Green Car Congress
MAY 24, 2017
Empa researchers Norbert Heeb and Maria Munoz discovered large quantities of benzo(a)pyrene (red bar)—a combustion product responsible for cutting short the lives of cigarette smokers—in the exhaust gas emitted by GDI engines. Levels in exhaust emissions were found to be as much as 1,700 times above this limit.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 4, 2012
diesel engine and will use Cummins Westport’s proven spark-ignited, stoichiometric cooled exhaust gas recirculation (SEGR) technology. Exhaust aftertreatment will be provided by a simple, maintenance-free three-way catalyst (TWC). Cummins Westport Inc. has begun development on the ISB 6.7G, a mid-range 6.7-liter The ISB6.7
Green Car Congress
MARCH 18, 2014
In a briefing last week at Volkswagen’s annual media conference, Dr. Johannes Arning, of Volkswagen’s Powertrain Product Management group, noted that the new MDB offers five major features: Improved basic engine. Exhaust gas aftertreatment module close to engine. Thus, you want the system to heat up as soon as possible.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
—Willcox and Cleeves (2013). Cleeves (2013) “Drive Cycle Fuel Economy and Engine-Out Emissions Evaluation Using an Opposed-Piston Sleeve-Valve Engine with Lean Operation and Ignition Delay for NO x Control” (JSAE 20139064/ SAE 2013-32-9064) doi: 10.4271/2013-32-9064. What can we use that for? —Monty Cleeves.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 20, 2016
The Court has scheduled a status conference on 22 December for the parties to report on progress towards a resolution and set a deadline of 31 January 2017 for the parties to submit a formal agreement to the Court. Vehicles with defeat devices cannot be certified. Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC, Audi AG, Dr. Ing.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 8, 2015
Having better control over the combustion process reduces the emission load on the exhaust aftertreatment systems. Eminox SCRT technology can significantly reduce harmful diesel exhaust gases, particularly in urban operating conditions. The need for this technology is driven by ever tightening legislation. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
APRIL 19, 2013
The team presented a paper on their work at the 2013 SAE World Congress in Detroit. Ford engineers also presented two other papers evaluating the effects of low to mid-level ethanol blends in spark-ignited engines at the conference. Engines 6(1): 2013, doi: 10.4271/2013-01-1635 Jung, H., Reduced enrichment. Anderson, J.,
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