The problem considered in this work is how to produce highly accurate and consistent land-use/land-cover (LULC) maps significantly faster than current semi?automated methods for use by Manitoba Hydro. The goal is to improve the ability to produce maps quickly and efficiently as priority needs arise. This project will use an approach for automated LULC mapping […]

Energy consumers and prosumers are currently dealing with each other via utility companies, which is a slow, costly and indirect mechanism. With the aim of moving toward a free market, the goal of this project is to provide a suitable platform for automatic development and evolution of smart contracts in distributed transactive energy markets. This […]

Blockchains operate as perhaps the most promising system of trust for any type of digital transaction of value — everything from cryptocurrencies to patient medical records. But a number of barriers — involving social institutions, data and identity management and technological processes — stand in the way of broader adoption. These challenges also ultimately speak […]

La prévision des apports en eau dans les bassins versants du parc de production d’Hydro-Québec est très importante car elle permet de quantifier la production hydro-électrique. Pour faire ces prévisions, on utilise des modèles hydrologiques qui sont alimentés par plusieurs données climatiques dont les plus importantes sont les précipitations. Une meilleure prévision repose sur la […]

Municipal wastewater contains excessive nutrients, which when discharged without sufficient treatment can cause eutrophication in the receiving water bodies. Digested sludge liquor, the produce water generated from the treatment of sludge that is produced from municipal wastewater treatment plant contains high concentrations of ammonia that is toxic to aquatic biota and requires further treatment. Newer […]

CANDU reactors use a large number of self-powered, in-core flux detectors (ICFDs) for their reactor regulating system (RRS) and their two shutdown systems (SDS-1 and SDS-2). Dynamic characteristics of ICFDs and lead cables are very important to reactor control and safety. Although, to date, several studies have modeled dynamic characteristics of ICFDs and lead cables, […]

Le marché énergétique est en transition. La demande et la consommation d’énergie dans le secteur résidentiel seront impactées par l’adoption de nouvelles technologies et l’évolution des comportements. Le projet de recherche vise le développement d’un modèle statistique générant des profils temporels individualisés de présence des individus à leur résidence en fonction des attributs des individus. […]

Shale gas plays are becoming progressively more important in the energy market as gas production from these reservoirs is increasing. With the advances in exploitation technology gas production from shale has become more viable and economic. Based on previous studies southwestern Manitoba can be a good candidate for extracting gas from shale formations at shallow […]

Avec l’avènement des véhicules électriques et les énergies photovoltaïques sur les réseaux électriques, il est maintenant requis de convertir l’énergie sous différentes formes. Cette conversion s’effectue par l’utilisation de convertisseurs de puissance qui permettent de relier les différents éléments sur le réseau (batteries d’auto, cellules photovoltaïques,…) Comme élément de contrôle principal, ces convertisseurs utilisent des […]

When a transmission cable joint in an underground vault undergoes an electrical failure this event can result in a high energy event and trigger a shock wave. Rapid and extreme pressure build up inside a manhole can cause a 200kg vault cover launching out as a dangerous projectile, which is referred as manhole incidents. The […]

The proposed project investigates the diagenesis of the lowermost Port au Port carbonates in Western Newfoundland. Few earlier studies suggested that the carbonates vary from lime mudstones of low energy to grainstones and rudstones of high energy shallow-shelf settings. The study will allow the reconstruction of full diagenetic history of the basin and factors that […]

Development of energy storage has been identified as one of the most important features of our rapidly evolving energy grids. While the significance of flexibility it provides is well understood, commercialization remains non-trivial. Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) is founded on well-known scientific principles that have been combined and applied in a novel way. […]