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ISSUE DATE: August 6, 1997 PROGRAM INFORMATION BULLETIN NO. P97-20 FROM: MARVIN W. NICHOLS, JR.
SUBJECT: Gaseous Dilution Air Quantity and Particulate
Purpose
Information Caterpillar 3306 PCNA diesel engine. An additional PIB will be published to provide similar information for an Isuzu diesel engine. Tests of the Caterpillar 3306 PCNA diesel engine were conducted at the University of Minnesota, Center for Diesel Research (CDR), using the laboratory test procedures specified in Subpart E of Part 7 for a Category A type engine. The gaseous and particulate emissions were measured and the results reported by CDR to MSHA. Table 1 lists the gaseous dilution air quantity and particulate index for the Caterpillar 3306 PCNA as determined in accordance with the technical requirements in Part 7, Subpart E, Section 7.84(c) and(e).
MSHA is working with manufacturers to develop procedures by which new approval plates bearing the gaseous dilution air quantity specified in Table 1 will be made available to owners of Part 36 equipment currently in use in underground coal mines. Coal mine operators should utilize the dilution air quantity specified in Table 1 to develop ventilation plans that comply with the requirements of Section 75.325(f) and (g) which become effective on November 25, 1997.
Background The new engine approval requirements establish test procedures for determining the gaseous and particulate emissions. Using this data, a ventilating air requirement and a particulate index are determined. The ventilating air requirement computed under the new regulation differs from the ventilating air requirement currently on the approval plate. The revised ventilating air requirement is intended to be used by mine operators to comply with the ventilation regulations for diesel-powered equipment which are effective on November 25, 1997.
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Coal Mine Safety and Health, Safety Division
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