NSERC /Hydro-Quebec/Natural Resources Canada/Emerson Canada Industrial Research Chair on Industrial Energy Efficiency

该提案是在副教授Sébastien Poncet的指导下，在Université de Sherbrooke（UdeS）机械工程系的NSERC工业能源效率主席的5年期更新。合作伙伴是魁北克水电公司、加拿大自然资源部的CanmetEnergie和艾默生加拿大公司。该主席是基于2014年至2019年第一个任务期间取得的成果。 凭借140万美元的现金捐款预算，这第二个任务将使该行业能够充分利用这些结果的潜力，同时在UdeS提供这一战略领域的科学调查。目标是从充满活力的角度开发有效的技术，新知识和数字工具 这将有助于加拿大工业提高其工艺的能源效率，并逐步禁止使用对环境影响大的制冷剂。该讲座还旨在培训19名这一领域的高素质人员。该主席的研究计划涵盖了“工业能源效率”的总主题，并围绕涉及加热和冷却应用的热系统的战略应用：使用天然制冷剂的热泵，食品工业的冷能存储系统和基于喷射器的技术。8个项目中的每个项目都包括实验和数值研究，并将开发用于设计和优化目的的数值工具，以及从实验室到试验规模的新原型。

The proposal is the renewal, for a 5-year period, of a NSERC chair on industrial energy efficiency in the mechanical engineering department at Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), under the direction of the Associate Professor, Sébastien Poncet. The partners are Hydro-Québec, CanmetEnergie of Natural Resources Canada and Emerson Canada. The chair is based on the results obtained during a first mandate between 2014 and 2019. With a 1.4 M$ budget of cash contributions, this second mandate will allow the industry to exploit the full potential of these results, while providing a scientific survey at UdeS in this strategic area. The objectives are the development of efficient technologies from an energetic point of view, new knowledge and numerical tools that will help Canadian industries improving the energy efficiency of their processes and ban progressively the use of refrigerants with a high environmental impact. The chair also aims at training 19 highly qualified personnel in this area. The chair's research program covers the general theme of "Industrial Energy Efficiency" and revolves around strategic applications involving thermal systems for both heating and cooling applications: heat pumps using natural refrigerants, cold energy storage systems for the food industry and ejector-based technologies. Each of the 8 projects includes experimental and numerical studies and will lead to develop both numerical tools for design and optimization purposes but also new prototypes from the laboratory to the pilot scale.