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November 2, 2001 - Gary Sergy, ESTD:
ETC Expert Lectures South Pacific Nations on Oil Spills
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Gary Sergy, of the ETC Emergencies Science and Technology Division (ESTD)
gave a lecture on "Oil in the Coastal Environment" to representatives from
each of fourteen Pacific Island nations, as well as resource personnel from
New Zealand, Australia, France, Canada and various regional and international
organizations with vested interest in South Pacific pollution prevention.
The presentation was made at a workshop of the Pacific Ocean Pollution
Prevention Programme - a five-year programme mainly funded by IMO and by
the Canada-South Pacific Ocean Development Programme (funded by CIDA).
CIDA sponsored the attendance of Mr. Sergy as an Environment Canada expert.
The intent of Mr. Sergy's lecture was to give the Pacific Island countries
an awareness of the fate, behaviour and impacts of oil on shorelines,
the type of knowledge and preparedness activities that are needed for oil
spills, the shoreline cleanup decision -making process and response activities,
and the potential for transfer and adaptation of Canadian technologies and
knowledge to Pacific Island countries. Participants were also provided with
a copy of the Environment Canada SCAT (Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team) Manual.
[Gary Sergy @ 780-951-8855]
November 2, 2001 - Dr. Zhendi Wang, ESTD:
ETC Gives Oil-spill-related Training in Taiwan
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Based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Canada and Taiwan,
Dr. Zhendi Wang from the ETC Emergencies Science and Technology Division
(ESTD), and three other Canadian experts, were nominated by Environment
Canada and invited by the Taiwan EPA to participate in an Environmental
Forensics and Molecular Biological Technology Workshop in Taiwan,
October 15-19. Approximately 100 scientists, professors, graduate students,
and EPA officers participated. Dr. Wang chaired the morning session of
October 16th and, in the afternoon, gave a 70-minute presentation on
"Identification and Differentiation of Spilled Oils by Fingerprinting
Tracing Technology". On October 17th and 18th, they visited The Industrial
Technology Research Institute (Biomedical Engineering Center and Center for
Environmental, Safety and Health Technology Development) and the National
Institute of Environmental Analysis, and had discussions with the Taiwanese
scientists on some environmental research issues of mutual interest and
potential cooperation projects. In addition, as requested by the Center
for Environmental, Safety and Health Technology Development and the National
Institute of Environmental Analysis, Dr. Wang gave another two presentations
on two case studies using fingerprinting technology to identify the spill
sources. In light of the oil spill disaster that happened in Southern Taiwan
last year, oil spills have become one of the most important issues of the
Taiwan EPA. Therefore, as requested, Dr. Wang also met with Dr. Yeh,
Director of the NIET (the National Institute of Environmental Training),
and discussed some oil spill issues.
[Dr. Zhendi Wang @ 990-1597]
November 2, 2001 - Fred Hendren, ERMD:
NOx Reduction Technology for Medium-speed Marine Diesel Engines
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With impending International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Nox exhaust emission
regulations for marine vessels, retroactive to January 2000, many commercial
operators are investigating possible aftermarket technologies for their
propulsion engines. The collaborative multiyear ETC/Transport Canada Strategic
Development Centre program, studying marine vessel exhaust emissions, is
sponsoring the development of new technologies for Canadian marine vessels
in order to meet the IMO regulation. Under this program, the Emissions
Research and Measurement Division (ERMD) of the ETC is in the bench-scale
testing phase of a multi-port, computer-controlled water injection system
for marine vessels. The preliminary test results of the ERMD design indicate
a 25% reduction in NOx with no fuel consumption penalty. At the completion
of the optimisation stage, the design will be scaled up for installation on
one of two propulsion engines on the M.V. Cabot, owned and operated by
Oceanic Inc, Montreal. The system will be optimised and tested while the
vessel is on its weekly run from Montreal to St. John's in March of 2002.
[Fred Hendren @ 990-5859]
November 2, 2001 - Fred Hendren, ERMD:
Portable Exhaust Emissions Test Equipment for Locomotives
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Non-road and off-road mobile sources (vehicles) are being evaluated by governments
for exhaust emission standards based on the same regulated compounds as on-road
cars and trucks. As this category normally consists of large vehicles in the
construction industry (e.g. bulldozers, scrappers, graders, etc.) and non-road
sources as locomotives, field sampling and analysis equipment is required. For
the locomotives, the Emissions Research and Measurement Division (ERMD) of the
ETC has developed a new test system that is designed to be installed directly
on the locomotive for field testing while in motion, or stationary when connected
to a resistive load bank. The system has the capability to conduct certification
testing, as defined by the US EPA protocols. The owners and operators of
locomotives have contacted the ERMD requesting testing support for evaluating
new emissions control technologies and fuels. The first test program using
this technology is planned for Los Angeles, early in the New Year.
[Fred Hendren @ 990-5859]
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