Accelerate development of new technologies and applications for advanced water treatment.

Global population growth, urbanization and changing climate patterns have increased the demand for potable water, wastewater reuse and value recovery from wastewater, and treatment of industrial process water. Population growth also results in increased demand for the shipping of goods by ocean freight, with the associated risk of the transport of unwanted marine life from one location to another by the discharge of ballast water. Also, the increasing sophistication of food and drug production requires a corresponding development of fluid protection technologies to prevent contamination by undesirable microbes. Consequently, there is increased demand for improved technologies that can provide sustainable treatment of water and wastewaters, protection of the water supply, and development of new fluid treatment methods. This research project will develop knowledge and technologies to allow the development of new Trojan Technologies products in these three areas. Treatment technologies to harvest energy from wastewater, treat ballast water with
ultraviolet light and filtration to treat invasive species, and remove harmful bacteria from liquid foods and drug fluids, are examples of proposed outcomes of this project.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ajay Ray;Gordon Huang;Marc Aucoin;Peter Vanrolleghem;Ronald Gehr;Daniel Heath;Qiyin Fang;Ramin Farnood;Madjid Mohseni;Xing-Fang Li;Valérie Orsat;Hosahalli Ramaswamy;Charles De Lannoy;Kamran Siddiqui;George Nakhla;Anthony Straatman;Charles Xu;Charles Chunb

Student:

Partner:

Trojan Technologies;USP Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Construction and infrastructure; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

McGill University; McMaster University; The University of British Columbia; The University of Western Ontario; Université Laval; University of Alberta; University of Regina; University of Toronto; University of Waterloo; University of Windsor; Western University

Program:

Accelerate