Grant: Alliance Grants

An estimated two-thirds of the global population will not have access to clean water by 2025. Wastewater treatment is an important technology to close the gap on water scarcity. The restriction of treating water using products such as trihalomethane has encouraged the large-scale use of Ozone generator in Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) in many municipalities. This project aims to develop power supply solutions to increase Ozone generation by at least 10% and hence contributing to significant energy saving in WTPs compared to the existing technology in the market. The proposed power supply solution incorporates advanced power electronics technology and control algorithms, and it will also explore the synergy between the hardware and software design for the power supply to maximize the Ozone generation efficiency. The proposed project also targets to improve the Ozone generation system reliability and reduce its cost. Therefore, the proposed project will provide a positive solution for a cleaner environment and healthier Canadians by reducing the energy consumption and GHG emissions in WTPs. The research results are to the immediate need of the industry partner, which will be adopted towards the development of a new Ozone generator power supply product. The new product with improved Ozone generation efficiency will provide the company with a competitive advantage in the Canadian and global marketplace, leading to increased revenue for Canada in the form of corporate and personal income tax as well as sales tax. In this project, six highly qualified personnel (HQP) will be active in the planned research activities to develop an innovative Ozone generator power supply collaboratively with Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (WTS). Through execution of the proposed project, these HQP will be well trained to create a more skilled workforce in the power and energy sector for clean technologies. In addition, technical knowledge and research outcome developed through this project will be documented and shared with the industry partner, which will lead to publication, patenting, and licensing opportunities for both Concordia University and Veolia WTS.