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27th Annual Mining Diesel Emissions Council Conference

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2021

9:30 am - CONFERENCE OPENING

11:00 am SESSION 1: MONITORING DIESEL ENGINE EMISSIONS
- Secondary emissions generated from emissions control devices and their impact on occupational health and safety plans, Dr. Norbert Heeb, EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

- Emissions reductions performance of a Tier 2 air-cooled diesel engine retrofitted with an integrated diesel particulate filter system with selective catalytic reduction” Caravaggio, G., Maffei, N., Young, D.A., Rubeli, B., Natural Resources Canada

- Continuous DPM Monitoring, Wayne Hose, Pinssar Group

1:00 pm SESSION 2: MINING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
- CSA standards update: M424 mobile equipment, Tania Donovska, CSA Group

- Diesel fuels update and development, Jamie Novis, Suncor Energy

- 2021 Mining Consultation on Proposed Changes to Regulation 854 (Mines and Mining Plants) under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). Glenn Staskus, Ontario Ministry of Labour

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2021

10:00 am WORKSHOP: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

Session 1:
a) Replacing conventional diesel-based vehicle with Hydrogen-based FCEVs, Pejman Nekoovaght, CanmetMINING

b) Code/standards/regulations of the use of Hydrogen in mining
- Canada's Hydrogen Landscape, Mr. Mark Kirby, Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (CHFCA)
- The State of Codes, Standards, and Regulations for Hydrogen in the Mining Industry, Mr. Gordon Rymal Smith, Change Energy Services

Session 2:
a) "Holistic overview of cost impacts in Battery Electric versus Diesel-powered equipment selection", Ian Loomis , Technical Director, Ventilation, Worley, USA

Note to registrants:

The 27th Annual Mining Diesel Emissions Council Conference virtual meeting will be recorded for replay from the MDEC web-site at a later date

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