Recent Projects
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Renewables are great - just not that hot on their own. For the McMaster Advanced Control Consortium at McMaster University, the project seeks to understand the limitations to renewable power integrations into Canadian and American power grids by developing a model to quantify demand satisfaction versus overall renewable power scaleup.
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The global market for nickel sulphate hexahydrate (NSH), an important pre-cursor component needed to create cathodes used in lithium-ion batteries, is experiencing significant growth due to the increasing demand for electric vehicles. Traditional NSH production methods rely on resource-intensive processes that significantly impact the environment. This scoping study, a collaboration between McMaster Engineering and Hatch Ltd., proposes a novel, sustainable design for a 50,000 tonnes/year battery-grade NSH refinery based in Sudbury, Ontario. The design prioritizes minimizing environmental impact while maintaining economic viability. Utilizing Mixed Hydroxide Precipitate (MHP) feedstock, the proposed refinery employs acid leaching, solid-liquid separation, neutralization, solvent extraction, and crystallization to achieve >99.4% NSH purity, along with over 4,000 tonnes/year of 99.9% pure cobalt sulphate hexahydrate. A comprehensive process simulation, including mass and energy balances, a full mechanical equipment list, process flow diagram, and complete capital and operating costing analysis supports the design.
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Project in Progress
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Project in Progress