Verified Diesel Emission Reduction Technologies and Their Outcomes
- Biodiesel: Reduced inorganic ( soot)carbon emissions, Increased NOx emissions - Increased organic carbon ( SOF / VOC ) emissions.
- Diesel Particulate Filter ( various manufacturers ): Reduces TPM, Does Not Address NOx.
- Diesel Oxidation Catalyst( various manufacturers) : Reduces TPM, Does Not Address Nox.
- Clean Diesel Technologies fuel borne catalyst: potential fine metallic emissions & potential resulting health effects - need PM filter - minimal Nox reduction.
- Purinox - water / diesel fuel emulsion: PM/HC/CO emissions can increase as a result of tuning to compensate for decreased power- only summer blend verified
- Envirofuels Diesel Fuel Catalyzer: verified on tier 0 locomotive engine - verification report specifies an increase in total particulate( TPM ) emissions on the treated fuel, as compared to the baseline fuel, even though the gaseous emissions and visible smoke opacity decreased significantly.
- Envirofuels diesel fuel catalyzer showed a verified fuel consumption reduction
of 5% during "line haul duty", but the % of error was + / - 4%, and under the heaviest load, there was no reading given for fuel consumption reduction. The Envirofuels verification report indicates that TPM increased as little as 40%, and as much as 170%. Envirofuels Diesel Fuel Catalyzer, while "verified', actually increased TPM emissions, and showed what amounts to an inconclusive result for fuel use reduction.
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