CAPSTONE DESIGN PARTICIPANTS
James Leung
Frank Long
Terry Ming Yiu So
Ruixuan Yang
Energy Storage using Ion-Selective Membranes via Bipolar Electrodialysis
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Clean forms of energy generation have been on the news for several decades, with good reason too – green energy can help propel humanity into the future without destroying our planet. The challenge we face is the lack of constant availability, as renewable sources put us at the mercy of their supply. Just look at solar energy – we must use fossil fuels again when the sun isn’t out. This project seeks to design and model a modular chemical energy storage unit for commercial uses. This design is geared towards businesses that use solar energy and require an energy source during night time, using reverse electrodialysis with bipolar membranes for energy storage.
Faculty Advisor: Professor Jeff Gostick
Christina Chang
Aleena Fayyaz
Elaseya Satguneswaran
Zuha Soomro
Conceptual Design of an Airship
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Over 4 million square miles of real estate lie north of railway lines and all-weather highways in Canada, making it difficult for some industries to access resources and freight. Various industries in northern Canada struggle with high freight costs and the load limitations of current air transport; an airship can provide a solution to these issues. We have conceptually designed a zero-emissions airship, using fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries as a power source, that will have the capability to service these areas all year-round.
Faculty Advisor: Professor Michael Fowler
Nikolai Burton
John Lwis
Maria Rojas
Ronald Tham
Design of a Natural Gas Dehydration Process Using Graphene Oxide Membranes
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Our project focuses on eliminating the issues with the current method for natural gas dehydration, which is achieved using triethylene glycol through absorption. Our design alternative involves using graphene oxide membranes as the source of dehydration for natural gas in hopes to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions compared with the traditional method. By modelling a real life natural gas dehydration plant using the traditional method, we are able to compare these results with our natural gas dehydration membrane model.
Partner Organization/Industry or Goverment Mentor: Evercloak Inc. Enbridge
Faculty Advisor: Professor Michael Pope
Victoria Bodnitski
Meggin Crisp
Nicole McInerney
Nicole Miropolsky
Extract Loss Reduction in the Brewing Process
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Steam Whistle Brewing observes beer extract loss when spent or unwanted yeast is discarded from fermentation tanks, as they currently do not have a method to recover it. Our project aims to design a recovery system to eliminate this beer extract loss, while maintaining or improving product quality and overall production efficiency. This includes detailed system design and cost, safety and environmental impact analyses. Additional application of the designed separation process has been identified to improve hot wort clarification quality and efficiency.
Partner Organization/Industry or Government Mentor: Steam Whistle Brewing
Faculty Advisor: Professor Christine Moresoli
Gillian Barker
Aaron Bleasdale-Pollowy
Zi Qi Chen
Jaksana Kananesan
Point of Use UV-LED Water Treatment Device for Nothern Indigenous Communities
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The water quality in the Inuit community of Coral Harbour, Nunavut, does not consistently meet Health Canada’s guidelines. This had led to high rates of water-related acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) and boil-water advisories due to inadequate infrastructure or a lack of trust in municipally supplied water. Our goal is to design a safe, reliable and affordable UV-LED device to treat water up to Canadian clean drinking water standards.
Faculty Advisor: Professor Peter Huck