Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
$75,000.00
Residual Bitumen Removal from Oil Sands Tailings for Sustainable Reclamation Benefits
FY 2017-18
Summary
Titanium Corporation Inc. (Calgary, AB) is developing a ""Creating Value from WasteTM"" technology to recover heavy minerals, primarily zircon, and bitumen from froth flotation oil sands tailings. In addition, the company is developing and building a commercial process to recover bitumen contained in the fluid fine tailings (FFT) accumulated from oil sands mining operations. This integrated approach to recover minerals and bitumen will potentially provide a source of revenue and offers tailings reclamation benefits. In this proposal, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology's (NAIT's) Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (COSS) aims to optimize and validate Titanium's novel tailings solvent extraction technology to remove residual bitumen from FFT provided by Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) and evaluate the treated FFT for improved consolidation and settling properties. COSS collaborates with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to validate and optimize innovative technologies that could enhance the environmental and economic performance of Canada's oil sands. This project will speed up the validation and subsequent commercialization of Titanium Corp's technology for treating oil sands tailings for faster consolidation.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
515243-2017
Name nom
Dambrowitz, Christopher
Department département
Office of Research and Innovation
Organization id
25090
Institution établissement
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
75000
Program id
CARD2
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 2
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
409
Area of application group en
Environment
Area of application group fr
Environnement
Area of application en
Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture)
Area of application fr
Effet des activités économiques sur l'environnement (y compris agriculture)
Research subject code
3503
Research subject group en
Analytical chemistry
Research subject group fr
Chimie analytique
Research subject en
Separation methods
Research subject fr
Méthodes de séparation
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Residual Bitumen Removal from Oil Sands Tailings for Sustainable Reclamation Benefits
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Titanium Corporation Inc. (Calgary, AB) is developing a ""Creating Value from WasteTM"" technology to recover heavy minerals, primarily zircon, and bitumen from froth flotation oil sands tailings. In addition, the company is developing and building a commercial process to recover bitumen contained in the fluid fine tailings (FFT) accumulated from oil sands mining operations. This integrated approach to recover minerals and bitumen will potentially provide a source of revenue and offers tailings reclamation benefits. In this proposal, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology's (NAIT's) Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (COSS) aims to optimize and validate Titanium's novel tailings solvent extraction technology to remove residual bitumen from FFT provided by Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) and evaluate the treated FFT for improved consolidation and settling properties. COSS collaborates with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to validate and optimize innovative technologies that could enhance the environmental and economic performance of Canada's oil sands. This project will speed up the validation and subsequent commercialization of Titanium Corp's technology for treating oil sands tailings for faster consolidation.
