Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01589, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Saghir, Ziad (Ryerson University), 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 : Researchers at Ryerson University are collaborating with McClymont and Rak (MCR) geotechnical engineers_x000D_
to develop a new sustainable thermal storage technology that addresses the main challenges that have prevented_x000D_
geoexchange adoption in a meaningful way in Ontario. An innovative thermal storage medium, based on a_x000D_
construction slurry will be developed and used as an underground thermal storage medium, coupled to a ground_x000D_
source heat pump, to provide high-performance building heating and cooling. This new, inexpensive_x000D_
technology will be able to be effectively integrated with solar heating, making it more cost competitive with_x000D_
natural gas, leading to increased adoption and considerable CO2 emissions reduction in the building sector._x000D_
The newness of this proposed research is the inclusion of phase change material in bentonite l for use in the_x000D_
underground storage medium. MCR geotechnical engineers will be building and testing a full-scale prototype._x000D_
At the conclusion of this project, the team will have developed a new underground thermal storage and ground_x000D_
source heat pump product and service offering that will be ready for full scale implementation., program purpose french : Researchers at Ryerson University are collaborating with McClymont and Rak (MCR) geotechnical engineers_x000D_
to develop a new sustainable thermal storage technology that addresses the main challenges that have prevented_x000D_
geoexchange adoption in a meaningful way in Ontario. An innovative thermal storage medium, based on a_x000D_
construction slurry will be developed and used as an underground thermal storage medium, coupled to a ground_x000D_
source heat pump, to provide high-performance building heating and cooling. This new, inexpensive_x000D_
technology will be able to be effectively integrated with solar heating, making it more cost competitive with_x000D_
natural gas, leading to increased adoption and considerable CO2 emissions reduction in the building sector._x000D_
The newness of this proposed research is the inclusion of phase change material in bentonite l for use in the_x000D_
underground storage medium. MCR geotechnical engineers will be building and testing a full-scale prototype._x000D_
At the conclusion of this project, the team will have developed a new underground thermal storage and ground_x000D_
source heat pump product and service offering that will be ready for full scale implementation., agreement title english : Effective use of Phase Change Material in Bentonite, agreement title french : Effective use of Phase Change Material in Bentonite, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-02-07, 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