Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
$48,443.00
Hyper Desalination of Brine Water
FY 2017-18
Summary
The oil and gas and mining industries discharge most of their wastewater to surface freshwater bodies,tidewater and to public and municipal sewers. Of the water discharged a large portion is not treated beforebeing released. Recirculation of water within these industries also occurs but could be increased to reduceenvironmental impact and costs.KmX Corp is a privately held, for profit, clean tech company with a head office KmX's is in Oakville ON.KmX has 10 employees in Oakville and 25 employees in Virginia for a total of 35 employees and in 2014generated a revenue of $4.4 Million. KmX has developed a portfolio of membrane technologies for therecovery of waste chemicals and brine water. KmX is now in the process of deploying these technologies in themarketplace, with the initial step being the demonstration of the technology at pilot scale.KmX built a small pilot facility in Sarnia, ON to demonstrate their membrane distillation technology andpartnered with Lambton College' to optimize the technologies process. The results of pilot plant proved to besuccessful and now KmX with a partnership with Lambton College is proposing to build a pilot facility inEdmonton AB to test the system at 6 times the Scale of the Sarnia System. Lambton College with KmX haveapplied for funding through the Ontario Centres of Excellence Alberta-Ontario Innovation program, whichincludes NSERC's ARD and OCE grant fundingThe Lambton research team including faculty researcher, 2 Research Technicians and 3 students will work withthe KmX team. This project is critical to provide a platform for KmX to evaluate the technology in pilot scalewith a multinational oil company. The outcome will help verify and commercialize a novel Canadiantechnology and consequently create jobs, increase revenue, and enhance Canada's industry competitivenessglobally. There will also be significant impact on Canada through environmental benefit in reducing freshwater usage and economic benefit in the reduction of disposal costs in the oil and gas and mining industries.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
492530-2015
Name nom
Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
26621
Institution établissement
Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2015
Award amount
48443
Program id
CARD2
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 2
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
300
Area of application group en
Energy resources
Area of application group fr
Ressources d'énergie
Area of application en
Energy resources (including production, exploration, processing, distribution and use)
Area of application fr
Ressources d'énergie (production, exploration, traitement, distribution et utilisation de l'énergie)
Research subject code
1502
Research subject group en
Environmental engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie de l'environnement
Research subject en
Waste water treatment
Research subject fr
Traitement des eaux usées
Partie
2
Nb partie
2
Application title
Hyper Desalination of Brine Water
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The oil and gas and mining industries discharge most of their wastewater to surface freshwater bodies,tidewater and to public and municipal sewers. Of the water discharged a large portion is not treated beforebeing released. Recirculation of water within these industries also occurs but could be increased to reduceenvironmental impact and costs.KmX Corp is a privately held, for profit, clean tech company with a head office KmX's is in Oakville ON.KmX has 10 employees in Oakville and 25 employees in Virginia for a total of 35 employees and in 2014generated a revenue of $4.4 Million. KmX has developed a portfolio of membrane technologies for therecovery of waste chemicals and brine water. KmX is now in the process of deploying these technologies in themarketplace, with the initial step being the demonstration of the technology at pilot scale.KmX built a small pilot facility in Sarnia, ON to demonstrate their membrane distillation technology andpartnered with Lambton College' to optimize the technologies process. The results of pilot plant proved to besuccessful and now KmX with a partnership with Lambton College is proposing to build a pilot facility inEdmonton AB to test the system at 6 times the Scale of the Sarnia System. Lambton College with KmX haveapplied for funding through the Ontario Centres of Excellence Alberta-Ontario Innovation program, whichincludes NSERC's ARD and OCE grant fundingThe Lambton research team including faculty researcher, 2 Research Technicians and 3 students will work withthe KmX team. This project is critical to provide a platform for KmX to evaluate the technology in pilot scalewith a multinational oil company. The outcome will help verify and commercialize a novel Canadiantechnology and consequently create jobs, increase revenue, and enhance Canada's industry competitivenessglobally. There will also be significant impact on Canada through environmental benefit in reducing freshwater usage and economic benefit in the reduction of disposal costs in the oil and gas and mining industries.
