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Fundamental Research

Over the past 10 years, our research group has been working on advanced CO₂ separation technologies, targeting the main application areas of industrial gas processing and CO₂ removal from flue gases and other industrial gas streams. The ultimate goal of the research program is to develop more effective CO₂ separation processes to remove CO₂ from the above-mentioned applications. We are working on a number of research projects that deal with or are related to high efficiency CO₂ separation processes.

The main topic areas in our on-going research program include:

Determination of CO₂ absorption capacity
Evaluations of Thermodynamic Data (related to gas separation processes)
Studies of CO₂ absorption kinetics in various solvents
Formulation of high performance CO₂ absorption solvents
Searching for high performance absorbers and regenerators
Studies of Reactive Membranes for Gas Separation Processes
Developing design strategies for high efficiency CO₂ absorption processes
Studies of corrosion and corrosion control in CO₂ & Solvent environments
Studies of solvent degradation in CO₂ absorption processes
Modeling and simulation of gas separation processes
Optimization and cost studies of cogeneration-based CO₂ capture
Knowledge-based systems for solvent selection in CO₂ separation processes
Intelligent monitoring and control of CO₂ generating systems

The following present our selected projects:

Physical and Transport Properties Corrosion Studies Membrane Absorption High Efficiency Column Internals Modeling and Simulation Laminar Jet Absorber Calorimetric Studies Kinetics Studies Solubility Studies Solvent Degradation Studies

Research Consortium of International Test Centre for CO₂ Capture Sponsored By:

SaskPower, EnCana, HTC Purenergy, E.ON|UK, Saudi Aramco, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI), RWEnpower, Babcock & Wilcox, Natural Resources Canada, and Saskatchewan Energy & Resources

Other support also provided by:

Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Western Economic Diversification Canada, Government of Saskatchewan, Alberta Research Council, Natural Resources Canada, University of Waterloo, and University of Regina.