Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Sir Sandford Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology
$25,000.00
Synthetic garnet sand (Duramax) for drinking water treatment
EF 2019-20
Résumé
Ecomaterials Inc. manufactures a high quality synthetic garnet sand under the trade name Duramax. This synthetic sand has multiple industrial applications, including commercial sand blasting. Certain properties of Duramax, such as its particle size, density, and hardness, are similar to those of natural sand. These similarities have led Ecomaterials to believe that their product may serve as an alternative to the natural sand used in industrial and municipal sand filters for the treatment of wastewater and drinking water. The company also believes that the cost of their synthetic sand would be competitive to natural sand while exhibiting comparable, if not superior, filtration characteristics. Ecomaterials has requested that Fleming College's Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies investigate the potential of Duramax for use as a novel medium in the treatment of drinking water. This would open the door for the sale and commercialization of Duramax as a filtration technology to water treatment supply manufacturers.
Programme
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
548675-2019
Name nom
Goodwin, Brett
Department département
Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences
Organization id
4915
Institution établissement
Sir Sandford Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2019
Competition year année de concours
2019
Award amount
25000
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
702
Area of application group en
Transportation systems and services
Area of application group fr
Services et systèmes de transport
Area of application en
Water
Area of application fr
Maritime
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
Installment
inst:1 - 1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Synthetic garnet sand (Duramax) for drinking water treatment
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Ecomaterials Inc. manufactures a high quality synthetic garnet sand under the trade name Duramax. This synthetic sand has multiple industrial applications, including commercial sand blasting. Certain properties of Duramax, such as its particle size, density, and hardness, are similar to those of natural sand. These similarities have led Ecomaterials to believe that their product may serve as an alternative to the natural sand used in industrial and municipal sand filters for the treatment of wastewater and drinking water. The company also believes that the cost of their synthetic sand would be competitive to natural sand while exhibiting comparable, if not superior, filtration characteristics. Ecomaterials has requested that Fleming College's Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies investigate the potential of Duramax for use as a novel medium in the treatment of drinking water. This would open the door for the sale and commercialization of Duramax as a filtration technology to water treatment supply manufacturers.
