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Future Utilization of Petroleum Coke
Future Utilization of Petroleum Coke
The University of Calgary/ISEEE and the University of Toronto held a research meeting on December 11, 2007 in Calgary, in conjunction with the Alberta Research Council and the Alberta Forestry Research Institute.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the formation of
a joint research program to explore the potential uses of petroleum
coke in various industries.
Presentations
|
Research program overview |
M. Kawaji
(University of Toronto) |
|
Petcoke supply and demand |
Eddy Isaacs
(Alberta Energy Research Institute) |
|
Pulverized petcoke as a
fuel |
S. Hudolin (DTE PetCoke) |
|
Energy use at pulp and paper
mills |
R. MacDonald (Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries) |
|
Use of
petcoke in kraft pulp mills |
H. N. Tran (U of T) |
|
Petcoke gasification
opportunities |
C. Mims (U of T)/ J. Hill (U of
C) |
|
Petcoke-derived activated carbons |
C. Q. Jia (U of T)/ T. Harding (U of
C) |
Focus of Discussion
-- Firing of pulverized
petcoke in lime kilns and recovery boilers in
kraft pulp mills to
replace natural gas and reduce their fuelling costs.
-- Processing of
petcoke to produce activated carbon for treating
produced water
from oil sand facilities, and other novel applications.
-- Gasification of
petcoke and spent activated carbon to produce
'syngas' for use in
heavy oil upgrading, production of steam and hot water for
enhanced oil
recovery and bitumen processing, and fuelling of lime kilns and
boilers in
pulp mills.
More Information
If you are
interested in participating in future meetings and/or
would like more information, please contact:
Josephine M. Hill, Professor
Dept.
of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Calgary
Email: jhill@ucalgary.ca
Phone: (403)
210-9488
Masahiro Kawaji, Professor
Dept. of Chemical Engineering and
Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto
Email: kawaji@ecf.utoronto.ca
Phone:
(416) 978-3064