NSERC/Hydro-Québec Industrial Research Chair in Design and Performance of Special Electrical Machines

从社会和经济的角度对环境科学和技术以及自然资源和能源等符合国家利益的领域进行研究是加拿大科学和技术框架的战略重点。因此，工业合作伙伴魁北克水电公司的主要目标是开发可再生能源技术和提高电机的能效，这也是最初和拟议的IRC更新研究计划的重点，完全符合加拿大S公司的战略。 最初的NSERC工业研究教席计划(2009-2014)专注于两个主要研究领域：电机能效和利用小规模可再生能源高效发电。这项研究包括可应用于为魁北克水电客户开发可持续能源系统的新兴技术的理论和实验部分。因此，研究方案侧重于更详细地计算和测量电机效率，以及为分布式能源系统开发可再生能源技术。该研究计划有助于增加风能、生物质能和渗透能等可再生能源的使用，特别是在分布式能源系统中的应用，从而减少化石燃料的使用。魁北克水电研究中心工业研究教席在现有优势的基础上增加了机器能效和可再生能源高效转换的补充方面。这创造了一种全面的方法来研究可持续社区的主题，这不仅将使产业合作伙伴魁北克水电公司受益，也将使魁北克公司和整个加拿大社会受益。鉴于全球迫切需要开发可持续的能源替代品，这项研究计划非常中肯。

Research in areas that are in the national interest from a social and economic perspective such as environmental science and technologies, and natural resources and energy is the strategic focus of Canada's Science and Technology framework. Therefore, the development of renewable energy technologies and improvement of electrical machine's energy efficiency, key objectives of the industrial partner, Hydro-Québec, and therefore the focus of the original and the proposed IRC renewal research program, fits perfectly into Canada's S&T strategy. The original NSERC Industrial Research Chair program (2009-2014) focused on two principal areas of research: electrical machine energy efficiency and the efficient generation of power from small scale renewable energy sources. The research included both theoretical and experimental components on emerging technologies that can be applied to the development of sustainable energy systems for Hydro-Québec customers. The research program thus focused on the more detailed calculation and measurements of electrical machine efficiency and the development of renewable energy technologies for distributed energy systems. The research program can contribute to increased use of renewable energy sources such as wind, biomass and osmosis power, in particular for applications in distributed energy systems, leading to decreased use of fossil fuels. The NSERC/Hydro-Québec Industrial Research Chair has added the complementary aspect of energy efficiency in machines and the efficient conversion of renewable energy to the existing strengths. This has created a holistic approach to research into the topic of sustainable communities which will benefit not only the industrial partner Hydro-Québec, but also the Québec and Canadian society overall. In light of the global imperative to develop sustainable energy alternatives, this research program is extremely pertinent.