How do we mitigate the impacts of existing energy technology?

Reducing the effects of energy extraction, conversion and transport...

Past and present energy technologies have created challenges that must be addressed as we move towards a low-carbon energy economy. By investigating ways to reduce GHG emissions from existing hydrocarbon technologies, and supporting the restoration of land and water affected by them, projects within these themes will help lay the groundwork for energy transition. They will also work to address potential future concerns related to new energy technologies.

Themes

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

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Land and Water

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Non-Electric Infrastructure

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Projects

A comparative study between gas-phase pyrolysis, gas-liquid-alloy pyrolysis, hybrid cold-plasma / photo-catalytic and electron radiolysis in the production of hydrogen from methane

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Advanced Electrochemical System for Energy Storage Through CO2 Conversion

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Advancing Containment, Conformance and Injectivity Technologies for Effective Geological Storage of CO2

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Bio-Based Sorbents for Simultaneous Removal of Contaminants from Wastewaters Generated During Energy Production

Land and Water

Biophysical Impacts of Energy Systems and Indicators of Reclamation Success

Land and Water

CO2 adsorption mechanism of potassium promoted hydrotalcite and its application in high purity hydrogen production

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

CO2 Dissolution in Saline Pore Fluids and CO2 EOR

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Combining Adsorption and Low-pressure Membrane Technologies for High-quality Water Production

Land and Water

Data-centric flow liquefaction assessment and biomediated tailings improvement: towards safe closure of tailings dams

Land and Water

Decision Support Systems for Improved Construction and Maintenance of Non-­Electrical Infrastructure for Energy

Non-Electric Infrastructure

Development and Synthesis of Novel Materials for Water Remediation

Land and Water

Development of additively manufactured high-temperature ceramic structures to avoid clogging problems and reduce hydrogen embrittlement during hydrogen production process through methane pyrolysis

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Development of Novel Biochar Materials for Land and Water Reclamation

Land and Water

Economic Analysis of Reclamation Technologies and Policy Options

Land and Water

Electrochemical Conversion of Waste Plastics into Hydrocarbon-based Fuels

Land and Water

Employing in vitro bioassays to assess OSPW treatment: Implications on predictive modelling of risks

Land and Water

Enhancing targeted pollinator conservation in revegetation at green energy sites

Land and Water

Exploring Wellbore and Reservoir Processes for Geological Storage of CO2

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Extraction of valuable metals from wastewater, brine, and acid mine drainage

Land and Water

Field Trial of Hydrogen Storage in Canadian Bedded and Domal Salts

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Impacts of refrigerant usage on the environmental presence of trifluoroacetic acid and other persistent chemicals

Land and Water

Integrated Carbon Capture and (Photo) Reduction Systems: Toward on-line monitoring, sequestration and conversion to useful chemical feedstock

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Integrated Water Purification System for Safety Water Reclamation and Resource Recovery

Land and Water

Integrating Social With Biophysical Success Indicators for Land and Water Reclamation

Land and Water

Investigating potential deep borehole disposal solutions in Northeastern Alberta and Southwestern Saskatchewan for used fuel from SMRs

Land and Water

Kinetics of CO2 hydrate formation

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Land and Water Approaches for Reclamation of Process Water

Land and Water

Life Cycle Analysis of Selected Novel Materials and Designs

Land and Water

Machine Learning Control technology applied to decarbonizing H2 fueled vehicles

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Nanobubbles for highly effective wastewater treatment

Land and Water

Next Generation of Clean Pipeline Technology for Energy Transport

Non-Electric Infrastructure

Pilot Scale Production and Field Testing of Dry Water Enhanced Geopolymer

Non-Electric Infrastructure

Post Combustion Capture of CO2 using Solid Sorbents

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Potential of Biological Materials for Coal Mine Reclamation

Land and Water

Real Time Environmental Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring

Land and Water

Scale-up of Electro-Oxidation Processes

Land and Water

Scale-up of geological carbon storage through CO2 plume geothermal and real-time data-driven decision makings

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Scaling/Fouling Mechanism and Mitigation Strategies in Coal or Biomass Gasification Systems and Wastewater Treatment in Coal-fired or Co-fired Power Plants

Land and Water

Smart nanocomposite membranes: harnessing clean water and clean energy from Alberta’s oil sands

Land and Water

Supramolecularly Crosslinked Microgels for Heavy Metal Sensor Fabrication

Land and Water

Thermal Impacts for Geological Storage of CO2

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Transforming Fossil Fuels into Heat or Hydrogen

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Uncertainty quantification and optimization for the scale-up of geological carbon storage (GCS)

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Understanding and modelling black carbon formation

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

Value-­Added Conversion of CO2

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage

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Researchers on Improving Environmental Performance

Over seven years, Future Energy Systems plans to support more than 100 researchers and up to 1,000 Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP), including graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. To learn more about our researchers, visit the Researcher Directory.

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