据美国钻井网站2023年7月27日报道，由雪佛龙公司和格雷斯公司合资成立的先进精炼技术公司(ART)日前推出了一种加氢处理催化剂解决方案——ENDEAVOR?，这种解决方案可以100%利用植物油、成品油、动物脂肪和润滑脂等可再生资源生产可再生柴油(RD)和可持续航空燃料(SAF)。

ART在周二的新闻发布会上表示：“这个声明是在可再生运输燃料需求大幅增长的背景下发布的。”

ART总经理Nathan Ergonul表示：“ENDEAVOR?催化剂是一项广泛研发计划的成果，已经在多个炼油厂应用中展示了一流的性能。ART将继续投资于这一令人兴奋的领域，以我们在污染物去除和脱蜡方面的技术领先地位为基础，使客户能够最大限度地提高各种生物饲料的产量和利润。我们与领先的工艺许可商雪佛龙Lummus Global (CLG)合作，使我们能够充分优化可再生能源工艺。” 

ART说：“催化剂在可再生原料加氢加工中起着至关重要的作用。用于污染物捕获、脱氧和异构化的催化剂是处理更广泛的生物饲料以提高产品产量和确保满足产品规格的关键。”

ENDEAVOR?催化剂体系由EnRich保护和加氢处理催化剂组成，包括雪佛龙的EnHance?异构化催化剂，这些催化剂都是专门为处理可再生原料而开发的。

RD和SAF等可再生燃料有望在重型运输的脱碳中发挥关键作用。ART表示，根据美国能源部(DOE)的数据，与基于化石燃料的同行相比，RD和SAF的最终用户显著减少了温室气体排放。

美国能源部今年早些时候表示，到2025年底前，目前的可再生柴油产能可能会增加一倍以上。据估计，到去年年底，美国可再生柴油的日生产能力达到17万桶，或每年26亿加仑。尽管美国能源部预计一些已宣布的项目将被推迟或取消，但如果所有项目按计划开始运营，到2025年底前，美国可再生柴油的日产能将达到38.4万桶，即59亿加仑年产能。

李峻 译自 美国钻井网站

原文如下：

Chevron Launches Solution to Make Renewables-based Diesel, Aircraft Fuel

A joint venture by Chevron and W.R. Grace & Co., Advanced Refining Technologies (ART), launched ENDEAVOR?, a hydroprocessing catalyst solution to produce renewable diesel (RD) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from 100 percent renewable sources, such as vegetable oils, refined oils, animal fats, and greases.

“The announcement comes against the backdrop of significant demand growth for renewable transportation fuels”, ART said in a press release Tuesday.

"ENDEAVOR? catalysts are the culmination of an extensive R&D program and have already demonstrated top-tier performance in several refinery applications,” said ART’s Managing Director Nathan Ergonul. “ART will continue to invest in this exciting segment, building on our technology leadership in contaminant removal and dewaxing to enable customers to maximize yields and profits from a wider variety of biofeeds. Our collaboration with Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), a leading process licensor, allows us to fully optimize the renewables process."

“Catalysts play a critical role in the hydroprocessing of renewable feedstocks. Catalysts for contaminant capture, deoxygenation and isomerization are key for processing a wider range of biofeeds to increase product yields and to ensure product specifications are met”, ART said.

The ENDEAVOR? catalyst system consists of EnRich guard and hydrotreating catalysts and includes Chevron's EnHance? isomerization catalysts, all developed specifically for processing renewable feeds.

Renewable fuels such as RD and SAF are expected to play a key role in the decarbonization of heavy-duty transportation. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), end-users of RD and SAF significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions compared to their fossil fuel-based counterparts, the company said.

The DOE said earlier this year that current renewable diesel production capacity could more than double by the end of 2025. It estimates USA renewable diesel production capacity was 170,000 barrels per day (b/d), or 2.6 billion gallons per year (gal/y), at the end of 2022. Although the DOE expects some announced projects to be delayed or canceled, if all projects begin operations as scheduled, USA renewable diesel production capacity could reach 384,000 b/d, or 5.9 billion gal/y, by the end of 2025.