Development of a catalyst and reaction field for conversion of unused fossil resources into lighter fuels

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25289277
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Reaction engineering/Process system
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology (2015); Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Tago Teruoki 東京工業大学, 理工学研究科, 教授 (20304743)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): FUJITSUKA Hiroyasu 東京工業大学, 理工学研究科, 助教 (90757105) ; MASUDA Takao 北海道大学, 大学院工学研究院, 教授 (20165715) ; NAKASAKA Yuta 北海道大学, 大学院工学研究院, 助教 (30629548)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 非在来型原油 / 超重質油 / ビチュメン / 酸化鉄 / チタニア / ジルコニア / 亜臨界水 / ランピングモデル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

From the perspective of diversification of energy resources, a technological development which can convert unused fossil resources into useful fuels has been required. Especially, oil sand bitumen is one of the promising candidates, of which the deposit is larger than that of the petroleum. Consequently, we have developed iron oxide (FeOx) composite catalysts which can convert heavy oil into lighter fuel. 　In this study, Ti-Fe and Ti-Zr mixed-oxide catalysts were newly developed for oxidative and acid-catalyzed cracking of oil sand bitumen into lighter fuels, respectively. Moreover, it was revealed that the sub-critical water condition was efficient for suppressing coke formation. We also investigated the major reaction pathways for decomposition of bitumen over FeOx-based catalyst under sub-critical water condition, by the numerical simulation based on the lamping model.

Free Research Field

反応工学