Laboratory Equipment for Validation, Optimization and Commercialization of Clean Energy Conversion and Storage Devices and Technologies

经济上可行、社会可接受和环境友好的能源转换和储存技术对于跟上加拿大和其他地方日益增长的能源需求至关重要。电化学电源，包括可充电电池、超级电容器和燃料电池，已被确定为先进、可靠的能量转换和存储应用的关键使能技术。可再生能源系统的表征、优化和集成是我们研究工作和活动的中心，因此，我们采用了广泛的分析、实验室和现场测试和技术来系统和客观地评估清洁能源系统的性能。正是通过这些努力，我们试图了解这类系统在不同、要求苛刻的运行条件下的行为，以进一步提高它们在不同能源领域的性能、耐用性和经济可行性。这项建议和所需的实验室设备旨在通过发起和开展高度协作的、以行业为导向的应用研究项目，加强兰布顿学院的清洁能源研究能力和能力，以满足当地和区域中小企业的需求。将购买的设备包括电化学能量测试站和动态蒸汽吸收分析仪，以对不同清洁能源转换和存储应用中使用的广泛能源系统和组件进行应用研究，如充电电池、超级电容器和储热材料。所需设备将最初由八(8)家当地和地区公司使用，通过现有和新的合作应用研究项目帮助他们进行产品和工艺开发和商业化活动。

Economically-viable, socially-acceptable, and environmentally-friendly energy conversion and storage technologies are essential for keeping pace with the ever-growing need for energy in Canada and elsewhere. Electrochemical power sources, including rechargeable batteries, ultra-capacitors, and fuel cells, have been identified as critical enabling technologies for advanced, reliable energy conversion and storage applications.Renewable energy system characterization, optimization, and integration are at the center of our research efforts and activities and, as such, we employ a wide array of analytical, laboratory and field tests and techniques to systematically and objectively evaluate the performance of clean energy systems. It is through these efforts that we try to understand the behavior of such systems under different, demanding operating conditions to further improve their performance, durability and economic feasibility in diverse energy fields. This proposal and the requested laboratory equipment aim at enhancing Lambton College's Clean Energy Research capacity and capability to meet the needs of local and regional SMEs by initiating and conducting highly collaborative, industry-driven applied research projects. The equipment to be purchased include an electrochemical energy test station and a dynamic vapour sorption analyzer to conduct applied research on a wide range of energy systems and components used in different clean energy conversion and storage applications such as rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors, and thermal storage materials.The requested equipment will be initially utilized by eight (8) local and regional companies to assist them with their product and process development and commercialization activities through existing and new collaborative applied research projects.