Research Category: Clean Fuels
- Facility / Research Centre | School of Sustainable Development
Support development of projects in the climate change sector that strategically respond to increasing demand for pertinent emerging technologies. Address labour market demands for upskilling and retraining or displaced workers across related industry sectors Create opportunities for knowledge sharing among experts from various disciplines by facilitating a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to program development, program renewal … School of Sustainable Development
- Facility / Research Centre | Harsh Environment Research Facility
The Harsh Environment Research Facility will be a world leading facility that will enable clean energy research for harsh environment applications. Key infrastructure includes a climatic wind tunnel integrated with a wave basin which will provide for an extensive range of wind speed, temperature, precipitation and wave heights to be achieved within the facility. Innovative … Harsh Environment Research Facility
- Facility / Research Centre | Qanittaq Clean Arctic Shipping Initiative
The Qanittaq Clean Arctic Shipping Initiative is a unique partnership, co-led and co-developed by Memorial University and the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada. It aims to address and respond to the increase in Arctic shipping, related environmental impacts affecting Arctic communities and support Inuit communities’ needs for safe and cost-efficient resupply. By working together on … Qanittaq Clean Arctic Shipping Initiative
- Facility / Research Centre | Waste Biomass to Bioproducts, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
We develop processes to convert “low value” biomass processing and natural resource processing by-products (such as fish processing waste, forestry residues, mine tailings, and agricultural residues) to higher-value products such as biofuels, biomaterials (e.g. carbon capture and storage adsorbents), platform chemicals, nutritional supplements, and animal/fish feed. Our lab has the capacity to characterize the residues … Waste Biomass to Bioproducts, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
- Facility / Research Centre | Green Process Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Green Process Engineering Laboratory (GPEL) at Memorial University provides expertise and facilities to carry out research on the development of eco-friendly functional materials and their applications in the detection, removal and degradation of water contaminants. By using renewable feedstock and green solvents, functional materials (e.g. carbon quantum dots-based fluorescent sensors, porous biopolymer-based adsorbents, and nanocarbon … Green Process Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
- Facility / Research Centre | Thermal, Fluids and Energy Research Lab, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
The Thermal, Fluids and Energy Research Lab is dedicated to advancing sustainability through 21st century fundamental and applied research. The facility, accompanying equipment and talented personnel position the lab to conduct cutting-edge research on a variety of important physical processes. The research is critical to improving the performance and viability of sustainable energy systems, as … Thermal, Fluids and Energy Research Lab, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
- Facility / Research Centre | Hibernia Enhanced Oil Recovery Lab, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Centrifuge Contact Angle Coreflooding (Coreflooding Two-Phase or Three-Phase System) Densitometers Fluid Recombination GC with SimDis Interfacial Tension Mercury Porosimeter Pore Network Micromodels Pumps PVT System Visualization Pressure Cell Soxhlet Viscometers
- Researcher | Dr. Noori Saady
Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science [email protected] Research Interests: Bioenergy Hydrogen energy Carbon capture
- Researcher | Dr. Xili Duan, P.Eng.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Thermal fluids and energy systems Fundamental research Fluid mechanics, multiphase flow and separation Heat transfer, phase change Surface wettability/coating Applied research Drag reduction in energy systems, e.g. pipelines, marine vessels Energy conversion and storage Renewable energy systems (wind, solar) Thermal energy recovery in hydrogen production Ice protection … Dr. Xili Duan, P.Eng.
- Researcher | Dr. Kevin Pope, P.Eng.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Wind Power Harsh operating conditions Ice mitigation, sensing, coatings Wind tunnel testing Offshore turbines Hydrogen Green hydrogen Clean hydrogen production Industrial process heat with hydrogen Sustainable Energy Hydrokinetic turbines Solar-thermal Energy efficiency Waste heat recovery
- Researcher | Dr. Liam Morrissey, P.Eng.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Hydrogen Embrittlement and Diffusion Molecular dynamics to understand hydrogen diffusion, recombination, and effects on mechanical properties Collaboration with Suncor Energy on embrittlement studies Solar Wind Plasma Space Weathering and Volatile Deposition Multiscale modeling of high-energy H impacts on minerals Quantifying sputtering yield and energy distribution of ejecta … Dr. Liam Morrissey, P.Eng.
- Researcher | Dr. Syed Imtiaz, P.Eng.
Professor, Process Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Safety and risk analysis including hydrogen safety Control and optimization Real-time monitoring Alarm management Extraction of sulfur using ionic liquid Application of managed pressure drilling to geothermal drilling
- Researcher | Dr. Kelly Hawboldt, P.Eng.
Professor, Process Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Development of processes to extra value from biomass/industrial by-products Biofuels (H2, biogas, bio-oil, solid) from biomass Natural and produced gas treatment Wastewater and water treatment using green processes Amine stability/reactivity, potential for biobased amines Biobased porous structures Adsorption/absorption processes
