Integration of Solar- Thermal Technology into Petrochemical Industrial Processes to Reduce Fossil Fuel Demand and Carbon Footprint

SolarSteam Inc.是一家私营的可再生能源技术公司，为需要工业过程热量以及加热和冷却应用的客户设计、制造、安装和服务集中太阳能热技术和系统。总部设在卡尔加里，阿尔伯塔，SolarSteam正在寻求开发和商业化的独特设计的成熟的太阳能技术，针对客户在极端气候。SolarSteam发电机可以与现有的蒸汽锅炉一起运行，以减少对环境的影响，通过取代燃料消耗产生的碳排放量为传统的蒸汽发电。最近，该公司获得了一家数十亿美元公司的支持。SolarSteam希望将其热能解决方案整合到石化设施当前的热处理中，然而，由于他们没有广泛的石化行业开发专业知识，他们面临着全面执行开发的挑战。在合作中，SolarSteam和兰顿学院将专注于将SolarSteam能源系统整合到现有石化设施中的研究，设计，建模，模拟和测试。研究团队还将通过仿真构建原型并进行测试，以确定与仿真模型相比最大化系统效率的参数。这些结果将被用于规模化操作的太阳能蒸汽技术与石化设施的商业化整合。拟议项目的成功将提高重型和小型工业生产与太阳能跨多个部门，以及降低成本，碳排放，并创造额外的就业机会沿着供应链。预计该项目的成果将成为试点项目下一步的基础。在未来五年内，将进一步带来新客户和高达4000万加元的收入，并创造多达30个新职位的额外就业机会。

SolarSteam Inc. is a private renewable technology company that designs, manufactures, installs, and servicesconcentrating solar-thermal technology and systems for customers requiring heat for industrial processes, andheating and cooling applications. Based in Calgary, Alberta, SolarSteam is pursuing the development andcommercialization of a unique design of a proven solar technology targeting customers in extreme climates.SolarSteam generators can be operated in conjunction with existing steam boilers to reduce environmentalimpact by displacing the number of carbon emissions produced in fuel consumption for conventional steamgeneration. Recently, the company has secured support from a multi-billion-dollar company. SolarSteam islooking to integrate their thermal heat solution into petrochemical facilities' current thermal processes,however, they are facing challenges to fully execute the development since they do not have extensivepetrochemical industry development expertise.In collaboration, SolarSteam and Lambton College will focus on the research, design, model, simulation, andtesting of the integration of SolarSteam energy system into an existing petrochemical facility. The researchteam will also build a prototype through simulation and conduct testing to identify the parameters to maximizethe efficiency of the system compared with the simulation model. These results will be used to scale upoperations of the SolarSteam technology integrating with petrochemical facilities for commercialization. Thesuccess of the proposed project will enhance heavy and small industry production with solar energy acrossmultiple sectors, as well as reduce costs, carbon emissions, and create additional jobs along the supply chain. Itis anticipated that the results from this project will be the foundation for the next steps of a pilot project.Further leading to new customers and revenues up to $40M CAD in the next five years with additional jobcreation of up to 30 new positions.