Biennial reports ETC Biennial Report 2002 [ ETC > Publications > Biennial Reports > 2000-2002 ] Biennial Reports:   Biennial 2002... Biennial 2000... Biennial 1998... Biennial 1996... Biennial 1994...   Report index           15.0 International Transfer of Canadian Technology 15.1 Bangladesh 15.2 Brazil 15.3 China 15.4 Colombia 15.5 Colombia/Venezuela 15.6 Egypt 15.7 France 15.8 Hong Kong 15.9 India 15.10 Japan 15.11 Malaysia 15.12 Netherlands 15.13 Pakistan 15.14 Peru 15.15 South Pacific 15.16 Spain 15.17 Visiting Foreign Delegations to the ETC 15.1 Bangladesh   The ETC provided technical support to Natural Resources Canada for a program funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to support the implementation of natural gas into Bangladesh's transportation industry. Working with RPGCL, an institution under the Bangladesh Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the ETC provided technical assistance to Canadian industry during conversions and emissions verifications of autorickshaws in Dhaka. In addition, the ETC provided laboratory training on emissions testing equipment for two groups of engineers and technicians to enhance the Government of Bangladesh's capacity to effectively fulfil its mandate with regard to compressed natural gas. 15.2 Brazil   The ETC provided on-site technical advice to Petrobras, Brazil on a laboratory project designed to estimate oil penetration, retention, persistence, and natural removal rates on sand beaches. The experimental approach is almost identical to that developed and used by Environment Canada in similar investigations in 1995 on coarse sediment beaches. The ETC provided several lectures on oil spills to researchers and oil company officials in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 15.3 China   Nankai University, jointly with McGill University, the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES - part of China's National Environmental Protection Agency), and the Environmental Technology Centre (ETC) of Environment Canada were holders of a grant under the CIDA Canada-China Higher Education Program (CCHEP). Valued at over $2 M over a 5-year period, this project aimed at transferring to China "clean processing technologies", while ensuring simultaneous training of highly specialised personnel. By the end of the project in 2001, Nankai University (Tianjin) was in a position to offer a degree in Microwave-Assisted Processing - a premiere worldwide. More than 15 Chinese nationals were trained in Canada for periods of 3 months to 4 years. Nankai currently hosts unique features in terms of instrumentation for laboratory-scale applications of Green Chemistry. CRAES, on the other hand, holds complementary processing equipment at the pilot-scale for industrial processing demonstration. As part of this program, Environment Canada, with its Canadian (McGill) and Chinese (Nankai and CRAES) Partners, held the first International Symposium on Microwave Chemistry in June 2000, with the theme: "Microwave 2000: Sustainable Technologies for the New Millennium". The symposium was held in Tianjin and was the first meeting of that importance to be held worldwide. With the development of this MAP Centre of Excellence between Canada and China, the former has recognised EC's efforts and contribution to China's technological development and honours have been bestowed upon MAP's personnel. Professor J. R. Jocelyn Paré, Chief of the Microwave-Assisted Processes Division at ETC, was named Visiting Professor by Nankai University, with full teaching privileges and rights in recognition of his contribution to the development of Nankai's capacity. Similarly, the Kunming University of Science and Technology bestowed upon him the title of Honorary Professor for his contribution to China's development in the area of microwave chemistry 15.4 Colombia   In a program to strengthen Colombia's capacity to develop its own national fuels, the ETC has been providing training and technology transfer under an MOU with the Instituto Colombiano de Petroleo (ICP) ECOPETROL, the research centre for Colombia's petroleum producer. During the period 1999-2001, the ETC provided training and support for the measurement of exhaust emissions from a small fleet of urban buses operating in Bogota, and provided training and technology transfer for the sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds, carbonyl compounds, and polycyclic and nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The ETC developed a series of 5 lecture courses covering various aspects of oil spill behaviour, modelling, and cleanup. These were delivered to a variety of government and industry personnel in Cartegena. 15.5 Colombia/Venezuela   As part of its technology transfer activities, the MAP Division hosted visiting scientists and students from Venezuela and Colombia during the period 2000-2002. Two graduate students from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas were on site at ETC for six months. As part of a joint project agreement, these students developed knowledge and expertise in the MAP family of technologies and participated in replication of the TEAM-led project that was also the basis of this collaboration. Cocoa was the feedstock of interest for this specific case. During the same period, a visiting scientist from Cenipalma, Colombia's national association of palm oil producers, worked with the MAP Division staff to assess the MAP liquid-phase extraction technology for eventual use in palm oil production for and which may be implemented in the industrial sector in Colombia. This work also involved replication, at the international level, of the TEAM-sponsored MAP project involving canola oil. This scientist was also sponsored by the IICA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture). Another scientist from the Universidad Industrial de Santander in Bucaramanga pursued research interests in MAP by monitoring non-conventional thermodynamics effects involved when performing selected microwave-assisted chemical reactions, and a professor from the School of Chemical Engineering at the Universidad del Atlantico in Baranquilla furthered his knowledge and expertise in the MAP technologies by assessing the potential use of microwaves in distillation. The latter is an important step associated with the industrial extraction of edible oils - a project carried out by the MAP Division under the Climate Change Action Fond-TEAM program. 15.6 Egypt   In support of a program managed by Industry Canada with the government of Egypt, the ETC conducted emissions testing on a new Jawa motorcycle before and after it was converted by a Canadian company to operate on natural gas. The testing was conducted to determine the potential impact of converting this common form of Egyptian transportation on the air quality of urban centres. 15.7 France   La Société SAIREM, a licensee based in Lyon, France, exchanged personnel and know-how over the past two years to formalise final technical details on some new microwave apparatus and devices developed by the MAP Division. These novel tools are part of the overall innovation plan for the MAP family of technologies. For example, one of the devices was used in the MAP project supported by the Climate Change Technology Early Action Measures (CC-TEAM) to substitute hexane for a liquefied gas, such as butane, in the industrial processing of oilseeds. SAIREM also commissioned microwave cavities that were used to optimise energy application and potentially further reduce greenhouse gas emissions during the processing stage of edible oil manufacturing. Other devices were used in PERD-funded projects to develop clean, solvent-free alternatives for chemical synthesis. The latter equipment can also be used in research on other applications of microwaves. 15.8 Hong Kong   A scientist from the Analysis and Air Quality Division (AAQD) provided advice, training, inter-laboratory comparison, and calibration standards for VOC analysis to the Hong Kong Government Laboratory. At the laboratory's request, visits were made to the facility for on-site training and equipment setup in February 1998 and in April 2000. Chemists from the Hong Kong Government visited the ETC in 1998 and again in 2001 to receive training at the Air Toxics Laboratory. 15.9 India   As part of an institutional strengthening project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), four scientists sponsored by the Central Pollution Control Board of India visited the ETC in May 2001. They received training in measurement and sampling techniques to improve air quality networks and learned about analytical techniques to measure volatile and toxic organic compounds. As part of this project, two ETC scientists visited India in February 2002. They conducted a review of the Indian air-monitoring program to identify further training needs for Indian scientists. They visited air quality measuring stations in Delhi, Kanpoor, Nagpur, Bangalore, and Agra. 15.10 Japan   Shimadzu Corp. holds certain licensed rights to manufacture and market equipment worldwide using a patented gas-phase MAPTM extraction technology. During the period 2000-02, various meetings, workshops, and training sessions were held in Kyoto between MAP Division personnel and Shimadzu's staff and clients. Shimadzu is using MAP to develop new equipment for solventless determination of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds in solid and water samples. This agreement will make solventless determination readily available to any analytical laboratory around the world. Methods using the technology will protect the environment by eliminating the use of toxic solvents and reducing the amount of energy required to analyse samples. The Shimadzu Corp. agreement was the seventh licence agreement granted by Environment Canada with respect to rights associated with MAPTM. Shimadzu's goal is to market related equipment in the near future. 15.11 Malaysia   At the request of the Malaysia government, a senior Malaysian chemist received 5 weeks of training in chemical analysis in the fall of 2001. Ms. Wong learned advanced methods and skills in analysis of toxic organic pollutants, including dioxins/furans, dioxin-like PCBs, and nitro-PAH using the AAQD high-resolution mass spectrometer. 15.12 Netherlands   Cooperative research into inorganic analytical methods continued with the Netherlands Institute for the Environment and Public Health (RIVM). As part of a joint project, research and development work started on the application of capillary electrophoresis for the chemical speciation (fractionation) of trace metals in airborne ambient particulate matter in order to obtain information on their origin, mode of occurrence, bioavailability, and potential impact on human health. 15.13 Pakistan   The ETC coordinated and delivered a CIDA-funded training program for four visiting delegates from the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (PEPA) from February 3 to February 15, 2002, to build specific skills related to environmental analysis, laboratory accreditation, and proficiency testing programs. Technical training was provided by staff at three EC laboratories including the ETC, the Wastewater Technology Centre and the National Laboratory for Environmental Testing, as well as at Ontario Region's Inspection and Enforcement section. The training program consisted of tours of each of the facilities and information sessions and demonstrations of current technology, procedures, and processes. Topics included ambient air monitoring, mobile and stationary source emissions measurement, environmental laboratory accreditation, proficiency testing programs and sample preparation, chain of custody, expert witness, inspections and legal sampling, and analysis and wastewater treatment technology. The training also included tours of the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant in the City of Toronto, one of the largest complete wastewater treatment plants in Canada, and a private sector laboratory, Maxxum Analytics, as well as a one-day training session on proficiency testing programs hosted by the Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL). The TEAM/CIDA funded program to demonstrate the viability of converting autorickshaws to natural gas operation in three cities in Pakistan was completed in 2001/2002 and a final report was p repared. The collaborative program, with partners in Pakistan including the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (PEPA) and Canadian industry, resulted in the implementation of a natural gas dispensing service and the establishment of a new industry to convert and service natural gas rickshaws in the three cities. The ETC developed and delivered a 3-day course on oil spills to government officials in Karachi, Pakistan. In addition, several on-site visits were conducted to provide advice on past and present cleanup activities. 15.14 Peru   In July 2001, a scientist from the Analysis and Air Quality Division (AAQD) was part of the Canadian team that participated in a seminar on air quality for the City of Lima-Callau in Peru. His presentation was on QA/QC in the NAPS Network. 15.15 South Pacific   The ETC provided on-site orientation to nations of the South Pacific on oil behaviour and spill response in the coastal environment. This was a part of the CIDA-Canada-South Pacific Ocean Development Programme (C-SPOD). 15.16 Spain   In conjunction with the University de Vigo in Spain, a potential of capillary electrochromatography (CE) for the analysis of Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning toxins was investigated. A researcher and a graduate student from Spain visited the ETC in May 2000 and June 2001 respectively, and in exchange, a scientist from the Analysis and Air Quality Division (AAQD) presented a lecture on CE in the environmental field at the University de Vigo in May 2001. 15.17 Visiting Foreign Delegations to the ETC   May 3, 2000: Delegation from Sri Lanka Division, Nepal, India (CIDA) June 26, 2000: Delegation from Chile July 4, 2000: Delegation from China, involved in Climate change/Air pollution technology (CIDA) July 28, 2000: Delegation from Egypt August 10, 2000: Delegation from Sinotech, Taiwan September 11, 2000: Delegation from China September 29, 2000: Delegation from China October 3, 2000: Delegation from India October 16, 2000: Delegation from the Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan December 12, 2000: Delegation from the Jiangsu Province, China March 26, 2001: Delegation from the Association of Latin America and Caribbean Oil Companies (ARPEL) April 3, 2001: Visitors from Pakistan June 4, 2001: Delegation from India July 19, 2001: Delegation from Taiwan July 20, 2001: Delegation from India August 2, 2001: Delegation from the Department of Marine Environment and Engineering, Taiwan August 16, 2001: Delegation from China September 13, 2001: Delegation from Pakistan September 21, 2001: Visit from the Inter-American Development Bank October 16, 2001: Visit from the US Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (MVMA) October 18, 2001: Delegation from Pakistan October 25, 2001: Delegation from Hong Kong November 27, 2001: Delegation from the City of Buenos Aires February 18, 2002: Delegation from Pakistan March 7, 2002: Delegation from Singapore March 18, 2002: Delegation from Bangladesh March 18, 2002: Delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry (1st group) March 21, 2002: Delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry (2nd group) [ contents ii i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 a1 ] contents ii i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 appendices   Important Notices  Home | News | Organization | Databases | Publications | Contact | Help | Search Environmental Science and Technology Centre URL: http://www.etc-cte.ec.gc.ca Copyright © 2001, Environment Canada. 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