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November 2, 2001 - Gary Sergy, ESTD:
ETC Expert Lectures South Pacific Nations on Oil Spills
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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