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Clean Tech » Emerging Concepts and Technologies Research Program
Programme de recherche du Nouveau-Brunswick sur les nouveaux concepts et technologies (NCT) zéro émissions nettes
April 2023 – March 2026
Un grand nombre des solutions nécessaires à l’atteinte de la carboneutralité d’ici 2050 devront être inventées, mises à l’essai puis mises en œuvre.
Clean Tech » Emerging Concepts and Technologies Research Program
Net Zero Emerging Concepts and Technologies (ECT) Research Program – New Brunswick
April 2023 – March 2026
From laboratory to market
Many of the solutions needed to achieve 2050 net-zero emissions goals must still be invented, proven and scaled up to commercial availability.
Clean Tech » Emerging Concepts and Technologies Research Program
Net Zero Emerging Concepts and Technologies (ECT) Research Program - Nova Scotia
April 2023 – March 2026
From laboratory to market
Nova Scotia won’t get to net-zero by 2050 with proven renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
Tidal Energy » Tidal Resource Characterization and Modelling
Numerical Modeling of Tidal Turbine Behaviour under Real Turbulent Tidal Flow Conditions
December 2015 – December 2016
Researchers investigated and numerically quantified the behaviour of a tidal turbine under turbulent unsteady tidal flow, using flow data collected in the lower Bay of Fundy (Digby area).
Tidal Energy » Tidal Resource Characterization and Modelling
Turbulence in Grand Passage Nova Scotia: Measures of Intermittency
April – December 2016
Turbulence research is very important to advancing the in-stream tidal energy sector, however turbulence in general is not well understood. Measurement at prospective turbine locations is essential prior to development, given the high degree of spatial variability between sites.
Tidal Energy » Tidal Resource Characterization and Modelling
Characterizing Tidal Flows and Turbine Power Production in Petit Passage using Oceanographic and CFD Models
September 2015 – March 2016
The goal of this project was to identify potential turbine deployment locations in Petit Passage Nova Scotia, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite volume coastal ocean models (FVCOM).
Tidal Energy » Tidal Resource Characterization and Modelling
Spectral and Structure Function Estimates of Turbulence Dissipation Rates in a High Flow Tidal Channel Using Broadband ADCPs
January 2016
Spectral and structure function methods are implemented to compute the dissipation rate, ε, from broadband, diverging-beam, acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) data collected at four sites in a high-flow tidal channel.
Tidal Energy » Seabed, Sediment, and Benthic
Impacts of Tidal Energy Extraction on Sediment Dynamics in Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy
February 2010 – December 2012
Researchers developed a numerical hydrodynamic and sediment transport model for Minas Basin in the Bay of Fundy, focusing on the sediment dynamics of the tidal inlets and flats.
Tidal Energy » Tidal Resource Characterization and Modelling
Tidal Energy Resource Assessment Map for Nova Scotia
March – October 2012
This project used numerical simulations and theoretical calculations to predict not only the power that can be extracted from the flow through a passage but also the reduction in flow through the passage.
Tidal Energy » Seabed, Sediment, and Benthic
Effects of Energy Extraction on Sediment Dynamics in Intertidal Ecosystems of the Minas Basin
January 2010 – May 2012
This project assessed how the dynamics of sedimentation change when energy is extracted from a macro-tidal system. The differences in tidal prism and energy between neap and spring tidal cycles were used as a proxy for energy extraction by in-stream tidal power devices.