Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-04328, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Liscidini, Antonio (University of Toronto), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : In this project in collaboration with E-radio Inc. we will investigate the possibility to create a fully integrated FM radio RDS (Radio_x000D_
Data System) receiver for the optimization of the electrical power grid. The idea is to design a very sensitive FM radio (beyond the_x000D_
state of the art) that can be inserted in several IoT devices such as dishwashers, water heater, bulbs, refrigerators in order to_x000D_
shape their duty-cycle as function of the energy available in the power grid. The information of the status of the grid is provided_x000D_
using the FM radio broadcasted by radio service currently available all around the world. The research has to main targets: to_x000D_
explore possibility to improve the receiver sensitivity beyond the state of the art and to investigate active solution to miniaturize the_x000D_
antenna (currently one of the limiting factor in the size of the device). As explained in the proposal, the impact of such device in the_x000D_
optimization of the power grid can potentially save several billions of dollars due to the optimization of the national power grid., program purpose french : In this project in collaboration with E-radio Inc. we will investigate the possibility to create a fully integrated FM radio RDS (Radio_x000D_
Data System) receiver for the optimization of the electrical power grid. The idea is to design a very sensitive FM radio (beyond the_x000D_
state of the art) that can be inserted in several IoT devices such as dishwashers, water heater, bulbs, refrigerators in order to_x000D_
shape their duty-cycle as function of the energy available in the power grid. The information of the status of the grid is provided_x000D_
using the FM radio broadcasted by radio service currently available all around the world. The research has to main targets: to_x000D_
explore possibility to improve the receiver sensitivity beyond the state of the art and to investigate active solution to miniaturize the_x000D_
antenna (currently one of the limiting factor in the size of the device). As explained in the proposal, the impact of such device in the_x000D_
optimization of the power grid can potentially save several billions of dollars due to the optimization of the national power grid., agreement title english : Integrated FM-radio node for power grid optimization, agreement title french : Integrated FM-radio node for power grid optimization, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-09-20, 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