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Title:

Jet fuel production from biogas via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Agreement Number:

EGP2

Agreement Value:

$12,500.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 7, 2018 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

Alberta, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q4-00437

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Recipient's Legal Name:

De Klerk, Arno (University of Alberta)

Program:

Engage Plus Grants for universities

Program Purpose:

One of the few carbon-based fuels that do not have a simple carbon-free substitute, is aviation turbine fuel orx000D
jet fuel. Jet fuel produced from renewable sources must comply with existing fuel specifications. Inx000D
collaboration with Greenfield Global it was demonstrated that a commercially available H-ZSM-5 catalystx000D
could be used without any modification for the combined oligomerization and aromatization of a mixture ofx000D
light hydrocarbons to produce a kerosene-rich product (NSERC Engage grant). In addition to the proof ofx000D
concept work performed, a longer laboratory pilot run was conducted to collect ~5 L of reaction product, whichx000D
is a mixture of paraffins and olefinic oligomers. The purpose of this work (NSERC Engage Plus grant) is tox000D
perform the refining steps necessary to turn this product into a semi-synthetic jet fuel blending component.x000D
The reaction product will be hydrotreated and distilled to obtain different boiling fractions. The viablex000D
kerosene boiling range will be determined and the appropriate fraction will be characterized to determinex000D
whether it meets applicable DEF-STAN 91-91 and ASTM D 7566 specifications for a semi-synthetic aviationx000D
turbine fuel blending component.