(PhysOrg.com) -- Diesel engines emit countless carbon nanoparticles into the air, slipping through government regulation and vehicle filters. A new University of Michigan simulation shows that these ...
Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. said Tuesday it had developed a clean diesel engine to launch next year in Europe as demand grows for fuel-efficient technology.
AMES, Iowa, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Iowa State University scientists are studying gasoline and diesel engines with the goal of reducing emissions while improving efficiency.
Japanese truck maker Isuzu said Tuesday it had shelved plans to jointly develop a clean diesel engine with Toyota as the global economic downturn hits the auto industry hard.
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it has $3.4 million in grant funds for projects using new technology to reduce existing diesel engine emissions.
... of combustion projects in the lab: They're studying diesel engines with the goal of reducing emissions. They're ... As he showed a visitor around his engine lab recently, pointing out a new turbocharger ...
An increasing proportion of the Danish vehicle fleet consists of diesel vehicles. In urban areas diesel vehicles are causing air pollution (from carbon particles, nitrogen oxides (NOX)) and unburned ...
For decades, diesel trucks and buses have spewed large amounts
of soot, smog-causing gases and carcinogens into the air.
But new diesel engines are more than 90 percent cleaner than a
few years ...
... high as 85 percent gasoline to 15 percent diesel; under lighter loads, the percentage ... high-pressure injection required by conventional diesel engines.
Development of the blending strategy was guided ...
... the University of Wisconsin-Madison engine research group headed by Rolf Reitz. The research team is developing a diesel engine that produces significantly lower pollutant emissions than ...
... we still have a lot of work to do to improve diesel engines so they generate fewer particles ... mice were then exposed to either whole diesel exhaust containing particles at a concentration of about 1 ...
... system for disease samples, a soot filter for diesel engines, a dime-sized chemical sensor and ... a bionic hand are the finalists for the United Kingdom's top engineering prize, the 2008 Royal Academy of ...
... to see Denali National Park's grizzly bears, moose, sheep and caribou have had to ride school buses that polluted the air and tranquility with their noisy, carbon dioxide-spewing diesel engines....
... "The material does all the work. It produces electrical power just like conventional heat engines -- steam engines, gas or diesel engines -- that are coupled to electrical generators, but ...
... inhibit rainfall.
While soot emitted from sources like diesel engines and electric power plants is a focus of study, not all aerosols are man-made. The deserts and arid landscapes of ...
