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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

million project to find new catalytic materials that work at lower exhaust temperatures, allowing automakers to build vehicles that operate more efficiently while retaining the ability to clean emissions before they leave the tailpipe. Catalytic converters clean vehicle exhaust into nitrogen, water and carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2019

million liters of vehicle exhaust gas catalyst in the first half of 2019—a decrease of 13% year-over-year on weak passenger vehicle production. Adamas Intelligence reports that according to the Association of China Rare Earth Industry (ACREI), China’s domestic manufacturers produced approximately 7.6

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2023

A new study by researchers from Washington State University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has found that a catalyst using a single or just a few palladium atoms removed 90% of unburned methane from natural gas engine exhaust at low temperatures. The work is published in the journal Nature Catalysis.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2010

A team from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Colorado School of Mines has measured gas phase and particle-associated non-regulated pollutant emissions from a heavy-duty engine operating both with and without a catalyzed DPF and operating on biodiesel fuel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Chevrolet engineers modified the Volt’s engine and exhaust components—specifically the catalytic converter—by adding a secondary air-injection pump that streams ambient air into the exhaust stream to increase its ability to remove pollutants.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2009

The filter converts NO to elemental nitrogen and oxide anions at the electrodes (1). Risø, the National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), is developing an electrochemical method for purifying exhaust, especially exhaust gases from diesel engines. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

the criteria pollutants and CO 2 that emerge with the exhaust from the tailpipe. However, there is more than 15 years of research showing that the contribution of non-exhaust primary particles to the total traffic generated primary particles is significant in urban areas. Further, a 2013 review by Denier van der Gon et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

The catalyst removes the gaseous pollutants and now also solids such as particulates from the exhaust gas flow. The well-known three-way conversion catalyst—in use in North America since 1976 and in Europe since 1986—is now capable of removing considerably more than 95% of the undesired substances from the exhaust gas flow.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

The new options would reduce some economic and procedural impediments to clean alternative fuel conversions while maintaining environmental safeguards to ensure that acceptable emission levels from converted vehicles are sustained. EPA expects the streamlined approach to result in a cost savings for many converters. Intermediate age.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The demonstration of ClearFlame’s engine technology was implemented by taking a Class 8 diesel truck running on a Cummins X15 500hp 15L heavy-duty engine—commonly used for long-haul truck and off-highway applications—and converting it to run on renewable E98 ethanol.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2017

The high-performance, three-way catalytic (TWC) converter is one of the workhorses of emissions reduction for gasoline engines. This function is crucial in current TWC, in which the oxygen partial pressure in the exhaust must be regulated to be near the ideal air-to-fule ration (A/F = 14.6). —Machida et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2020

These clusters are more reactive than the single atoms and, hence, exhaust gases can be much better removed. Among others, they are applied in nearly all combustion processes to reduce pollutant emissions. To convert pollutants, they usually have to react with oxygen in the catalyst. Graphics: Florian Maurer, KIT).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

It, or a scaled-up version, could also provide a solution for the Asian motor vehicle fleet, in which two-stroke engine vehicles constitute a major share—and contribute significantly to air pollution. Everything else—pistons, porting and crankcase, bearings, exhaust, etc.—were Lubrication proved to be an issue.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2014

This gasoline reduces gas pollutants emitted from the exhausts of engines manufactured after 2009 by up to 60% for nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 45% for carbon monoxide (CO) and 55% for hydrocarbons (HC). (California, Europe, Japan, South Korea, and several other countries have gasoline sulfur limits of 10 ppm. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

While properly engineered conversion systems can reduce or at least not increase emissions, poorly designed systems can lead to much more pollution. The revised procedures will vary based on the age of the vehicle or engine being converted. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing. MY >= current calendar year - 1. Intermediate age.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Exposure to these pollutants was most elevated in the coach located closest to the locomotive: geometric means were 126,000# cm -3 for UFP, 249 μm 2 cm −3 for LDSA, and 17,800 ng m −3 of BC; these concentrations are much higher than those previously reported for other modes of public transportation.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2018

This newly developed ENSs could improve low-temperature automobile exhaust treatment. Meanwhile, hydrocarbons, such as propylene (C 3 H 6 ) and propane (C 3 H 8 ) are typical automobile exhaust gas pollutants and must be converted to carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and water (H 2 O) before they are released as exhaust.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

These included a large and stiff coupling face between the converter housing and the engine; the CGI cylinder block with semi-deep skirts; direct bolting of ancillaries on the crankcase; an integrated engine bracket in the upper timing covers; a structural oil pan; a stiff torque converter housing and an axial driveline bearing on the gearbox side.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2017

Researchers at Purdue University, the University of Notre Dame and Cummins have discovered a new reaction mechanism that could be used to improve SCR catalyst designs for pollution-control systems to further reduce emissions of smog-causing nitrogen oxides in diesel exhaust. Findings are published in the journal Science.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

SDCmaterials, a developer of advanced catalyst products based on a novel materials fabrication and integration platform, announced a partnership and formalized a supply agreement with Car Sound, a leading manufacturer of catalysts and catalytic converters for the automotive aftermarket. Further advancements in automotive fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Many countries propose to impose more stringent regulation of automobile exhaust emissions in 2020 and after, in an effort to prevent air pollution and global warming. TDK offers a lineup of products, such as DC-DC converters, on board chargers and wireless power transfer systems that are currently being developed.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2010

This project will develop and evaluate a new process for converting biomass waste into diesel fuel. The biomass waste will first be converted into pyrolysis oil and then upgraded to diesel. can be converted to fuel in high yield in the proposed process. Essentially any biomass material or solid waste (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2017

Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies developed exhaust systems and components, including mufflers, manifolds, catalytic converters, emissions control systems and complete exhaust systems. Faurecia is the market leader for valves used in cold-end exhaust components. Emissions reduction. Energy recovery.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

We can eliminate environmental pollution from ships. Electrical architecture: DC power from the fuel cells converted to AC power for the motors. Zero greenhouse gas and criteria pollutants during operation. Elimination of diesel fuel spills, diesel odor, and exhaust odor. And all at zero pollution.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Theoretically, cars operating on higher ethanol blends than the design point could emit greater concentrations of pollutants in exhaust gas. In the cylinder where combustion takes place, the fuel evaporates before it is burned, and this evaporation helps cool off the air/fuel mixture and exhaust gas.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2013

Catalytic converters in cars, for example, reduce emissions by converting exhaust to less toxic compounds. Catalysts, which can speed up chemical reactions and make them more efficient and effective, are essential to most industrial processes and to the production of many chemicals.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The exhaust gas treatment system implements close-coupled DPF technology which efficiently integrates the oxidizing catalytic converter and the particulate filter (CCDPF). The component is compact to reduce exhaust counter-pressure with beneficial effects in terms of fuel reduction and CO 2 emissions. New 120 HP 1.4

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

Ozone (O 3 ) is a dangerous air pollutant that is highly reactive and causes both short- and long-term adverse health effect and also disrupts plant growth. Ozone is formed when nitrogen oxide from exhaust is irradiated with UV light and releases an oxygen atom, which reacts with an oxygen molecule (O 2 ) to form an ozone molecule (O 3 ).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The exhaust manifold is integrated directly in the cylinder head, which reduces the number of parts and overall weight. For maximum efficiency, the three-way catalytic converter is located right at the engine outlet and equipped with two lambda sensors. This system has two advantages. And two, it helps to warm up the cabin faster.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a low-temperature catalyst for removing NO x gas from industrial exhaust using ammonia. Nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 )—nitrogen oxides (NO x )—are common atmospheric pollutants created by burning fossil fuels, coal and natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2017

With respect to the emissions updates, the OEMs must also provide proof that the changes do not negatively impact any other parameters relevant for type approval—such as pollutant and CO 2 emissions, fuel consumption, noise and engine power. Excessively high pollution affects air quality in many German cities.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

To convert the stock Camry Hybrid to a CNG vehicle, the gasoline fuel system was replaced with a CNG system in the spare tire well area. Ultrafabrics uses a polyurethane manufacturing process that captures and recycles over 99 percent of solvents used in production, leading to almost zero pollutants. The CNG Camry Hybrid retains the 2.4-liter,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Up to a reference mass of 2380 kg, the complete vehicle has its emission characteristics tested on a chassis dynamometer, with the result being shown in pollutants per km. Above a reference mass of 2840 kg, the engine is tested on an engine dynamometer, with the result being indicated in pollutant emissions per kW of output.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

However, SIDI engines also have the potential for increased pollutant formation, and require either careful control of combustion for reduced engine-out emissions, or an exhaust after-treatment systems similar to those under development for diesel vehicles. Lean-burn (i.e., a high air-to-fuel ratio) SIDI (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

Low pressure EGR (exhaust gas recirculation). Lower pressure EGR (exhaust gas recirculation). The use of EGR cuts emissions by recycling exhaust gases and re-injecting them into the combustion chamber to bring down high combustion temperatures and minimize the production of oxygen, two factors which favour the production of NO x.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Due to their high oxygen concentration, they suppress pollutant formation in combustion. This opens the door for alternative strategies for the engine operation, including new engine concepts and exhaust gas aftertreatment systems. A 15% OME blend reduces CO 2 emissions by approximately 8g/km. Wachtmeister G.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

converting existing internal combustion engine (ICE) cars into electric vehicles using conversion kits. Here are a few major reasons Environmental Awareness Since electric vehicles produce no exhaust, they help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. by this converter kit. Challenges and Considerations #1.

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