Water
Sector
Water
The remediation and protection of industrial water resources relies on an understanding of phase separation at a deep mechanistic level. BC Research undertakes fundamental research through a number of collaborative initiatives and supported programmes with universities.
Rapid-response solutions to oil spills in marine environments in the formulation of a family of novel ‘herders’ and ‘gellants.’
The removal of microplastics from domestic and industrial effluents.
Phase separation in oil-sand tailings.


Other Areas
Other areas of industrial water use are addressed with proprietary technologies in:
Switchable solvents to replace toxic or environmentally deleterious solvents.
Hydrothermal processing technologies to crack incalcitrant compounds.
Innovative hydrocyclones for phase separation.
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Chemical modification of functional species used in heavy metal sequestration.
