications. They can be stored, burned and pumped the same way as petroleum diesel fuel. Steeper Energy Canada Ltd. (Steeper) has developed HydrofactionTM, a petroleum-like oil produced from waste biomass by-products from agricultural/agro-industrial forestry residues and urban organic waste. Steeper Energy Canada has been conducting research to optimize the pathways for HydrofactionTM biocrude oil upgrading using commercial and developed their own special purpose catalysts. Their target market for this work is jet and marine applications where Canada has identified a desire to reduce our reliance on the diesel used in these environments. Their research has successfully demonstrated HydrofactionTM oil upgradability to blend stocks and diesel, however, there is a room for improvement, especially finding a suitable and competitive economic process scheme. The proposed project will maximize jet and marine boiling point range yield while complying with regulated fuel standards. The work will produce enough data for commercial process scale-up. The impact to Canadians is a product that will revolutionize the aviation and marine fuel industries, reduce greenhouse gases and provide an expansion to our energy industry bringing training and jobs to Canadians.