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Title:
Physics enforced AI for multi-scale multi-phase process and material design: optimal direct air carbon capture as an example
Agreement Number:
1007608
Agreement Value:
$291,500.00
Agreement Date:
Sep 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Description:
The ongoing race to carbon net-zero is a global effort to resolve the challenge of climate change. Carbon neutrality can be achieved by reducing emissions and removing the CO2 in industry exhaust as well as the atmosphere. Removing carbon in the atmosphere is called direct air carbon capture (DACC) and can be viewed as an emerging industry producing carbon credit. This project seeks to design a novel DACC system based on fibrous material. The alkaline solution is dispensed by fiber networks and reacts with and captures the CO2 in the atmosphere. Optimal design for such processes is prohibitively demanding for conventional methods, experimental or computational, due to the drastic scale difference (e.g., from alkaline droplets and liquid film of micrometers to meters long fibers and reacting chamber) in the system. Developing a universal framework combining artificial intelligence and physical laws within this project will facilitate faster optimal designs and scaling-up for future DACC system development.
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:
Waterloo, Ontario, CA N2L 3G1
Reference Number:
172-2023-2024-Q2-1007608
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
119260685
Recipient Type:
Academia
Recipient's Legal Name:
University of Waterloo
Federal Riding Name:
Waterloo
Federal Riding Number:
35112
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