Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)

This project will support the development of a novel water treatment technology for agricultural and industrialx000D
water treatment. The technology can effectively and safely disinfect water using a simple flow-throughx000D
operation. In addition organic contaminants can be removed and destroyed by oxidation. The process usesx000D
electrical energy to drive electrochemical reactions to achieve the desired treatment objectives. This projectx000D
will investigate the electrochemical mechanisms, providing important data for the optimization, design, andx000D
scale up of the technology. The focus of the research will be to enhance the performance of the process for thex000D
treatment of dissolved organic contaminants, for industrial and oil sands water treatment applications. Thex000D
findings will be used by the industry partner, informing the design of prototype and pilot scale treatment units,x000D
as they develop the technology for commercial applications in the agricultural, industrial and oil productionx000D
industries.x000D
This technology offers an innovative and sustainable solution to problems of water conservation and high costx000D
of industrial water use because it is an extremely powerful, safe, and cost effective water treatment platform.x000D
Disinfection is conventionally achieved by chlorine addition, but this can lead to harmful disinfectionx000D
by-products that adversely effect the water quality. New technologies that can achieve disinfection with lowx000D
operating cost and increased water quality will be of significant benefit to the agricultural and meat processingx000D
industries. The extension of the application of the technology to the decontamination of organics in industrialx000D
wastewater and oil sands process water will enable increased water recycle, reduced operating costs and lowerx000D
environmental impact. Our initial research has shown the key characteristics of the reactor design that influencex000D
oxidation performance. This project will extend the research to determine the main energy losses in thex000D
reactor, and the factors limiting the oxidation performance.