Grant: College and Community Innovation Program
Cambrian College
$100,000.00
Cambrian College Sustainable Energy Systems
FY 2010-11
Summary
The key mandate of Cambrian's Sustainable Energy Centre is twofold: to train the next generation of technicians, technologists and skill trades people in energy systems technologies, environmental impact and monitoring/remediation, and sustainable building; and to lead applied research and innovation in these areas. Working closely with SME's, government and industry partners, research teams comprised of faculty and students/interns will undertake a variety of applied research projects, three of which we are as follows: Phytoremediation, an innovative technology that uses suitable woody or herbaceous plants for the purpose of containment, destruction, or extraction of environmental contaminants, can offer a sustainable technology application that has the potential to realize considerable cost savings compared to conventional treatments. An economical and practically viable method of contaminated soil remediation could eliminate/minimize human health risks, as well as greatly improve local landscape esthetics, soil quality and ecosystem health. Cambrian's Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Sudbury Soils project proposes to investigate the technique of phytoextraction for the clean-up of low to moderate concentrations of heavy metals from residential and industrial soils impacted by mining and smelting.
Current designs for stabilizing energy produced by wind power and stored in Hydrogen Electrolyzer/Fuel cells not only offer poor efficiency and storage capacity, but also have not been thoroughly tested for residential application in northern environments. Cambrian's project proposes to develop and assess a more efficient design and determine the feasibility of implementing this design as an off-grid energy alternative for residential buildings in northern climates. To further support off-grid energy systems, Cambrian's final project aims to develop and optimize the design parameters and construct a prototype of a high efficiency heat battery that will allow the optimal storage of solar energy in thermal form and allow for its use on demand for residential application in northern regions.
Program
College and Community Innovation ProgramCollege and Community Innovation Program (linked with high confidence)
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
391322-2009
Name nom
Allen, Lisa
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
24060
Institution établissement
Cambrian College
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2010
Competition year année de concours
2009
Award amount
100000
Program id
CCIP
Program name en
College and Community Innovation Program
Program name fr
Programme d'innovation dans les collèges et la communauté
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1074
Committee name en
Private Sector Advisory Board
Committee name fr
Conseil consultatif du secteur privé
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Partie
2
Nb partie
2
Application title
Cambrian College Sustainable Energy Systems
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The key mandate of Cambrian's Sustainable Energy Centre is twofold: to train the next generation of technicians, technologists and skill trades people in energy systems technologies, environmental impact and monitoring/remediation, and sustainable building; and to lead applied research and innovation in these areas. Working closely with SME's, government and industry partners, research teams comprised of faculty and students/interns will undertake a variety of applied research projects, three of which we are as follows: Phytoremediation, an innovative technology that uses suitable woody or herbaceous plants for the purpose of containment, destruction, or extraction of environmental contaminants, can offer a sustainable technology application that has the potential to realize considerable cost savings compared to conventional treatments. An economical and practically viable method of contaminated soil remediation could eliminate/minimize human health risks, as well as greatly improve local landscape esthetics, soil quality and ecosystem health. Cambrian's Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Sudbury Soils project proposes to investigate the technique of phytoextraction for the clean-up of low to moderate concentrations of heavy metals from residential and industrial soils impacted by mining and smelting.
Current designs for stabilizing energy produced by wind power and stored in Hydrogen Electrolyzer/Fuel cells not only offer poor efficiency and storage capacity, but also have not been thoroughly tested for residential application in northern environments. Cambrian's project proposes to develop and assess a more efficient design and determine the feasibility of implementing this design as an off-grid energy alternative for residential buildings in northern climates. To further support off-grid energy systems, Cambrian's final project aims to develop and optimize the design parameters and construct a prototype of a high efficiency heat battery that will allow the optimal storage of solar energy in thermal form and allow for its use on demand for residential application in northern regions.
