The MLTC Bioenergy Centre is a combined heat and power, carbon-neutral, energy system consisting of a 6.6 MW (net) power generation system while also providing process heat for kiln-drying NorSask’s lumber. The facility is fueled by residual woody biomass generated by the NorSask sawmill. The carbon-neutral plant is capable of producing 55,000 mw-hrs per year to the SaskPower grid – enough to power 5,000 homes.

The Design, Engineering, Detailing, Fabrication, Painting, Delivery and Supervision of Installation: Scopes:

• (1)Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Steel Buildings with turbo-generators and all associated fuel handling and environmental emission systems
• (2) Thermal oil heating plant mounted Air-cooled, refractory-lined, reciprocating grate furnace with thermal oil radiant heat exchangers 
• (3) Exhaust Steam Air Cooled Condenser (ACC) structures
• (4) Wood Pellet Waste Piling Storage Shed Building
• (5) Biomass Wood pellet waste fuel Storage Bin (3-Day Capacity to cover the period of weekend holiday)
• (6) Fuel Infeed/Outlead Pipe Belt Conveyors and their stack tower and transfer towers (including their related staircase towers)
• (7) Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) Building and facilities 
• (8) Planermill Shavings Cyclone Tower equipped with Metering Bin, Ehouse, Rawlings grinder, Feed conveyor, infeed conveyor,etc
• (9) Pump Skid, piping skids, emergency cooler skid;
• (10) Recirculated flue gas ductwork,  diversion duct work, thermal insulated Expansion tanks(with shot peen system), combustion chamber houses and casings;
• (11) Gravity take-up transportation system steel works
• (12) Cable trays and frameworks 

The installation involves one air-cooled, refractory-lined, reciprocating grate furnace with thermal oil heat exchangers, a 6.6 MW Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbo-generator and all associated fuel handling and environmental emission systems. The bioenergy plant achieves significant environmental benefits by reducing the carbon intensity of the SaskPower grid, reducing the use of natural gas for industrial process heating and completely eliminates adverse particulate matter in air emissions. The bioenergy plant enhances the economic outcomes of the nine Indigenous communities associated with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council through improved operations of Canada’s only 100% Indigenous-owned sawmill by converting a waste stream into valuable energy. The ultimate recipients of the ongoing long term benefits of the bioenergy centre are the Indigenous youth and families of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council located in northwest Saskatchewan.

The photos of the products ready for shipment in ZHM workshop and at port

20200401 elevation looking south ORC Bldg storage bin conveyor main building drawing

20210116 MLTC boienergy center 3D presentation

20200824 piling commence ACC foundation fuel bunker foundation

20200826 Thermal Oil Plant Foundation construction

20200919 Heating oil Plant supporting platform steel structure erection on going

20201021 formwork steel plateworks completed on fuel bunker trench walls

20201026 Steel and Ducting installations continued on the Thermal Oil Plant

20201028 Combustion furnace cast installation completion

20201028 Combustion furnace cast supporting building thermal oil heating plant frameworks installation completion

20201028 heater Combustion furnace cast installation

20201028 Norsask Lumber Shed building steel completed

20201028 thermal oil heating plant ORC building power station sunset

20201031 Sun rising on steel structure currently assembling onsite at thermal oil heating plant combustion furnace

20201107 Furnace Combustor supporting platform steel structure erection on going

20201110 grouting 100mm under column base plate of thermal oil plant steel building

20201120 Furnace Combustor supporting platform steel structure erection

20201214 roof purlins wall girts ORC cladding supports

20201214 roof purlins wall girts ORC cladding supports ready for erection

20210105 Organic Rankin Cycle power generation building mezzanine floor cladding installation

20210116 Organic Rankin Cycle power generation building mezzanine floor cladding installation

20210116 ORC Organic Rankine Cycle building roof purlins wall girts erection

20210116 thermal oil heating plant stair tower steel structure erection

20210116 thermal oil heating plant steelworks duct supports combustion chamber casing section erection

20210126 thermal oil heating plant tower platform building steel structure erection

20210304 thermal oil heating plant steel building piping installation

20210421 ORC building Air cooled condenser ACC building erection

20210707 thermal oil heating plant steel structure building look up

20210716 fuel storage steel silo fuel bunker formworks disassembly site installation progress

20211014 electrical cable tray framework installations

20211014 ESP power generation building Steelworks Erection Ongoing

20211015 field welding pipings

20211015 radiant heaters supporting steel framework installation with scalfolding stair towers

20211015 Remote senser control system installation onto steel beams

20211015 wood fuel storage silo foundation base plate wall plate installation

20211026 first fire ignition heating up plume water vapor refractory line invisible

20211030 Thermal Camera night vision bright orange warm blue cold

20220121 winter snow steel structure plant

20220201 lift open air pipe belt conveyer structures

20220201 open air pipe belt conveyor gallery assemble on tower supports

20220201 open air pipe belt conveyor gallery erection on tower supports

20220201 open air pipe belt conveyor gallery lift on gantry supports

20220201 open air pipe belt conveyor structure lift on gantry supports

20220429 dump storage silo steel platework 15m wdith 25m height

20220429 open air pipe belt conveyor structure lift on gantry supports

20220429 ORC building internal heat exchanger

20220429 ORC building internal heat exchanger

20220429 three day storage capacity silo fuel wood waste pieces 3 inch transported pipe belt conveyers

20220521 Organic Rankine Cycle ORC Steel Building thermal oil heating plant erection

20220521 steel structures for automated underpile reclaimers for biomass materials

20220804 wood fuel silo auger system to thermal oil plant 120 foot tall building steel structures

20220805 Organic Rankine Cycle ORC Steel Building With Turbo Generators 01