Emission Reduction Project Cycle:
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Ruby Canyon’s engineers are familiar with the elements and requirements of project design documents submitted to greenhouse gas registries. Our staff has assisted on and/or completed several project design documents for emission reduction projects in the U.S. and abroad. The projects activities have included:
Underground Coal Mine Methane CDM Project – Ruby Canyon’s engineers have been involved in the implementation of clean development mechanism (CDM) projects under the rules of the Kyoto Protocol beginning in 2004. Our staff has established evaluation criteria, conducted site visits, completed feasibility studies and project design documents for CMM CDM projects in China. In 2005, Ruby Canyon engineers developed one of five new baseline methodologies submitted for CMM projects. All the methodologies were combined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change into a consolidated baseline methodology for coal bed methane and coal mine methane capture and use.
Surface
Mine Methane Recovery - Ruby Canyon staff developed the first-of-its-kind
surface mine methane emissions estimation methodology,
where the flux
rate is determined through the use of a computational fluid dynamics
(CFD) flow simulation model. In addition, the model determined
any net reductions of methane emissions from the coal mine’s highwall,
as a result of a methane pre-drainage project located on the mine
property. The methodology and project design document was submitted
to Clean Air Canada Registry in October 2005.
