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     REDUCT & Lobbe has more than 15 years of experience in development and implementation of energy technologies (coal, oil, gas, biomass, etc.), and Environmental Decision Support Systems (EDSS's). REDUCT's Environmental Decision Support Systems (EDSS's) are based on advanced information technologies and provide support for environmental management and protection.  Some examples of projects and systems are listed below.

1.                  Assessment of Technologies and Policy Options and Development of
            Environmental Decision Support System GREENCALC for
            for Reduction of Greenhouse Gases Emissions in Saskatchewan

Comprehensive reference document outlining strategies for the future use of fossil fuels in Saskatchewan relating to the production and use of energy in Saskatchewan and alternate courses of action that Saskatchewan might take to address concerns about greenhouse gases. GREENCALC is an Environmental Decision Support System for development of alternative strategies for greenhouse gases abatement and for estimating Saskatchewan greenhouse gases emissions.

2.                  Pollution Control and Environmental Assessment for Thermal
            Generation Plants, Xian Thermal Power Research Institute

Comprehensive workshop on environmental assessment and pollution control as they relate to the construction and operation of thermal power plants.

3.                   Evaluation of Inherent Sulfur Capture for Shand Lignite

Techno-economic evaluation of sorbent injection technology including development of an EDSS for modeling of the boiler sulfur emission reduction.

4.                   Development of EPRI/ARC Clean Coal and Clean Soil
            Technologies Using Advanced Agglomeration Techniques

Review, analysis and preparation of ARC final reports summarizing a three year experimental program on using ARC agglomeration technology.  Work included interpretation of laboratory results, analysis of process development work, development of process design sheets and equipment specifications, and an order of magnitude process costing. Three process studies were completed (Aglotherm, Aglofloat, and Soil Cleanup).

5.         Modeling Methane Flow into Underground Longwall Coal Mines

Detailed study of five computer models including their feasibility of application of EDSS's at Canadian mines.  Work included analysis of assumptions, governing equations, numerical techniques and computer algorithms used in the models, and limitations of the models.

6.         Integrated Sulphur Removal for Thermal Power Plants, Xian
             Thermal Power Research Institute

Comprehensive workshop on all aspects of control of sulphur dioxide emissions from coal fired plants including the latest technologies demonstrated in North America. 

7.          AI Pilot Program

Introduction of intelligent software systems for improvement of productivity, product quality and energy efficiency to heavy industry sectors such as pulp and paper, cement, iron and steel, oil and gas and mining and metallurgy. 

8.         Assessment of New Technologies for Natural Gas Conversion
            Using Scenario Analysis

Development of a framework for the assessment of research projects in the area of natural gas conversion to identify opportunities, constraints and critical factors, and to define possible criteria for evaluating various technology options.

9.          Development of Upgraded Lignite Fuel

Comprehensive assessment of the potential for the development of upgraded lignite using new coal upgrading processes within identified market constraints.  The study included analysis of lignite resources and potential markets, detailed evaluation of coal upgrading processes, development of process flow diagrams, analysis of process data, heat and material balances, sizing and costing of major pieces of process equipment, and economic evaluation of each process.

10.       Clean Air Strategy, Saskatchewan Environment and Public Safety

Draft document in preparation of Saskatchewan’s response to a number of national and international initiatives impacting the province’s environment and economy.

11.       Advanced Software Systems in Heavy Industry
            

Critical review of the hardware-software and human-machine integration issues for implementing intelligent systems and identification of barriers and their remedies for the development and application of intelligent systems in Canadian heavy industry.

12.       Mathematical Modeling of Co-processing (coal-heavy oil)

Optimization study of CANMET Co-processing including development of computer simulator, support graphics programs and user manuals.  The performed optimization studies resulted in a number of recommendations for future co-processing R&D on phase equilibrium for feed and product components, co-processing of bituminous coals, modeling coke formation and hydrogen consumption, etc.

13.       Evaluation of a 6 tonnes/day EPRI/ARC Oil Agglomeration Plant

Quality assurance review of the design of an oil agglomeration plant including plant conceptual design, the selection of major equipment, detailed engineering and shop drawings, and casting.  The work order also included a critical review of the flowsheets and the PEID, with emphasis on materials handling, control approach to process flows, verification of the design for equipment, and costing of selected equipment.

14.      Advanced Software Systems in Support of Saskatchewan
            Petroleum Production

Identification and implementation of suitable advanced AI based methods for improved diagnosis and optimization of heavy oil production in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

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