Innovation Summer 2024

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Rendering submitted by BI Pure Water

TUKTOYAKTUK MODULAR WATER TREATMENT PLANT BI Pure Water is designing, manufacturing, factory testing, and installing an advanced technology modular water treatment plant (WTP) for Tuktoyaktuk, NWT. Located on the shore of the Arctic Ocean, the community required a new drinking water WTP, capable of treating the surface water source, which has degraded due to climate change. The treatment process includes screening, clarification, and ultrafiltration, followed by chlorination. It’s designed to meet the latest Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality. Backwash water from the ultrafiltration membranes is recycled to maximize the recovery rate and minimize water use. The entire WTP will be housed inside a custom steel-framed CSA A660 and A277 certified modular building. Designed to endure the harsh high Arctic conditions, the building is equipped with boilers and a back-up generator, within an RSI 8.6 insulated envelope. It is elevated on beams to Participants: Kaushik Biswas P.Eng.; Guan Wong, P.Eng.; Catherine Anderson, P.Eng.; Foon Poi Jimmy Tam, P.Eng.; George Thorpe. P.Eng.; John Kneeshaw, P.Eng.; Fengling Wang, P.Eng.; Huayu (Jill) Ji, EIT; Eric Choi; Edward Tisserand, EIT; Haniyeh Zeydabadi, EIT; Mustafa Al Sajry, EIT. protect it from the surrounding permafrost. Company: BI Pure Water (Canada) Inc.

NEW VALVE MANIFOLD FOR HYDROGEN POWERCUBE TRAILER HTEC designs, builds, owns, and operates hydrogen fuel production and deployment infrastructure throughout BC. HTEC requires safe, reliable, and efficient equipment to transport hydrogen from production facilities to dispensing stations. To maximize the amount of hydrogen delivered, HTEC engineers designed a Transport Canada-approved system that includes 4 PowerCubes and a new valve manifold panel to mechanically control hydrogen transfer to on-site storage vessels. To protect hydrogen-delivery operators from multiple unnecessary trips across the flat deck to manipulate manual valves, this customized valve manifold panel allows them to control PowerCubes at ground level. Using pneumatic controls, operators can select which cylinder to operate, monitor pressures and flow rates, and immediately stop hydrogen transfer in an emergency. This customization supports the practical and safe deployment of hydrogen at HTEC stations. Company: HTEC Participants: Gerhard Schmidt, P.Eng.; Thomas Harazny, P.Eng.; Tom Ng, P.Eng.; Julian Wolf, EIT; Ethan Jennings, EIT.

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