Realization of a Technology for In-situ Real Time Measurements of Solids Content in Settling Tailings

沉降尾矿固体含量原位实时测量技术的实现

• 批准号: 566331-2021
• 负责人: Tsui, Ying
• 金额: $ 5.28万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=722282
• 关键词: Realization; Technology; situ; Real; Time

The proposed research project which is a collaborative effort of University of Alberta (U of A), the Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (COSS), and the applied research centre at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), in partnership with Imperial Oil. The proposed research project is the next step for a current NSERC-CRD project "Technology for In-situ Real Time Measurements of Solids Content in Settling Tailings". In the NSERC-CRD project a hybrid subsurface solids content analyzer, combining optical and safe gamma ray methods for in-line continuous monitoring of oil sands processes, has been successfully developed and its effectiveness demonstrated in a laboratory environment. We have studied in detail the processes in laser light scattering from settling particulates and gamma ray propagation in complex materials (tailings). Based on the knowledge gained from the NSERC-CRD project, a field-ready prototype will be designed and built for testing the technology at an oil sands tailing pond and a plan for implementation will be developed with the industrial partner. The realization of the in-situ solids content measurement technology will allow the oil sands industry to incorporate it into the design of their oil sands projects to deliver a more effective and efficient process, together with improved environmental performance.

拟议的研究项目是艾伯塔大学（U of A），油砂可持续发展中心（COSS）和北艾伯塔省理工学院（NAIT）的应用研究中心的合作努力，与帝国石油合作。拟议的研究项目是当前NSERC-CRD项目“用于沉降尾矿中固体内容的实时测量技术”的下一步。在NSERC-CRD项目中，混合地下固体内容分析仪结合了光学和安全的伽马射线方法，用于在线连续监测油砂过程，并在实验室环境中证明了其有效性。我们已经详细研究了来自沉降颗粒的激光光散射和复杂材料（尾矿）中的伽马射线传播的过程。根据NSERC-CRD项目所获得的知识，将设计和构建用于在油砂尾池中测试技术的现场原型，并将与工业合作伙伴制定实施计划。实现原位固体含量测量技术将使油砂行业能够将其纳入其油砂项目的设计中，以提供更有效，更有效的过程，并改善环境性能。