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York, Empa study finds retrofitting of VW diesel engines was successful

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Stuart Grange works in Empa’s Air Pollution/Environmental Technology Laboratory and also at the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories at the University of York. In Switzerland, retrofitting the EA 189 engine was mandatory. The NOx values for the 1.6-liter liter diesel the emissions were even 53% worse.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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Papers from BMW and Hydrogen Energy Research Lab show that sufficiently lean hydrogen combustion in properly designed combustion chamber results in close to zero NO x. ID-Technologies, Fribourg, Switzerland. Compared with conventional hydrogen ICE, the opposed-piston engine has a significant advantage for low NO x hydrogen combustion.

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