Development of technology pathways for co-processing pyrolysis oils and fossil fuels

开发协同处理热解油和化石燃料的技术途径

• 批准号: 561061-2020
• 负责人: Liu, Jing
• 金额: $ 5.17万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=721858
• 关键词: Development; technology; pathways; co; processing

Nowadays, societies around the world are looking for alternative ways they produce and use energy. Bio-oil is a growing form of bioenergy that comprises different forms of renewable energy obtained from biomass. Bio-oils can be co-refined with petroleum fractions in existing refineries for the production of renewable and cleaner fuels compared with refining 100% fossil fuels; this emerging technology is also known as co-processing or co-refining. However, bio-oils are remarkably different from petroleum fuels. Bio-oil is a complex mixture of several hundred organic compounds, and often has undesirable properties. Thorough understanding of bio-oil and its blends with petroleum fractions is a necessary step for researchers to develop and promote new technologies for the successful utilization of bio-oils. Canadian refiners or power industries have serious concerns on the potential of co-processing bio-oils with conventional petroleum feedstocks. Even though there are several advantages of blending with bio-oil fractions, industrial partners will rarely risk running entirely new, chemically different feedstocks without performing sufficient process performance assessments. To ensure the safe operation of co-processing bio-oil containing feedstocks in existing refinery units, the materials technology challenges caused by corrosion need to be identified and addressed; and if applicable, innovative materials technologies will be developed for the new processing environment. To achieve this, Kemetco Research Inc. has engaged Dr. Jing Liu, PI, from the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering (CME) at University of Alberta (U of A) to develop practical materials technology solutions for supporting Canadian forest and energy industry on the co-processing of bio-oil and petroleum feedstocks using the existing refining infrastructure. The long-term goal of the proposed research is to lay foundation for the emerging bio-oil co-processing process with the purpose of accelerating sustainable development in energy sectors.

如今，世界各地的社会都在寻找生产和使用能源的替代方式。生物油是一种不断增长的生物能源形式，包括从生物质中获得的不同形式的可再生能源。与精炼100%化石燃料相比，生物油可以在现有炼油厂中与石油馏分共同精炼，生产可再生和更清洁的燃料；这种新兴技术也称为协同处理或协同精炼。然而，生物油与石油燃料显着不同。生物油是数百种有机化合物的复杂混合物，通常具有不良特性。对生物油及其与石油馏分的混合物的透彻了解是研究人员开发和推广成功利用生物油的新技术的必要步骤。加拿大炼油厂或电力行业对生物油与传统石油原料共加工的潜力表示严重担忧。尽管与生物油馏分混合有多种优点，但工业合作伙伴很少会在不进行充分的工艺性能评估的情况下冒险使用化学性质不同的全新原料。为了确保现有炼油装置协同加工含生物油原料的安全运行，需要识别和解决腐蚀引起的材料技术挑战；如果适用，将为新的加工环境开发创新材料技术。为了实现这一目标，Kemetco Research Inc. 聘请了阿尔伯塔大学（U of A）化学与材料工程系 (CME) 的首席研究员 Jing Liu 博士，开发实用的材料技术解决方案，以支持加拿大森林和能源行业利用现有炼油基础设施协同加工生物油和石油原料。该研究的长期目标是为新兴的生物油协同处理工艺奠定基础，以加速能源领域的可持续发展。