High-grade Hydrocarbon with Catalytic Methane Activation

卡拉技术公司（“卡拉”）正在开发新的催化工艺和相应的催化剂，以天然气为辅助，实现碳氢化合物的高品位。本专利发明涉及多相催化剂的配方。它包括在混合气体环境中利用催化剂对碳氢化合物进行升级，以在生产芳烃的同时提高碳氢化合物的质量的过程。卡拉对其他碳氢化合物物质进行了实验：喷气燃料、船用柴油和可再生柴油。在每种情况下，碳氢化合物的质量都得到了改善。与传统的加氢处理工艺相比，Kara的专利技术为重油和天然气的利用提供了另一种方法，具有更高的利润率、更低的运营成本、更低的能耗和二氧化碳排放等经济和环境优势。这种新工艺的工业化将有利于天然气、重油和沥青储量丰富的加拿大的石油和天然气工业。Kara设计并建造了一个B/d原型测试设施，该设施将位于SAIT。这个项目将把这项技术从TRL 5提升到TRL 6，达到商业化的技术准备水平。

Kara Technologies Inc. ("Kara") is developing new catalytic processes and corresponding catalysts for hydrocarbon high-grading with the assistance of natural gas. The patented invention is directed toward the formulation of a heterogeneous catalyst. It includes a process to utilize the catalyst in the upgrading of hydrocarbons in a mixed gas environment to improve the quality of the hydrocarbons while producing aromatic hydrocarbons. Kara has conducted experiments on other hydrocarbon substances: jet fuel, marine diesel and renewable diesel. The quality of the hydrocarbon is improved in each instance. Compared with traditional hydrotreating processes, Kara's proprietary technology provides alternative ways for heavy oil and natural gas utilization, which is economically and environmentally favourable in terms of higher profit margin, lower operating cost, energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. The industrialization of this novel process will benefit the petroleum and natural gas industry in Canada, where natural gas, heavy oil and bitumen are abundant. Kara has designed and constructed a one B/d prototype testing facility which will be located at SAIT. This project will move this technology along the technology readiness level toward commercialization from TRL 5 to TRL 6.