Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00328, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Tsui, Ying (University of Alberta), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Alberta, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Project, program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative - projet, program purpose english : In this project we will develop an in-situ monitoring system which can be submerged in a fluid tailing pond to measure the amount of solids in a solid-liquid mixture at various depths of the fluid. The subsurface solids content analyzer combining optical and safe gamma ray methods for in-line continuous monitoring of oil sands processes. The project is a collaborative effort of University of Alberta (U of A) and Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (COSS), an applied research centre at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), in partnership with Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA). We will thoroughly study the processes in laser light scattering from settling particulates and gamma ray propagation in complex materials (tailings). Based on this knowledge, we will design, build and test hybrid optical-gamma ray in-situ solid content analyzer systems for fluid tailings ponds. The technology can be implemented at remote oil sands tailing ponds to measure settling of tailing in real time with lateral and depth spatial resolutions. This technology can be incorporated by oil sands industry into the overall design of their oil sands projects to deliver a more effective process and improved environmental performance., program purpose french : In this project we will develop an in-situ monitoring system which can be submerged in a fluid tailing pond to measure the amount of solids in a solid-liquid mixture at various depths of the fluid. The subsurface solids content analyzer combining optical and safe gamma ray methods for in-line continuous monitoring of oil sands processes. The project is a collaborative effort of University of Alberta (U of A) and Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (COSS), an applied research centre at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), in partnership with Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA). We will thoroughly study the processes in laser light scattering from settling particulates and gamma ray propagation in complex materials (tailings). Based on this knowledge, we will design, build and test hybrid optical-gamma ray in-situ solid content analyzer systems for fluid tailings ponds. The technology can be implemented at remote oil sands tailing ponds to measure settling of tailing in real time with lateral and depth spatial resolutions. This technology can be incorporated by oil sands industry into the overall design of their oil sands projects to deliver a more effective process and improved environmental performance., agreement title english : Technology for in-situ real time measurements of solids content in settling tailings, agreement title french : Technology for in-situ real time measurements of solids content in settling tailings, agreement number : CRDPJ, agreement value : 357648.0, agreement start date : 2017-12-13, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2020-2021)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2020-2021)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada