Collapsible Intermodal shipping container
Container abandonment is an issue for anywhere there is a trade imbalance. A new container costs $8,000 versus $15,000 to ship an empty container. Students designed a collapsible container which could be reduced to a quarter of its traditional height, reducing shipping costs by approximately 75%. See a full project description.
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Community-based Power Sharing
Using diesel fuel for electricity comes at a high cost ($0.8/kWh - $3.0/kWh in off-grid communities of northern Ontario), and Deer Lake First Nations has very limited access. A distributed and decentralized wind power generation system could provide residents with more autonomy and user influence through collaborative consumption. See a full project description.
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Latent Variable Models of an Industrial Atmospheric Distillation Tower Sponsored by British Petroleum
Students developed linear models of an atmospheric distillation tower for inferential prediction of feed and product qualities, optimization of the operation and production planning and scheduled using latent variable methods like principle component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares (PLS). See a full project description.
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- A Simulation Platform for Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- Control Strategies used in Sewage Pumping Stations for Elora Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Design of Improvement for the Packaging Operations of an Appliances Manufacturer's Distribution Center
- Flexible Redesign And Optimized LHD Undergroud Mining Bucket
- Assessment and Design of a Waste Heat Recovery and Energy Conversion System
- Ejector Integration in an Absorption Based CO2 Capture Process
- Heat Exchanger Network Computation & Data Reconciliation
- Control Strategies used in Sewage Pumping Stations for Elora Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Solar Power Generation and Air-Conditioning
- TINCAN: Decision Support Tool for Grain Crop Storage and Conditioning Activities
