Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00516, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Milette, Éric (Collège Shawinigan), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Applied Research and Development Grants (<$75k), program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée (<75,000 $), program purpose english : The wastewater treatment industry is undergoing a major transformation by increasingly focusing on_x000D_
wastewater resource recovery instead of simply wastewater treatment. Energy is an important resource that can_x000D_
be recovered from wastewater, and several facilities aim at operating energy neutral processes. At the same_x000D_
time, biosolids disposal is a major operational expense as it can use up to 60% of a facilities yearly budget. The_x000D_
current proposal aims at tackling this combined problem by both minimizing biosolids production and by_x000D_
maximizing biomethane yields. This will be accomplished though treating waste activated sludge (WAS) with_x000D_
ozone to enhance it degradability in anaerobic digestion, and though operating the anaerobic digesters at_x000D_
psychrophilic (20°C and lower) temperatures. The ozone treatment will allow the operation of the_x000D_
psychrophilic anaerobic digester at high rates, which corresponds to solids retention time (SRT) equal or lower_x000D_
than 20 days. Thus, beside the decrease in operation temperate, the operation of the digesters will not be_x000D_
modified substantially from the typical conditions. The enhanced degradability of the WAS will also_x000D_
potentially create additional process capacity, which may reduce capital investments for the water resource_x000D_
recovery facilities (WRRF). This new process will be the first of its kind by which the hydrolysis action of_x000D_
ozone will be used to reduce the digester operation temperature and directly increase the biogas output while_x000D_
maintaining a relatively low SRT. The current NSERC-CRD proposal is joint with an NSERC-ARD proposal_x000D_
presented by the Centre National en Électrochimie et en Technologies Environnementales (CNETE; affiliated_x000D_
with the Collège Shawinigan). The new process developed through the proposed project, which will be_x000D_
commercialized by Air Liquide and its partners, will likely provide important economic and environmental_x000D_
benefits to the Canadian wastewater resource recovery industry. It will also generate employment within Air_x000D_
Liquide and its partners for commercializing, manufacturing, and installing the new processes., program purpose french : The wastewater treatment industry is undergoing a major transformation by increasingly focusing on_x000D_
wastewater resource recovery instead of simply wastewater treatment. Energy is an important resource that can_x000D_
be recovered from wastewater, and several facilities aim at operating energy neutral processes. At the same_x000D_
time, biosolids disposal is a major operational expense as it can use up to 60% of a facilities yearly budget. The_x000D_
current proposal aims at tackling this combined problem by both minimizing biosolids production and by_x000D_
maximizing biomethane yields. This will be accomplished though treating waste activated sludge (WAS) with_x000D_
ozone to enhance it degradability in anaerobic digestion, and though operating the anaerobic digesters at_x000D_
psychrophilic (20°C and lower) temperatures. The ozone treatment will allow the operation of the_x000D_
psychrophilic anaerobic digester at high rates, which corresponds to solids retention time (SRT) equal or lower_x000D_
than 20 days. Thus, beside the decrease in operation temperate, the operation of the digesters will not be_x000D_
modified substantially from the typical conditions. The enhanced degradability of the WAS will also_x000D_
potentially create additional process capacity, which may reduce capital investments for the water resource_x000D_
recovery facilities (WRRF). This new process will be the first of its kind by which the hydrolysis action of_x000D_
ozone will be used to reduce the digester operation temperature and directly increase the biogas output while_x000D_
maintaining a relatively low SRT. The current NSERC-CRD proposal is joint with an NSERC-ARD proposal_x000D_
presented by the Centre National en Électrochimie et en Technologies Environnementales (CNETE; affiliated_x000D_
with the Collège Shawinigan). The new process developed through the proposed project, which will be_x000D_
commercialized by Air Liquide and its partners, will likely provide important economic and environmental_x000D_
benefits to the Canadian wastewater resource recovery industry. It will also generate employment within Air_x000D_
Liquide and its partners for commercializing, manufacturing, and installing the new processes., agreement title english : Anaerobic Digestion of Waste Activated Sludge at Psychrophilic Temperatures with Ozonation to_x000D_
Reduce Biosolids Production and Enhance Energy Recovery, agreement title french : Anaerobic Digestion of Waste Activated Sludge at Psychrophilic Temperatures with Ozonation to_x000D_
Reduce Biosolids Production and Enhance Energy Recovery, agreement number : CARD2, agreement value : 225000.0, agreement start date : 2017-08-23, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2020-2021)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2020-2021)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada