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BIOMASS HEATING SYSTEMNORTH SLAVE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN YELLOWKNIFE

NWT, CANADA

Total area is roughly 9,500 m2 and house approximately 180 inmates.

- FIRST INSTALLATION IN NWT -Sukhi Cheema, P.Eng.

March 2010

WOOD PELLET BOILER INSTALLATION(North Slave Correctional Facility – Yellowknife, NWT)

Sukhi Cheema, P.Eng.March 2010

Heating Oil Displaced =587,000 litres (Jan-Dec 2008)

Remote Monitoring & Control

Automatic Feed from Pellet Silo

BIOMASS HEATING SYSTEM(North Slave Correctional Facility – Yellowknife, NWT)

Sukhi Cheema, P.Eng.March 2010

• Installed two wood pellet boilers, each with 740 kW output. • The system has been in operation since December 1, 2006.• The system provides the heating requirements of the

facility for 90% of the year in winter and 100% in summer months.

• Savings from Jan 1,2008 to December 31, 2008 were 587,000 litres of fuel and $80,200.

• Greenhouse Gas reductions were 1601 tonnes from Jan –Dec 2008.

WOOD PELLET BOILER INSTALLATION(North Slave Correctional Facility – Yellowknife, NWT)

Shipping Containers

Pellet Silo

Boilers

Sukhi Cheema, P.Eng.March 2010

System Layout

Fully Computerized Operation.

System at NSCF was the first one in Canada

WOOD PELLET BOILER INSTALLATIONSNorthwest Territories, Canada

Systems in Operation or under Construction Sukhi Cheema, P.Eng.March 2010

NWT/NORDIC BIOENERGY

Bioenergy Fact-Finding Mission Scandinavia

(Denmark, Sweden and Finland)

April 25 – May 07, 2009

PWS - GNWT

Mission Goal

Visit countries at the forefront of bioenergy development.

Gain knowledge of new technologies. Make contacts (Bioenergy Associations, Research

Institutes, Consultants, Plant Operators, Manufacturers, Suppliers, etc.).

Bring back concepts and bioenergy models(District Heating, Cogeneration, etc.) for application in the NWT.

PWS - GNWT

Biomass Energy Fact-Finding Mission to Scandinavia

Canadian Team in FinlandCanadian Team in Sweden

GNWT DELEGATION