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SwRI and USTA researchers to develop a novel catalyst for low-temperature SCR

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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. One of the main groups of pollutants resulting from fuel combustion is the oxides of nitrogen, or NO x.

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Mazda introduces HAZUMI concept along with new 1.5-liter SKYACTIV-D diesel

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When fuel is injected under these conditions, ignition takes places before an adequate air-fuel mixture forms, causing localized heterogeneous combustion, resulting in the formation of NO x and soot, Mazda says. The result is cleaner combustion with low NO x and soot emissions. Source: Mazda. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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