Integration of Advanced Biofuel in Alberta

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dc.contributor.advisorDe la Hoz Siegler, Hector
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Cameron
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-01T15:40:48Z
dc.date.available2019-10-01T15:40:48Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-19
dc.description.abstractIncreasing production of biofuels is one way for Canada to meet its Paris Agreement targets on greenhouse gas emissions. The production of advanced biofuels from residual biomass is an area of growing interest. Steeper Energy has developed technology for producing an advanced biocrude using hydrothermal liquefaction and has tested methods to upgrade said biocrude into usable liquid fuels. Alberta already has a substantial refining infrastructure, which can co-process biocrude along with oil distillate products. Co-processing can reduce the cost of producing biofuels from residual biomass by leveraging existing processes in a refinery. Co-processing in fluid catalytic crackers and hydrotreaters in Western Canadian refineries could co-process up to 53,000 BPD of biocrude. A lifecycle greenhouse gas intensity assessment found biofuel produced using hydrothermal liquefaction approximately 60% less greenhouse has intensive than diesel produced from crude oil
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37173
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111113
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.departmentSustainable Energy Development
dc.publisher.facultyEnvironmental Designen_US
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHaskayne School of Businessen_US
dc.publisher.facultyLawen_US
dc.publisher.facultySchulich School of Engineeringen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgary
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.titleIntegration of Advanced Biofuel in Alberta
dc.typereport
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
ucalgary.scholar.levelGraduateen_US
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