The electrically-powered synthesis of ethylene for the chemical industry

化学工业乙烯电动合成

• 批准号: 515310-2017
• 负责人: Sargent, Edward
• 金额: $ 41.17万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=694952
• 关键词: electrically; powered; synthesis; ethylene; chemical

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions is an urgent global challenge. There is currently a lack of economicincentive to capture industrial emissions as there is little value in the captured CO2. However, as renewableelectricity capacity continues to increase in scale while dropping in price, there exists an enormous opportunityto use clean electricity to convert CO2 into products of value using electrocatalysis. Electrocatalysis enables thesynthesis of conventionally fossil-derived chemicals from CO2 feedstock; however, existing systems exhibitpoor performance and are not competitive with incumbent technologies.We will develop new catalyst materials and systems to achieve high selectivity and efficiency for renewableethylene production. Ethylene is one of the most important petrochemicals in the world and has a market sizeof approximately $200B.This project will result in a process for the renewable electricity-powered synthesis of ethylene that iseconomically competitive with conventional fossil-derived methods. This will help Canada reach itsgreenhouse gas emission goals by providing a path towards decarbonization of the petrochemicals industry andenabling the uptake of renewable electricity and carbon capture technologies.This proposal was developed jointly with the industrial partners: TOTAL, a major integrated oil and gascompany headquartered in Paris, France having significant operations in Montreal; and also with its subsidiary,Hutchinson, an aerospace and materials company based in Montreal. Our goal was to ensure relevance of theproject to Canadian industry, and specifically to ensure that the technology is compatible withTOTAL/Hutchinson's petrochemical operations.

减少二氧化碳排放是全球紧迫的挑战。目前，由于被捕获的二氧化碳几乎没有价值，因此缺乏捕获工业排放的经济范围。但是，随着可再生电位能力在价格下降时的规模持续增加，存在一个巨大的机会，可以使用清洁电力将CO2转换为使用电催化的价值产品。电催化能够从二氧化碳原料中进行传统化石衍生的化学物质的三个合成；但是，现有的系统表现出po的性能，并且与现有技术没有竞争力。我们将开发新的催化剂材料和系统，以实现可再生乙烯生产的高选择性和效率。乙烯是世界上最重要的石油化学物质之一，其市场尺寸约为$ 200B。该项目将导致一个可再生电力驱动的乙烯合成的过程，该过程与传统化石衍生的方法具有疑问性的乙烯。这将通过提供石化行业脱碳的道路，并恢复可再生电力和碳捕获技术，从而帮助加拿大实现Itsgreenhouse气体排放目标。法国巴黎在蒙特利尔有重大运营；以及其子公司Hutchinson，这是一家位于蒙特利尔的航空航天和材料公司。我们的目标是确保该项目与加拿大行业的相关性，特别是为了确保该技术与tottal/Hutchinson的石化操作兼容。