Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2019-2020).

Research on the development and assessment of advanced, next-generation cold- and thermal-sprayed coatingsx000D
will contribute to improvements in oil sands efficiency and incorporation of advanced manufacturing andx000D
materials through emerging technology aimed at new materials development. This proposal sets out to describex000D
a research project that will be supported by Imperial Oil, in collaboration with InnoTech Alberta, an Albertax000D
government research organization, to develop and model the performance of next-generation metal matrixx000D
composite coatings that will be used to prevent or mitigate wear of machine part components that are used inx000D
oil sands processing, upgrading, and transport. Here, the industry sponsor and the applicants wish to expand onx000D
Imperial Oil's current suite and catalog of wear resistant coating solutions by introducing advanced metalx000D
matrix composite coating materials into their business. Coatings are used by a variety of industries in ax000D
plenitude of applications to provide protection to machine parts from the adverse effects of surface degradationx000D
processes such as corrosion, wear, and high temperatures. Variations of coatings have been developed, andx000D
some of these developments have been motivated by the need for new coating solutions and shifts in industrialx000D
markets. The applicants, by way of their expertise and interactions with various stakeholders, have identifiedx000D
that the development of new advanced coatings with multi-purpose capabilities that extend beyond surfacex000D
protection against only one surface degradation mechanism will offer a unique expansion of the utility ofx000D
coatings into novel areas that have been established by industry and government. While coatings are known tox000D
provide reliable protection, failures can occur. This research proposal will address the development ofx000D
advanced next-generation metal matrix composite coatings and mechanism-based modelling of failures ofx000D
these coatings. By focusing on these areas, the outcome of this industry-supported research project will be thex000D
design and development of reinforced wear-resistant coating material systems for improvements in oil sandsx000D
efficiency.