Change Energy developed technology and designed some of Canada’s first industrial scale Virtual Pipelines. With projects in Ontario, NB, NS, and PEI.Of particular note is Cavendish Farms project in 2011.
JD Irving
Problem: Cavendish Farms, a JD Irving company, operates a potato processing plant on Prince Edward Island. The plant was fuelled by bunker oil, and the supplier of the fuel was discontinuing production, circa 2011. Cavendish Farms wanted a more environmentally friendly choice to the replacement fuel: No. 2 fuel oil.
Solution: JD Irving turned to Change Energy as Subject Matter Experts, to assess the feasibility of natural gas as the superior choice. The resulting study indicated that a Virtual Pipeline delivering natural gas from New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island was in fact a superior alternative. Change Energy acted as JD Irving’s owners engineers to execute this project, the first of its kind in Canada.
To deliver a turn-key project Change Energy Services worked with J.D. Irving to provide:
Feasibility study to determine the operational viability and cost savings associated with construction of a system to deliver natural gas to a high energy consumption plant via high pressure tube trailer
Process modelling design and functional description
Design engineering of a turnkey virtual pipeline system: mother station, trucks & trailers, daughter station
Equipment selection and procurement
Project management assistance including all necessary approvals, oversight of equipment installation and commissioning
Development of commissioning, operation and maintenance manual
Operator training
Station Design
Daughter Station
Decanting (Joule-Thomson module)
3000 scfm normal, 5300 scfm maximum
Decanting from 2750 psig (settled) down to 75 psig
Constant outlet temperature and pressure control
Storage
Not applicable – facility includes 7 decanting bays
Mother Station
Compression
4 compressors providing:
400 HP (each)
4050 scfm with a suction of 1000 psig and discharge of
2750 psig (settled pressure)
Storage
Not applicable – facility includes 4 filling bays