Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01129, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : MacDonald, Brendan (University of Ontario Institute of Technology), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Idea to Innovation, program name french : De l'idée à l'innovation, program purpose english : The goal of the proposed project is to harness two new technological enhancements to develop a commercially viable external heat engine. The first is to implement a cam with a pin groove, to enable the heat engine to follow the optimal thermodynamic cycles and substantially increase the efficiency. The second is an embedded piston design, that facilitates a more compact design and a shorter regenerator pathway. External heat engines can be fuelled by a wide range of heat sources, including solar thermal and biomass, making them both sustainable and robust power sources, for which there is currently a high market demand. We have built a working prototype of our external heat engine with one of the enhancements incorporated; however, there are technical challenges remaining as well as proof-of-concept validation testing required before we have a commercially viable product. The targeted research and proof-of-concept testing proposed here will lead to the development of a competitive and proven engine, which is necessary to engage investors, in keeping with the I2I Phase I program., program purpose french : The goal of the proposed project is to harness two new technological enhancements to develop a commercially viable external heat engine. The first is to implement a cam with a pin groove, to enable the heat engine to follow the optimal thermodynamic cycles and substantially increase the efficiency. The second is an embedded piston design, that facilitates a more compact design and a shorter regenerator pathway. External heat engines can be fuelled by a wide range of heat sources, including solar thermal and biomass, making them both sustainable and robust power sources, for which there is currently a high market demand. We have built a working prototype of our external heat engine with one of the enhancements incorporated; however, there are technical challenges remaining as well as proof-of-concept validation testing required before we have a commercially viable product. The targeted research and proof-of-concept testing proposed here will lead to the development of a competitive and proven engine, which is necessary to engage investors, in keeping with the I2I Phase I program., agreement title english : External heat engine for sustainable and reliable power, agreement title french : External heat engine for sustainable and reliable power, agreement number : I2IPJ, agreement value : 124500.0, agreement start date : 2018-01-10, 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 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., 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