While naturals disasters and extreme weather events continue to increase in both frequency and severity due to climate change, communities around the world continue to suffer major social, environmental and economic losses. However, rural communities in particular are struggling to develop adequate adaptation plans and perform risk reduction actions due to limited human and financial […]

In this project, we propose the use of blockchains to provide reliability, security, and transparency for collecting and querying IoT data in the energy sector. In particular, we will implement and evaluate our blockchain solution for enabling transactions in local energy markets, where homeowners have the capacity to generate energy (through renewables), stock energy (through […]

Advanced energy storage materials are essential to the continued economic prosperity of our society, as we move towards the electrification of the transportation industry and the further development of our renewable energy resources. Accelerating the pace of discovery and development in advanced energy storage materials will therefore be vital to maintaining economic competitiveness in the […]

Comme les limiteurs de courant de court-circuit supraconducteurs sont appeh~s a jouer un role ch~ dans Ie futur des reseaux d’energie electrique. Cependant, leur design requiert des outils de simulation numerique sophistiques, qui ne sont pas accessibles presentement. Ce stage MtTACS, couple a un projet de recherche MITACS de plus grande envergure, vise a mettre […]

Detection of natural gas diversion in residential pipelines is important for public safety. To maintain utilities companies’ reputation and customer satisfaction, such diversion must be detected in a nonintrusive manner, without digging or using endoscope cameras. Thus, it is important to develop techniques for residential gas pipeline diagnosis using an external small device that can […]

Les mesures d’équipements intelligents sont de plus en plus disponibles. Ces mesures permettent de caractériser le lien entre les habitudes des ménages et la consommation d’énergie du chauffage de l’eau. La meilleure connaissance de ce lien contribue au développement d’outils permettant d’anticiper la consommation d’énergie. Un réalisme accru de prévision permettrait à Hydro-Québec d’entrevoir d’autres […]

L’Institut de recherche d’Hydro Québec (IREQ) est le leader en Amérique du nord sur des recherches et développement en énergie. En collaboration avec L’École polytechnique de Montréal et l’’École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), un projet de recherche a déjà été réalisé sur la vibration des turbines hydrauliques. À la suite du succès du projet, L’IREQ […]

Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are usually employed to quickly render images on everyday computer screens, and do so quickly and efficiently for relatively little cost compared to the use of Central Processing Units (CPUs) that make up the “brain” of the computer. Modern GPUs are able to do hundreds or thousands of simultaneous calculations; rewriting […]

The result of this project can be used by engineers to design a multivariable control system that will optimize the dosing of chemicals in seawater pretreatment. Besides, the plant operators and technicians will be able to perform ‘what if’ scenarios based on computer modeling results to ensure that the outlet water quality is not decreased. […]

The electric power industry is undergoing considerable changes with respect to structure, operation, regulation and modernization. One of the significant changes is the increased utilization of distribured energy sources (DES) such as wind and solar and other immerging technologies particularly in electric distribution systems. It is envisioned that DES will bcome the main source of […]

Au Quebec, la fonte du couvert nival est Ie mecanisme responsable de la majorite des crues printanieres. Par consequent, I’evaluation de I’etendue du couvert nival en temps reel interesse au plus haut point les autorites responsables de la gestion des ressources hydriques, en particulier Hydro-Quebec. L’objectif de ce projet de recherche est Ie developpement d’une […]

This research project will develop dc electric field sensors for the monitoring of electric power utility infrastructure and for non-contact voltage probing and monitoring. MEMS sensors are the focus, as they offer small size, low cost, and low power operation. These properties make them ideal for hand held operation, and for deployment in remote locations […]