Title: Applications for Heat Recovery in Industrial Refrigeration

 Schedule:

5:00 - 6:00 pm: Meet 'n Greet (no host bar)

6:00 - 7:00 pm: Dinner (multi-item menu)

7:00 - 8:00 pm: Presentation/ Q&A

**Note this will be an in person and virtual event: face to face (mask to mask) and virtual event.

Topic Summary:

Logan will give an overview of the different grades of heat recovery and some of the heat recovery technologies that have been applied in various industries. He will discuss the differences between high- and low-grade heat recovery and I can provide examples of some of the key technologies on both categories. Then he will provide a qualitative survey of some of the most prominent heat recovery technologies in his field; some popular examples are pre-heating air, pre-heating domestic hot water, geothermal energy storage, district energy system tie-ins and even generating electricity. The presentation will go over some of the requirements for those heat recovery technologies to be economically effective and he will provide some quantitative comparisons in both their effectiveness at utilizing waste heat and their corresponding effects on their primary refrigeration system. To conclude the presentation, he can provide some food for thought by looking at future heat recovery technologies that haven’t yet been fully realized or ones that are becoming popular in other fields.

Logan Bakker is the project engineer for Accent Refrigeration Systems, an industrial refrigeration design-build firm that specializes in refrigeration and heat recovery systems for ice rinks. He is a graduate of the University of Victoria’s Mechanical Engineering program and works with refrigeration systems all over the world that utilize both natural and synthetic refrigerants. His professional specialties lie in advanced thermodynamics, numerical analysis, finite element methods and phenomenological modelling. Logan’s talents and work ethic led to him to graduate as the winner of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering Gold Medal, the Engineers & Geoscientists of BC Gold Medal and the UVic Governor General’s Silver Medal.

Over his career, Logan has worked in the pulp & paper industry, public transportation, mass manufacturing and mathematical consulting. His peers have consistently lauded his analytical and detail-oriented approach to problem solving. Energy efficiency and system reliability are two of Logan’s primary passions, which lends itself well for tackling the ever-present energy demands in the ice rink industry.

Logan is responsible for the detailed design work in Accent’s projects and is Accent’s code- and standard-compliance specialist. He also coordinates all of Accent’s construction, manufacturing and procurement processes. Whether working with suppliers, manufacturers, contractors, tradespersons, operators, designers, architects, inspectors, owners or other engineers, Logan brings a concise and flexible perspective to every design and every problem.