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Energy Efficient Propylene-Propane Separation
An Energy Efficient Plastic Production Technology Olefins, especially ethylene and propylene, are the building blocks of many important plastics, polymers and other chemicals. Funded through the Partnership Intake Program in 2020, the Permylene solution is a membrane technology that offers several applications, including olefin recovery and upgrading, and solves capacity constraints within petrochemical and refining
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Carbon Nanoplatelet Production from Exhaust CO2 Emissions
Demonstrating a Scalable Solution for Low-Carbon Concrete This project was a follow-on of a Carbon Upcycling Technologies (CUT) project from Round 1 of ERA’s Grand Challenge to scale up its patented carbon utilization process to a 20-tonne-per-day demonstration facility in Calgary. Funded through ERA’s Partnership Intake Program in 2019, this technology scale-up project involved converting
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Invigor Bioenergy – Technology Upgrade
Project Summary Approved for funding through ERA’s Partnership Intake Program in 2021, Canary Biofuels implemented a retrofit of the former Kyoto Biofuels facility in Lethbridge, Alberta, with a technology suite to enable the plant to convert local agricultural waste and other lower-quality waste feedstocks into low-GHG biodiesel and crude glycerin. By completion in 2022, the
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Deploying Autonomous Oil & Gas Production Operations with an Adaptive Controller
Well Optimization for Oil and Gas Production Operations Approved for funding through ERA’s Partnership Intake Program in 2018, Ambyint set out to deploy autonomous oil and gas production operations at scale on wells utilizing rod lift and plunger lift. By project completion in 2020, Ambyint had a mature rod lift offering, fully commercialized plunger lift
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Skyonic SkyCycle™ Pilot Demonstration
Advancing Carbon Capture Through Innovative Pilot Design Funded through the Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses Round 1 in 2014, the Skyonic Corporation project aimed to advance a next-generation carbon capture solution through the development of its SkyCycle™ Pilot system. Building on the foundation of the company’s earlier SkyMine® technology, SkyCycle™ introduces a thermolytic process that
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Use of Carbon Dioxide in Making Carbonate-Bond Precast Concrete Products
Reimagining Precast Concrete for Carbon Storage Funded through the Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses Round 1 in 2014, the McGill University project explored the possibility of using the existing precast concrete production for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) in Alberta. The target of carbon dioxide utilization is 1 million tonnes per year. Researchers examined
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An innovative and highly efficient microalgae-based carbon sequestration system to reduce CO2 emission and produce valuable byproducts including biofuels in all climates
Harnessing Algae for Carbon Capture and Biofuel Production Funded through the Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses Round 1 in 2014, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science partnered with HY-TEK Bio to develop an algal-based carbon sequestration system. The project focused on deploying full-scale photobioreactors to capture carbon dioxide from industrial flue gas while
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Conversion of industrial CO2 emissions into biofuels and chemicals
Reimagining Carbon Capture with Microbes Funded through the Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses Round 1 in 2014, the OakBio project aimed to demonstrate proof-of-concept for a novel microbial process that captures carbon dioxide (CO2) from Alberta’s industrial flue gas emissions and converts it into n-butanol, a valuable chemical intermediate and biofuel. Oakbio, in partnership with
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Converting carbon dioxide into chemicals and fuels using clean, domestic sources of energy in Alberta
Establishing CO2 as a Viable Feedstock Funded through the Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses Round 1 in 2014, the Liquid Light, Inc. project demonstrated at a small scale, the production of chemicals from carbon dioxide using Liquid Light’s technology, and to provide proof that the system has the potential for broad adoption in Alberta. Through
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Carbon dioxide utilization in concrete
Project Overview Approved for funding through Round 2 of ERA’s Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses in 2017, CarbonCure optimized, demonstrated and scaled their portfolio of carbon utilization technologies to reduce emissions in the concrete sector. By project completion in 2019, deployment of the technologies resulted in significant opportunities for learnings, and CarbonCure advanced to the
