Grants and Contributions:
Title:
The Environmental and Techno-Economic Assessments of Carbon Conversion Technologies
Agreement Number:
951760
Agreement Value:
$541,200.00
Agreement Date:
May 21, 2020 - Mar 31, 2022
Description:
A comprehensive Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework will be developed, validated and made available to the research community. This framework will integrate open source tools to evaluate carbon conversion technologies based on three criteria:
•Scientific and technical value of the proposed technology, morespecifically proposed novel materials for CO2 conversion should besupported by high quality peer-reviewed scientific publications;
•Economic impact of the proposed technology including product(s)unit cost(s); and
•GHG impact (Global Warming Potential/GWP) using LCAmethods.
The proposed framework will provide tools to evaluate the cost and GHG impact of each CO2 conversion pathways and identify critical development gaps allowing for increasing TRL in the future. The team will also build the back end (database, tools and webserver) and front end (user interface) to support the proposed integrated platform. The Recipient will work in
collaboration with the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta on this collaborative project with the NRC.
Project Rationale:
The interest in CO2 conversion technologies
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.
Location:
Calgary, Alberta, CA T2N 1N4
Reference Number:
172-2020-2021-Q1-951760
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
108102864
Recipient Type:
Academia
Recipient's Legal Name:
The Governors of the University of Calgary
Federal Riding Name:
Calgary Confederation
Federal Riding Number:
48005
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Program Purpose:
Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas.
NAICS Code:
541710 - R&D in the physical, engineering and life sciences