Processing and Environmental Catalysis Program

The Processing and Environmental Catalysis (PEC) Program focuses its efforts on the development of environmentally sound and economically viable technologies for the production of:

• alternative transportation fuels, fuel additives and petrochemicals from natural gas;
• the treatment and recycling of waste oils;
• the reduction of NO_x emissions from mobile sources; and
• the sustainable use of industrial low-grade heat.

Eligibility Criteria

PEC's services are available to Canadian and foreign private sector firms from the following industrial sectors:

• chemical;
• petrochemical;
• petroleum refining; and
• natural gas processing.

Summary

The following technology areas are currently being addressed:

• synthesis gas production by partial oxidation of methane using membrane reactor;
• used-oil purification processes;
• catalysts for emission reduction from mobile sources;
• the utilization of low grade waste industrial heat for increased efficiency;
• the treatment and utilization of fuels from renewable sources; and
• upgrading tire pyrolysis oils to value-added products.

New Brunswick Contact(s):
See National Contact.

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National Contact(s):
Mr. Roy Prokopuk
Senior Business Development Officer
CETC Business Development Office CANMET Energy Technology Centre (CETC)
Natural Resources Canada
1 Haanel Drive
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 1M1
Telephone: 613-996-8693
TTY (hearing impaired): 613-996-4397
E-mail: prokopuk@nrcan.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/es/etb/cetc