NRC Institutes
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NRC Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology (NRC-ICPET)
(Ottawa, Ontario)
Supporting Industry – Protecting the Environment – A Leader for Sustainable Development
With its partners, NRC-ICPET contributes to increasing the competitiveness of Canada's chemistry-intensive industries through research into innovative processes and technologies that enable sustainable development. Chemistry-intensive industries are those where chemistry is a central component of the value-added transformation of materials.
![An X-ray diffraction instrument that can perform very fast analyses on polymer and other materials. Dr. Whitfield also uses this instrument for micro-diffraction, using very small samples.](/web/20061025181010im_/http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/photos/institutes/ICPET-ITPCE.jpg) |
An X-ray diffraction instrument that can perform very fast analyses on polymer and other materials. Dr. Whitfield also uses this instrument for micro-diffraction, using very small samples. |
NRC-ICPET's chemical science and engineering capabilities contribute significantly to NRC research, development and technology commercialization in three areas of application that are economically and socially important to Canada; while supporting environmentally responsible manufacturing within these sectors.
- Fuel Cells
- Oil Sands
- Bioproducts
The Institute's core competency focuses on multiphase reactive systems within a sustainability framework. This includes scientific and technical expertise in:
- Computer Modeling: including computational fluid dynamics (CFD), life cycle and sustainability analyses and molecular modeling
- Material Sciences: polymers, ceramics, colloids and nanostructured materials
- Process technologies: involving electrochemistry, separations, interfacial and particulate technology and combustion science
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