Technology solutions provider and energy innovation accelerator with a mission to harness the power of green energy initiatives and sustain conventional energy resources.
Once-Through Steam Generation (OTSG): Develop procedures and treatments to enhance steam generation efficiency for in-situ industrial bitumen production, while expanding knowledge and evaluating strategies for mitigating and preventing fouling, scaling, erosion, and corrosion in boiler tubing, with a goal of reducing the carbon footprint and water usage for steam generation.
Water and Wastewater Treatment: Develop efficient systems to enhance the treatment of brackish water, municipal wastewater, industrial run-off, or other polluted water sources with the primary goal of improving water conservation, reducing freshwater usage, and innovating the water treatment industry.
Energy Storage Systems: Enhance grid stability, support renewable energy integration, and improve energy efficiency to drive improvements in performance, cost, and sustainability.
Hydrogen Technology: Study hydrogen as a key and emerging energy alternative. Focuses on improving production efficiency, transportation and storage methods, and infrastructure development to enable a hydrogen-based economy.
Sustainable Energy Solutions: Large scale physical modeling of reservoir engineering concepts, supported by a specialized analytical laboratory for testing alternative resource exploitation concepts to achieve sustainable and environmentally friendly oil and gas production. Significant overlap potential with carbon capture and hydrogen storage concepts as well.
- Access early-stage research engagement for business development
- Explore proof of concept ways to leverage investment and co-funding opportunities
- Development, design, build and operation of prototypes
- Support the achievement of positive results in technology performance and solutions
- Investigate and find solutions to technology limitations
- Technology verification and third-party validation services to enhance profitability
- Gain access to local, regional and global innovation networks and drive brand awareness
- Chemical industries
- Clean technology
- Energy
- Environmental technologies and related services
- Mining, minerals and metals
Specialized labs and equipment
| Specialized lab | Equipment | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Once-Through Steam Generation Lab | 1/1000 scale Once-Through Steam Generator (OTSG) test rig for inorganic scaling testing | Study the effects of boiler feed water composition and additives on steam quality and scaling deposition. |
| 1/1000 scale Once-Through Steam Generator (OTSG) test rig for organic fouling testing | Study the effects of boiler feed water composition and additives on steam quality and organic fouling. | |
| Once-Through Steam Generator (OTSG) test rig for erosion and corrosion testing | A newer, novel OTSG design to study how different operating conditions affect erosion and corrosion of the tubes. | |
| Advanced Analytical Energy Lab | Thermo Scientific Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) system | Parts per million (ppm) level metals analysis in water samples. |
| Thermo Scientific Nicolet (models iS50 and 6770) Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometers (2) | Naphthenic acid detection in water samples. | |
| Bruker X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Analyzer | Phase analysis in shale and powder samples. | |
| Agilent Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) system | Analyze volatile organic compounds. | |
| Mandel Scientific Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer | Determine organic content in water samples. | |
| Energy Storage and Fuel Cell Research Lab | Chroma Battery Cycler Test System | Battery cycle regulator to test the performance of battery prototypes. |
| Water Research and Innovation Laboratory | Agilent 8900 Triple Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS/ICP-QQQ) | Parts per billion (ppb) level metals analysis in water samples. |
| Zeiss Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with an Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) system | Map elemental compositions at a microscopic scale. | |
| Thermo Scientific High Pressure Ion Chromatography (HPIC) system | Detect negatively charged ions in water samples. |
Private and public sector research partners
- Arrowhead Abandonments
- Pathways Alliance
- ChampionX
- Avatar Innovations
- Suncor
- Aqua-Cell Energy
- BioLargo Canada
- Frog Lake First Nation
Additional information
| Title | URL |
|---|---|
| Hybrid Water Desalination System Integration for Hydrogen Production | https://www.sait.ca/research-and-innovation-services/projects/hybrid-water-desalination-system-integration-for-hydrogen-production |
| Applied Research and Innovation Services at SAIT | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR4zKTU_Zuk |
| In-situ steam research contributes to energy and environmental solutions in oilsands operations | In-situ steam research contributes energy and environmental solutions in oilsands operations |