NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Heavy Oil Properties and Processing

加拿大油砂和重油储量是加拿大的巨大资源，目前可采储量估计为270亿立方米，仅次于沙特阿拉伯。在经济上开发这些资源，同时将对环境的影响降至最低，存在着相当大的技术挑战。工程师需要可靠的流体性质和相态数据和模型来应对这些挑战。IRC在重油性质和加工方面的总体目标是：1)为重油和沥青的回收和加工过程中遇到的条件提供流体性质和相行为数据和模型；2)培训工程师，使其具备实施这些过程的背景和技能。在教席的第一个任期内，建立了温度高达200°C的重油和溶剂的建模框架，并对9名研究生进行了这一领域的培训。

Canadian oil sands and heavy oil deposits are a huge resource for Canada with currently recoverable reserves estimated at 27 billion cubic meters, placing it second only to Saudi Arabia. There are considerable technical challenges to developing these resources economically while minimizing the environmental impact. Engineers require reliable fluid property and phase behaviour data and models to meet these challenges. The overall goals of the IRC in Heavy Oil Properties and Processing are: 1) to provide the fluid property and phase behaviour data and models for the conditions encountered in the recovery and processing of heavy oils and bitumens; 2) train engineers with the background and skills to implement these processes. In the first term of the chair, a modeling framework was established for heavy oil and solvents at temperatures up to 200°C and nine graduate students were trained in this field.