THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

$600,675.00 CAD

≈ 8 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Natural Resources Canada
Program
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2017-2018
Agreement period
October 18, 2017 – —
Reference
nrcan-rncan:115-2018-2019-Q2-07070

Published purpose

The purpose of this agreement is to develop and test at bench scale a sorbent-based foam prototype to directly reclaim surface and submerged oil in the event of spill on marine environment. The sorbent foam prototype will also feature built-in filtration system, allowing for safe, continuous and low cost recovery once fully deployed by oil spill responders.

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