Canadian company harnessing revolutionary tech to provide cleaner air
BBL Energy lands distribution deals for GTL Technology, Purifi air cleaning systems
Canadians are demanding cleaner air both inside and out. Ontario clean-tech company BBL Energy Inc. is aiming to deliver with two revolutionary technologies that have met its rigorous engineering requirements.
The first, a GTL technology, offers a major environmental benefit by converting municipal waste — including organic materials, plastic, tires and other waste streams — into ultra-low-sulphur diesel fuel without releasing
emissions to the environment. It also can be used to capture and convert flaring emissions at refineries. The second is Purifi, a patented, intelligent system that senses indoor air impurities and uses the power of oxygen
to destroy or disable pollutants, including the SARS-COV2 (COVID-19) virus.
Over the past three years, BBL has performed due diligence on waste transformation technologies from around the world.
“We chose GTL because it was the most environmentally friendly, has a quick capital payback and could be scaled up to process massive waste streams,” says Brett Lawson, director of BBL. “GTL converts waste into usable ultra-low-sulphur diesel or electric power in a single process and is covered by a moneyback third-party performance guarantee.”
The cost of disposing of waste, whether shipping outside of Canada or to landfill locations, is very expensive. For those municipalities that still use landfill disposal, a moratorium on new or extended licenses is eliminating that option for municipal solid waste disposal. The patented technology’s modular design allows each unit to process from 60 to 700 tonnes of mixed waste per day, including problematic waste
streams such as ground tires, animal manure, medical waste,
mixed plastics, the unusable contents of blue box programs — and the contents of existing landfills.
The technology not only reduces harmful methane emissions from landfill locations, but provides energy, either in the form of ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) and naphtha fuels, or by directly generating electrical power. The choice is up to the client.
“Almost all of our global customers are looking for direct conversion to ULSD, which is in high demand and very saleable,” says Lawson. “Our 60-tonne unit can produce up to 33,000 litres of fuel per day, based on waste composition. Our 180-tonne unit can produce up to 100,000 liters per day. For anyone looking to benefit from GTL technology, we’ll provide a free analysis and projected payback period for fuel sales.”
BBL says it’s open to direct sales of GTL technology, and assisting clients in securing funding, but also welcomes joint venture, revenue-sharing arrangements. The company is working with clients in the U.S. and
Australia, as well as Leq’a:mel Development Corporation for Leq’a:mel First Nation, an Indigenous community in southwest British Columbia with CEO Ron Smith, which will generate
jobs, and benefit the environment while providing millions in revenue for the community.
“We’re happy to demonstrate our confidence in this technology by having skin in the game,” says Lawson.
BBL is also the exclusive Canadian distributor for patented indoor air cleaning system, Purifi, which is adaptable to commercial and residential applications.
“Our initial interest was piqued as a solution to reduce the risk of COVID-19, both airborne and on surfaces in interior spaces,” Lawson says. “This intelligent system uses sophisticated laser particle sensors to signal the generation of natural oxygen, then forces oxygen molecules through a building’s duct system into all areas of each room.”
Unlike similar products, Purifi doesn’t generate ozone, a colourless gas that can cause
coughing, shortness of breath and throat irritation. Instead, it converts existing ozone into oxygen.
According to third-party tests, Purifi cleans indoor air and surfaces with an effective rate of over 98 per cent on tested particles such as bacteria, mold, smoke, assorted allergens, harmful chemicals and viruses. A separate test by California laboratory Innovative Bioanalysis demonstrated a 99.994 per cent COVID-19 deactivation rate after 60 minutes. In Canada, Purifi’s technology has been tested and approved by independent companies, verifying the U.S. results for COVID-19.
“We know that UV light deactivates COVID-19 virus particles, but it only works on line-ofsight,” says Lawson. “It doesn’t get under tables and chairs or behind doors, which your air systems can easily reach. We feel this technology will help businesses to open back up with confidence and make homeowners, employees and customers feel safer indoors.” Lawson adds the technology is economical, and ideal for all interior spaces, with a sensor activating the furnace fan whenever the reading exceeds the specified pathogen level. The Purifi system also includes an app that can be monitored from one’s mobile phone.
BBL Energy has already established partnerships with some of the largest Canadian HVAC companies in that market.
“All technologies are not created equal,” says Lawson. “BBL’S mission is to locate best-in-class technologies, thoroughly test them and then apply their benefits to the toughest environmental problems facing Canadians and the municipalities in which they live.”