Making gas equipment ready for 100% hydrogen: Home Appliances running on H2
Camilo A. Lozano | MEL Candidate | Dec 16, 2022 Mentors: Mehmud Iqbal, Fortis BC Abstract In 1874, the great visionary Jules Verne wrote in The Mysterious Island “water will one day be employed as a fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen that constitute it, used singly or together”. Almost one hundred years later, in 1969 […]
TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF A WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITY THAT WOULD USE WOOD RESIDUES
Seham M. Ahmed | MEL Candidate | Dec 17, 2021. Mentors: Kara Serenius and Floyd Wickie, Pacific North Coast Development Society, Kitselas Forest Products, Westland Resources and Thornhill Power & Utilities Corporation Abstract Wood residues generated from logging locations and sawmills in Terrace BC is a green and renewable biomass resource, however, these wood residues are currently being piled up […]
Optimization of Vacuum Swing Adsorption performance and Literature Review of Carbon Capture and Utilization
Harshit Srivastava | MEL Candidate | Dec 17, 2021. Mentor: Joseph Broda, Fortis BC; Abstract Fortis BC announced its “Clean Growth Pathway to 2050”goals in 2018. One of the four pillars which will contribute towards achieving these goals is through blending of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) into the Natural Gas grid. The production of biomethane, […]
Mapping clean-energy techno-economic pathways from raw feedstocks through to ammonia and methanol
Andrew Medgyesi | MEL Candidate | Dec 17, 2021. Mentor: Omar Herrera, MeridaLabs; Abstract A comprehensive literature review of various established and emerging technologies to transform raw feedstocks into the end products ammonia and methanol has been conducted to provide an overview of useful information for macro production process design consideration. Given that there are […]
Feasibility Study of Green Ammonia Production in British Columbia
Graham MacGillivray | MEL Candidate | Dec 17, 2021. Mentor: Marc Brunet-Watson, Energy Evolution; Abstract The purpose of this project is to evaluate the technical, social, political, and economic feasibility of large- scale green ammonia production in the province of British Columbia. Ammonia has been produced at an industrial scale to support food production for […]
Assessment of Alternative Hydrogen of Production Processes
Mehmud Iqbal | MEL Candidate | Dec 17, 2021. Mentor: Patrick Steiche, Hydra Energy Corporation Abstract About 10.5% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada come from freight transportation, and a majority of these emissions come from heavy-duty trucks. With the focus around the world shifting to net-zero emissions as a solution to the climate […]
Techno-Economic Study of P2H2P (Power to Hydrogen to Power) Microgrid for a Mining Site
Umer Farooq | MEL Candidate | Dec 17, 2021. Mentor: Ram Ramanan, Bloom Energy; Abstract The mining industry accounts for 10% of the world’s energy consumption, equivalent to the total energy consumed by Australia, Mexico, South Korea, Italy and Canada collectively. Most of this energy comes from burning diesel and other fossil fuels, unarguably the […]
The case of Hydrogen in Sustainable Aviation
Manuel Estandia Zeevaert | MEL Candidate | Dec 17, 2021. Mentors: Claire Cameron and Moe Kabbara, Dunsky Energy Consulting; Abstract In December 2020 Government of Canada supported by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), released the Hydrogen Strategy Plan. Creating a framework of opportunities to develop hydrogen economy. Even though aviation has small percentage of total Canadian […]
Hydrogen Delivery Pathways for Long-haul Trucking
Jason Lam, MEL Candidate | April 16, 2021 APPP 506 – Master of Engineering Leadership Capstone Project, University of British Columbia Abstract With countries around the world committing to net zero emissions by 2050, the question for how we should decarbonize our lives remains to be answered. One challenging area is the transportation of goods, […]
Capstone Project Proposal of Carbon Capture and Storage Phase II
Yaoyao Hu, MEL Candidate | December 2020 APPP 506 – Master of Engineering Leadership Capstone Project, University of British Columbia ABSTRACT: This capstone project is called Carbon Capture and Storage Phase II. In light of the recently declared Climate Emergency at UBC, carbon capture and storage and utilization technology is a necessary pathway to transition […]