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Sustainable Nanofiltration Technology for Vegetable Oil Refining
Developing a Novel Membrane to Reduce Emissions in Canola Oil Production Funded through ERA’s Food, Farming and Forestry call in 2021, SepPure Technologies developed and validated a novel organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) membrane to reduce the energy and emissions of canola oil refining by replacing traditional solvent recovery processes. Although the project was terminated before
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Co-Locating Natural Gas and Indoor Agriculture for Alberta’s Future
Sustainitech proposed a demonstration of their Indoor framing complex powered by natural gas. This project was funded through ERA’s Natural Gas challenge, announced in 2020, and planned to utilize the technology to grow culinary herbs, reducing emissions through the fuel efficiency of the onsite natural gas generators. The funding relationship was ultimately cancelled in 2022.
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Sultech Global Innovation Corp. production of Micronized Sulphur and formulation into a sprayable Wet Elemental Sulphur Fertilizer (A Commercial Demonstration Project)
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CLEANSEAS™ Demonstration Project
Demonstrating an Innovative Bitumen Upgrading System This project was a follow-on to the Molten Sodium Upgrading Pilot Plant project and was funded through ERA’s Oil Sands Innovation call in 2018. Enlighten Innovations proposed a demonstration pilot of its proprietary DSU® technology to confirm its commercial applications; however, it was ultimately terminated prior to completion. Enlighten
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Partial upgrader with integrated water treatment
Cenovus planned to demonstrate a single-step bitumen upgrading process that integrates water treatment with partial bitumen upgrading. Funded through ERA #2: Oil Sands Innovation and announced in 2018, the project goal was to build, install and operate the upgrader in preparation for a well pad scale-up at the Christina Lake steam-assisted gravity drainage facility. The
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Multi-Pad Pilot of a Solvent-Aided Process
Reducing Emissions from Oil Sands Operations with Solvents Funded through ERA’s Oil Sands Innovation call in 2020, Cenovus Energy planned to pilot a Solvent-Aided Process (SAP) to reduce steam use and lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) operations. The project was cancelled, and Cenovus shifted focus to faster, large-scale deployment of
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N-Solv BEST Oil Sands Scale-Up Project
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Membrane Process for the Separation of Olefins from Paraffins
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Catalyzed-Assisted Manufacture of Olefins (CAMOL) Generation-(2) for Energy and GHG Reductions in High-severity Ethane Crackers
This project aimed to reduce emissions resulting from producing ethylene, a feedstock used to make a wide array of polymers and industrial chemicals. Funded through Round 2: Industrial Energy Efficiency, Quantiam planned to develop and demonstrate their Catalyzed-Assisted Manufacture of Olefins (CAMOL), which reduces energy consumption by 8 to 10 per cent and emissions by
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LithiumBank Boardwalk Project
LithiumBank is a leading developer of lithium brine resources in Alberta and holds the largest and highest-grade lithium resources in the province. The company is collaborating with SLB, which has created an end-to-end process involving resource quantification, Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE), polishing, and processing to produce a battery-grade product. Funding from ERA is directed toward advancing
