NAIT Applied Research Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (NARCOSS)

阿尔伯塔政府的能源资源保护委员会于2009年9月实施了第074号指令“油砂开采计划的尾矿性能标准和要求”。该指令规定了减少流体尾矿和在油砂中形成可通行的可回收沉积物的性能标准。自该指令实施以来，油砂行业一直在集中努力开发符合该指令的技术。“油砂环境可持续性”的目标是：北方阿尔伯塔理工学院（NAIT）绿色化学与工程中心（CGCE）”研究计划，是1）整合NAIT在化学和工程领域的多学科应用研究能力，与中小型企业（SME）和油砂运营商进行筛选，验证，并协助进一步开发流体尾矿处理技术，以确保符合074指令，以及2）在现场和实验室开发准确的测量系统和方法。CGCE团队从端到端系统的角度来应对挑战，以确保系统某个领域的解决方案不会对其他领域产生负面影响。这包括脱水和稳定的流体尾矿结合了解系统的化学成分，并释放过程影响的水处理。该研究将由绿色化学和工程（GCE）原则的应用驱动，该原则侧重于可持续的研究和开发。据估计，这

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