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, […]
BC Provincial Manual for the Installation of Treated Wood Poles In an Around Aquatic Environments for BC Hydro
Juanjo Ortellado | MEL Candidate | Dec 17, 2021. Mentors: Heather Middleton and Stephanie Rooke, BC Hydro; Abstract BC Hydro is a Crown corporation with the aim to safely, reliably and affordably provide clean electricity throughout the province of British Columbia. Amongst their tasks is the installation of utility poles in compliance with environmental regulations. […]
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 […]
A renewable energy and electrification feasibility study for a remote fossil-fuel reliant First Nation in BC
Jason Li | MEL Candidate | Dec 17, 2021. Mentor: M.K. Anand, Community Power Abstract This study provides a feasibility analysis on utilizing renewable energy for a remote, off-grid community to electrify its heating. A PV-based hybrid energy system (HES) is of specific interest in this study. The required heating demand in the community was […]
Assessing the impact of increased EV adoption on Vancouver’s downtown electricity infrastructure
Shannon Goulden, P.Eng | MEL Candidate | Dec 17, 2021. Mentor: Barbar Moawad, AIM Solutions; Abstract This project highlights the implications of increased transportation electrification on the electricity infrastructure feeding Vancouver’s downtown core. The Federal and Provincial governments are putting pressure on car manufacturers to develop a larger selection of EV models for consumers. Longer […]
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 […]