Green Car Congress
MAY 24, 2017
The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Bern University of Applied Sciences, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, several industrial partners and Empa were all involved. Levels in exhaust emissions were found to be as much as 1,700 times above this limit. —Norbert Heeb.
Green Car Congress
MAY 26, 2022
—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). OP engines utilize direct injection after ports closure to avoid the risk of fuel short circuiting out the exhaust. Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Green Car Congress
MAY 17, 2019
In a study on the effect of exhaust particles from aircraft turbine engines on human lung cells, Swiss researchers have found that cells reacted most strongly to particles emitted during ground idling. Image: University of Bern /SR Technics Switzerland AG. Turbine engine in the testing facility (not running).
Green Car Congress
MAY 21, 2020
Now—almost five years later—a study by the University of York and Empa shows that the retrofitting was successful from an environmental point of view. Stuart Grange works in Empa’s Air Pollution/Environmental Technology Laboratory and also at the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories at the University of York.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2017
On 1 September 2017, new emissions regulations for passenger vehicles come into force in the EU and Switzerland. million with diesel engines were registered in Switzerland. The team included experts from the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO), Bern University of Applied Sciences and Empa.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 31, 2009
Researchers from Michigan State University have been awarded $2.5 Swissauto Wenko AG of Switzerland produces a modern version of the Comprex—the Hyprex—designed for small gasoline engines. Since heat release increases pressure inside the channel, opening the outer channel end generates an outflow of the exhaust gases.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser and Peter Gehr from the University of Bern, Switzerland, and Michael Riediker from the Institute for Work and Health, Lausanne, Switzerland, worked with a team of researchers to study the effects of brake particles on cultured lung cells placed in a chamber close to the axle of a car.
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