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MARCH 3, 2012

Contrary to expectations, exhaust from gasoline vehicles contributes more to the production of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) than exhaust from diesel vehicles, according to a new study by scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) and other colleagues.

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

KG have agreed to restructure their collaboration in the area of diesel exhaust-gas treatment, with Bosch planning to acquire all the shares in Bosch Emission Systems GmbH & Co. BESG will continue to offer exhaust-gas treatment systems. BESG will also continue to supply DEUTZ with systems for exhaust-gas treatment.

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JANUARY 15, 2012

The transient results illustrate the gradual formation of the nucleation mode particles with continuous increase in exhaust temperatures. Current 2010 USEPA emissions standards for NO x and PM are set at 0.20 The team used a MY 2007 Volvo MD11 engine compliant with USEPA 2007 emissions standards. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 21, 2009

DENSO Corporation has improved the temperature detection accuracy of its newly developed diesel exhaust temperature sensor. To improve the sensor’s temperature accuracy, DENSO increased the probe length to almost twice that of the conventional product and extended the sensing tip into the exhaust pipe.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Based on on-road measurements in their study, a team from the University of California Berkeley has estimated that, as of 2010, light-duty (LD) gasoline vehicles were responsible for 85% of CO; 18% of NO x ; 18% of organic aerosol (OA); and 6% of black carbon (BC) emissions from on-road motor vehicles in the United States.

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MAY 2, 2016

Regulatory regimes seeking to reduce emissions from transport have largely focused on tailpipe emissions—i.e., the criteria pollutants and CO 2 that emerge with the exhaust from the tailpipe. Non-exhaust PM factors include tire wear, brake wear, road surface wear and resuspension of road dust. earlier post ). Background.

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JUNE 12, 2017

A team from the California Air Resources Board (ARB), in partnership with the City of Sacramento, has characterized the in-use emissions from model year (MY) 2010 or newer diesel, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydraulic hybrid diesel engines during real-world refuse truck operation. The engines were certified to the MY 2010 (0.2

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JANUARY 12, 2014

EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) is soliciting proposals ( EPA-OAR-OTAQ-14-02 ) that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions in terms of tons of pollution produced by diesel engines and diesel emissions exposure, from fleets operating at marine and inland water ports.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

When reforming is not used, the fuel and exhaust pass through CV2 unchanged. The basic concept of TCR involves using exhaust heat to promote on-board reforming of hydrocarbon fuels into syngas (a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen). The upper inner control volume (CV1) contains the combustion chamber and piston. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The Truck and Bus rule requires truck owners to install diesel exhaust filters on their rigs, with nearly all vehicles upgraded by 2014. Owners must also replace engines older than the 2010 model year according to a staggered implementation schedule that extends from 2012 to 2022. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The transportation sector was responsible for over 7 million tons of NO x emissions in the US in 2014, with 50% of this sector’s NO x attributed to heavy-duty on- and off-road vehicles and equipment. CO 2 and NO x certification test data for heavy-duty diesel engines certified from 2002 through 2019. Source of data: US EPA (2019).

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AUGUST 6, 2012

As it outlined in 2010, Bosch has increased the maximum injection pressure of its CRSN3-25 injection system for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles to 2,500 bar. The aim is to help meet more stringent emissions standards such as US 10 and Euro VI; higher injection pressures help lower fuel consumption and emissions.

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APRIL 29, 2013

In its recently released Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990 – 2011 ( earlier post ), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that methane (CH 4 ) emissions from the field production of natural gas have declined by 36% from 2007 to 2011 (from 83.1 CH 4 emissions represented 8.8% Processing.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Professor Stan Golunski, Deputy Director of the newly established Cardiff Catalysis Institute , in collaboration with engineers at Brunel and Birmingham Universities, is investigating the feasibility of an on-board exhaust gas reforming system to improve combustion and recover waste heat. —Tsolakis and Golunski. Energy Environ.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

KG have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture in the area of diesel exhaust aftertreatment. The joint venture is to be known as “Bosch Emission Systems GmbH & Co. The new company is to start operations in January 2010. With this modular portfolio, Bosch Emission Systems fills a serious gap in the market.

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JULY 6, 2010

The Westport GX 2010 15L engine has been certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to 2010 emissions compliance—0.2 g/bhp-hr particulate matter (PM)—without the use of emissions credits. g/bhp-hr oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) and 0.01

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MAY 17, 2023

In its mid-term management plan, Komatsu committed to minimizing environmental impact through its business, targeting a 50% reduction in CO 2 emissions from use of its products and production of its equipment by 2030 (compared to 2010 levels) and a challenge target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

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APRIL 16, 2010

While homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines can offer both high efficiency and low emissions (NO x and PM), commercial automotive application continues to face the challenge of a limited operating range. The larger turbocharger increases the pumping work since it cannot be run efficiently by the exhaust gases.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

A study of motor vehicle emissions by researchers at UC Berkeley found that running CO and evaporative and tailpipe NMHC emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles in three major US urban centers (NY, LA and Houston) have decreased by almost an order of magnitude over the last twenty years, despite increases in fuel use.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The 2010 Lexus LS 600h hybrid. Further development of the Lexus Hybrid Drive system has been revised to meet Euro V exhaust emissions standards, but with no change to the car’s performance: the combination of the 5.0-liter CO 2 emissions are 219 g/km and combined cycle fuel consumption economy remains 9.3 L/100km (25.3

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APRIL 8, 2010

will show its Extremely Downsized Engine (EDE) at next week’s 2010 SAE World Congress in Detroit. Direct injection (DI) is integrated by replacing the twin spark ignition with a single spark plug on the exhaust side with the DI device in place of the removed spark plug on the intake side. FEV’s 698 cm 3 Extremely Downsized Engine.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. Renault’s engineers worked particularly hard on tuning the 85hp and 105hp dCi engines to optimize CO 2 emissions without detracting from performance. Select Engines. dCi engines.

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MARCH 10, 2012

Any new tire or tire tread used for retreading manufactured after first January 2010 may not contain any extender oil with more than 1 mg kg benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) or more than 10 mg kg ?1 It has been estimated that the replacement of HA-oils will reduce the PAH emission originating from tire-tread-wear by 98%. —Sadiktsis et al.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

GM Europe is launching the Chevrolet Spark ( earlier post ), providing more detail on the all-new mini car prior to its going on sale in Europe in the first quarter of 2010. They feature multi-port fuel injection and are both Euro V emissions compliant. liters of fuel per 100 km and produces CO 2 emissions of 119 g/km.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

BorgWarner BERU Systems will supply two new high-temperature sensors for the 2010 0.8-liter BorgWarner’s high-temperature sensors constantly provide actual exhaust temperatures to the engine control unit (ECU) to precisely control fuel enrichment for particulate filter regeneration.

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JULY 9, 2013

A team from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) reports on their evaluation of the in-use emissions performance of four different heavy-duty diesel engines certified to the MY 2010 or interim MY 2010 NO x standards over a wide range of driving conditions in California in a paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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JUNE 24, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced funding for a new joint research projects to advance clean emission technologies. Future fuel economy standards will result in lower exhaust gas temperatures and limit the use of high-temperature SCR.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

has received certification from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its 2010 Heavy-duty big-bore ISX15 and MidRange ISB6.7, Certification of these engines means that the Cummins 2010 engine line-up for on-highway applications meets the near zero emissions levels required for all engines manufactured in 2010.

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JULY 21, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have presented preliminary proposals aimed at closing compliance loopholes for medium- and heavy-duty diesel engines using SCR-based NO x emissions control systems for 2011 and later model years. Tags: Emissions Heavy-duty Policy.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

those limited to a 10% ethanol blend) without a significant change in emissions. The MPFI and DISI cars were model year 2010; the FFV car was model year 2006. Broadly, they found elevated emissions from the spark-ignition cars at the test temperature of ?7 times and ethanol emission by 27 times. 7 °C (19.4 °F).

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MARCH 26, 2010

One of the obstacles to the more widespread adoption of diesel engines—especially in the face of increasingly stringent emissions requirements—is the requirement for a lean NO x aftertreatment system. Parks, II (2010) Less Costly Catalysts for Controlling Engine Emissions. Tags: Catalysts Diesel Emissions. Science Vol.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2022

One example is the harmonic high-frequency exhaust note produced by the engine’s 8-into-1 exhaust manifold. Among these changes, Yamaha Motor set a goal of reducing Scope 3 CO 2 emissions (emissions produced from the company’s value chain, e.g., use of sold products) by 90% by 2050 compared to 2010.

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MAY 8, 2014

It expands all the way to ambient pressure before the exhaust stroke. The power is produced in almost a 50-50 split between the combustion (central) and exhaust (largest) pistons. Transfer from the combustion cylinder to the exhaust cylinder takes place when the exhaust cylinder volume is minimal. and O’Malley, E.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Ettore Musu from the University of Pisa presented a CFD study of concept at the SAE 2010 Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting in San Diego. SAE 2010-01-2107. Pollutant emission behavior vs. engine speed.confirms the validity of the HCPC combustion concept. Emissions are almost independent of the engine speed.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

PM mass emissions rates for the FTP and US06 drive cycles as function of vehicle mileage. The efficiency advantage is not as large as with diesel engines, making use of gasoline particulate filters (GPF) a less practical solution to PM emissions aftertreatment. Credit: ACS, Maricq et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) gasoline blend.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

The new US Tier 4 Final (Tier 4f) version of the DL06 includes an ultra-low particulate combustion system featuring the Ricardo Twin Vortex Combustion System (TVCS) ( earlier post ); the engine achieves compliance with Tier 4 Final particulate emissions levels without requiring a DPF—thereby providing a cost-effective solution.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Toyota introduced the Auris Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) at the 2010 Geneva motor show, marking a significant milestone in Toyota’s planned deployment of the Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain across Toyota’s entire model range by early 2020s. L/100km (62 mpg US), with CO 2 emissions of 89 g/km. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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