Quantification and Mitigation of Air Pollutant Emissions in the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector

这一研究计划解决了在理解、测量和缓解上游能源行业污染物排放方面的基础研究挑战，这是一个对加拿大和世界至关重要的领域。这项建议以重要研究贡献和在高级别期刊上发表的引用记录、对高素质人员的卓有成效的培训以及将成果直接传播给政府和行业为基础，制定了未来五年最大限度地提高研究影响的短期和长期目标。我的研究计划的最终目标是了解、量化、模拟和减少与加拿大能源使用和生产相关的空气污染物排放。Discovery Grant基金将直接支持HQP研究人员开展一系列雄心勃勃、紧密结合的项目，以开发和应用新的诊断方法，执行定量测量研究，了解复杂的排放源，推进基于伴随的量化技术，为政策决策和法规提供以科学为基础的指导，并推动必要的减排。拟议的研究计划利用了广泛的先进实验和诊断能力，并通过与一系列国内和国际合作伙伴的积极合作得到加强，这些合作伙伴包括国家研究委员会、加拿大自然资源公司、Clearstone工程有限公司、美国环境保护基金(EDF)和世界银行全球减少天然气燃烧伙伴关系(GGFR)。从本质上讲，该研究项目是跨学科的，涵盖燃烧理论、湍流流体力学、应用光学、热质传递和公共政策等方面，为高素质人才的合作和培训提供了多样化的机会。由于全球化石燃料消费量继续上升，超过了按绝对能源单位计算的可再生能源消费量的增长速度，任何改善空气质量和减缓气候变化的即时行动都必须从能源部门的工程和监管解决方案开始。我的研究计划的目标是最大限度地提高在开发新的诊断技术、准确量化关键和难以测量的污染源、对污染物形成和排放机制的基本洞察、开发新的缓解策略以及为法规提供科学支持方面取得突破性进展的潜力。这一努力的成功对我们的环境健康、我们的经济以及确保HQP的供应至关重要，以应对这一领域未来的挑战。

This research program tackles fundamental research challenges in the understanding, measurement, and mitigation of pollutant emissions from the upstream energy industry, an area of critical importance to Canada and the World. Building on a cited record of significant research contributions and publications in high-ranking journals, fruitful training of highly-qualified personnel, and direct dissemination of results to government and industry, this proposal lays out short- and long-term objectives for maximizing research impacts over the next five years. The ultimate objectives of my research program are to understand, quantify, model, and mitigate airborne pollutant emissions associated with energy use and production in Canada. Discovery Grant funding will directly support HQP researchers working on a range of ambitious, closely integrated projects to develop and apply novel diagnostics, perform quantitative measurement studies, understand complex emission sources, advance adjoint-based quantification techniques, provide science-based guidance for policy decisions and regulations, and drive necessary mitigation. The proposed research program leverages a wide range of advanced experimental and diagnostic capabilities, and is strengthened through active collaborations with a range of national and international partners including National Research Council, Natural Resources Canada, Clearstone Engineering Ltd., United States Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and the World Bank Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR). By nature the research program is interdisciplinary, covering aspects of combustion theory, turbulent fluid mechanics, applied optics, heat and mass transfer, and public policy, providing diverse opportunities for collaboration and training of highly qualified personnel. As global consumption of fossil fuels continues to rise, outpacing the increase in renewable energy consumption on an absolute unit of energy basis, any immediate actions to improve air quality and mitigate climate change must begin with engineering and regulatory solutions for the energy sector. The objectives of my research program are aligned to maximize potential for breakthrough progress in the development of novel diagnostic techniques, accurate quantification of critical and difficult to measure pollutant sources, fundamental insight into mechanisms of pollutant formation and emissions, development of new strategies for mitigation, and scientific support for regulations. Success in this endeavour is vital to the health of our environment, to our economy, and to the ensured availability of HQP to meet future challenges in this field.