Building Operators Association of Canada BOA Invites you to our May Webinar   

Presentation Topic: 

Part 2 Open Water Systems

Guest Speakers:

Tiffany Petrunia, B.Sc. Account Manager  Education Bachelor of Science, University of Calgary Tiffany lives in Calgary with her husband, two daughters, dog, and 2 cats. 

Years at SUEZ: 15 

Tiffany joined SUEZ Water Technologies and Solutions in 2007. She began her career as an Account Manager servicing a wide variety of markets, including gas processing facilities, Universities, Hospitals, Food and Beverage plants and Commercial buildings in Calgary and Southern Alberta. In 2014 Tiffany accepted the role of Area Manager for Southern Alberta and Southern British Columbia further expanding to cover the Edmonton commercial market in 2015. This increased her market exposure to additional industries such as gas processing, mining, and metals processing. In 2019 Tiffany returned to the Calgary area as a senior account manager. Tiffany’s focus has been on production optimization, problem solving, and cost reducing projects for her customers over the past 15 years. She has extensive experience in  many aspects of water treatment including wastewater, cooling, low and high pressure boiler treatment, as well as water purification and pre-treatment.

 Brief: 

The Challenging Dynamics of Open System Water Treatment. We will discuss basic cooling tower water treatment. This includes cycles of concentration, evaporation, & latent heat transfer. The importance of pre-season cleaning, & operational best practices. Control of biologics & risk management, including Legionella mitigation. Corrosion & reposition chemistry and monitoring in cooling towers.

  SUEZ Water Technologies and Solutions 

 Water Treatment - Closed Loop - Best Practices  

Water treatment is one of the most important facets of Building Operations it is often misunderstood and mistakes can be slow to show up but devastating to systems, sometimes unrecoverable but always expensive.

Guest Speaker:

Tiffany Petrunia, B.Sc. Account Manager 

Education Bachelor of Science, University of Calgary Tiffany lives in Calgary with her husband, two daughters, dog, and 2 cats. Her interests include camping, hiking, rock climbing, snowboarding, mountain biking, yoga and spending time with family. 

Years at SUEZ: 15 Tiffany joined SUEZ Water Technologies and Solutions in 2007. She began her career as an Account Manager servicing a wide variety of markets, including gas processing facilities, Universities, Hospitals, Food and Beverage plants and Commercial buildings in Calgary and Southern Alberta. In 2014 Tiffany accepted the role of Area Manager for Southern Alberta and Southern British Columbia further expanding to cover the Edmonton commercial market in 2015. This increased her market exposure to additional industries such as gas processing, mining, and metals processing. In 2019 Tiffany returned to the Calgary area as a senior account manager. Tiffany’s focus has been on production optimization, problem solving, and cost reducing projects for her customers over the past 15 years. She has extensive experience in  many aspects of water treatment including wastewater, cooling, low and high pressure boiler treatment, as well as water purification and pre-treatment.

Topics up for discussion

Closed loop chemistry (corrosion inhibitors and dispersants) options overview:

                -Molybdenum

                -Nitrate

                -Organic/phosphate based

                -Other technologies (amine or polyamine)

                -Azoles (copper protection)

Closed loop Monitoring:

                -Key monitoring parameters and why

                -Monitoring options (chemical testing, PTSA probes)

Closed loop Filtration

                -Importance

Glycol Loops

                -Protection options (mild steel and copper coils)

                -Monitoring

                -pH and the importance of glycol breakdown knowledge

     The topic of the September 14th educational webinar  Further education for Building Operators.

PMIC formerly BOMI Canada will speak on continued education for Building Operators. They are developing 22 competencies to enhance the field. These competencies have a wide acceptance with the Property Owners and Managers across Canada. The webinar is on where they are to this date and where they are going in the near future. It is an interesting watch and if you would like to participate in the process there are links provided.

     Water Cooled Chillers – What’s New? Presented By Ainsworth Inc.

 The presentation will be a discussion of recent changes to Large Ton Water Cooled Chillers with the following points:   Guest Speaker:  The guest speaker for this presentation will be Rick Hack, Business Development Manager-Mechanical Services with Ainsworth Inc. in Calgary, Alberta and Sheldon Tetrault, Chiller Mechanic Ainsworth Inc. and Paxton Lang, Chiller Mechanic Ainsworth Inc.  

 The guest panellist will be Norm Denslow, Director Chiller Division Brief:  The presentation will be a discussion of recent changes to Large Ton Water Cooled Chillers with the following points: Chiller Efficiencies Enhanced Tubes Magnetic Bearing Compressors Cooling Tower Temperatures Variable Evaporator Water Flow Capacity Control – VFD Free Cooling to Mechanical Cooling Changeover Falling Film Evaporators Recycle / Restart Maintenance Issues and Q&A  

   Kyle D’Agostino from Heartland Exchanger, in partnership with Alfa Laval will host a discussion about gasketed plate heat exchanger (GPHE) maintenance. Servicing your exchanger at the exact right time is important, in order to avoid fouling and unnecessary maintenance spending. Please join us in order to discuss correct service intervals and best practices/methods to service them 

 Damir Ivancic of Cleanslate Sanitary Supplies and Gregg Shoemaker of Kleer Northern with additional subject matter expertise provided by Adon with Rochester Midland Corp. 

Building Cleaning Best Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic & Beyond 

 Joanne Ogilvie MET of Sanuvox. usage of Ultraviolet Lighting usage in Commercial buildings as a useful tool in the fight against the Coronavirus. 

 Honeywell and WestExcel in speaking on basic commercial HVAC operations under the Covid Virus. Awareness of safety and cautions while doing the day to day work around commercial/ institutional facilities in the  Calgary Alberta area. 

** Please note the first 3 minutes of the meeting was not recorded.