NSERC ASRL Industrial Research Chair in Applied Sulfur Chemistry

加拿大拥有世界第三大石油储量，第六大技术可采页岩气储量， 巨大的天然气储量。必须从所有这些商业流体中去除硫物质，以限制 二氧化硫排放和/或毒性。在加拿大，传统的酸性气体含有高达45%的H2S， 非常规页岩气的生产含有高达800 ppm的H2S和10%的CO2以及来自重油的废气 生产或升级过程中含有高达6%的H2S。大多数研究的目的是管理杂质， 这些流体仅限于低压区（接近大气压），而高压研究允许 探索和优化低能耗替代品。例如，碳捕获和封存 或酸性气体注入需要了解高压液体状流体中的复杂化学，而 大多数商业模拟器限于气相。 NSERC/阿尔伯塔硫研究有限公司IRC在应用硫化学方面的活动旨在 改进酸性气体生产、调节和高压加工技术。通过 准确测量物理化学性质，准确了解高压化学 行为，新术语的研究已经扩展到包括稠密CO2和/或 H2S流体，用于减少液态酸性气体流体中的水的吸附剂的优化（低温吸附）， 建立用于注射液中化学平衡计算的参考质量信息， 硫流变测定法的改进，用于将来可能注入元素硫。主席资助 为14名高素质人员提供培训，历史上80%的HQP毕业于此 该计划已进入石油和天然气行业的专业职位。

Canada owns the world's 3rd largest oil reserve, the 6th largest technically recoverable shale gas reserve and a comparably massive gas reserve. Sulfur species must be removed from all these commercial fluids to limit sulfur dioxide emissions and/or toxicity. Traditional sour gases in Canada are produced with up to 45% H2S, unconventional shale gas is produced with up to 800 ppm H2S and 10% CO2 and off-gas from heavy oil production or upgrading contains up to 6% H2S. The majority of research aimed at managing impurities in these fluids is limited to the low-pressure regime (near atmospheric), whereas high-pressure studies allow for the exploration and optimization of lower energy alternatives. For example, Carbon Capture and Sequestration or Acid Gas Injection requires understanding complex chemistry in high-pressure liquid-like fluids, whereas most commercial simulators are limited to gas phase. The activity of the NSERC/Alberta Sulfur Research Ltd. IRC in Applied Sulfur Chemistry is aimed at improving technologies for sour gas production, conditioning and processing at elevated pressures. Through accurate measurement of physical chemical properties and precise understanding of high-pressure chemical behavior, research in the new term has expanded to include the water carrying capacity of dense CO2 and/or H2S fluids, the optimization of adsorbents used to reduce water in liquid acid gas fluids (cryogenic adsorption), building reference quality information for chemical equilibria calculations in injectate fluids and understanding the modification of sulfur rheometry for possible future injection of elemental sulfur. The chair funding provides training for 14 highly qualified personnel, where historically 80% of HQP graduating from this program have gone onto professional positions in the Oil and Gas Sector.