NAIT Applied Research Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (NARCOSS)

艾伯塔省政府的能源保护委员会（ERCB）于2009年9月实施了第074号指令“油砂开采方案的尾矿性能标准和要求”。该指令规定了减少流动尾矿和油砂中可运输可回收沉积物形成的性能标准。自该指令实施以来，油砂行业一直在集中精力开发符合该指令的技术。“油砂环境可持续性”的目标：北阿尔伯塔理工学院（NAIT）绿色化学与工程中心（CGCE）的研究项目是：1)将NAIT在化学和工程方面的多学科应用研究能力与中小型企业（sme）和油砂运营商结合起来，筛选、验证和协助进一步开发流体尾矿处理技术，使其符合074指令；2)开发准确的测量系统和方法。无论是在现场还是在实验室。CGCE团队从端到端系统的角度来处理这些挑战，以确保系统中一个领域的解决方案不会对其他领域产生负面影响。这包括流体尾矿的脱水和稳定，结合对系统化学成分的了解，以及释放过程中受影响的水处理。该研究将由绿色化学与工程（GCE）原则的应用驱动，该原则侧重于可持续的研究和开发。这是预期的

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) of the Government of Alberta implemented Directive 074, "Tailings Performance Criteria and Requirement for Oil Sands Mining Schemes" in September 2009. The Directive specifies performance criteria for the reduction of fluid tailings and the formation of trafficable reclaimable deposits in the oil sands. Since its implementation, there has been a concentrated effort by the oil sands industry to develop technologies that comply with the Directive. The aim of the "Oil Sands Environmental Sustainability: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Centre for Green Chemistry and Engineering (CGCE)" research program, is to 1) integrate NAIT's multidisciplinary applied research capacities in chemistry and engineering with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and oil sands operators to screen, validate, and assist in further developing fluid tailings treatment technologies to enable Directive 074 compliance, and 2) develop accurate measurement systems and methods, both in the field and in the laboratory. The CGCE team approaches the challenges from an end-to-end systems perspective to ensure that solutions in one area of the system do not negatively impact other areas. This includes the de-watering and stabilization of fluid tailings combined with understanding the system chemistries, and released process-affected water treatment. The research will be driven by the application of Green Chemistry and Engineering (GCE) principles, which focus on sustainable research and development. It is anticipated, that this