The GM Duramax 3.0L LZ0 engine relies on a Diesel Particulate Filter, or DPF, to reduce emissions. Now, we're taking a closer ...

The California Air Resources Board has penalized LKQ Corporation, a Chicago-based provider of alternative and specialty automotive parts, for selling used diesel particulate filters, which is illegal ...

Long gone are the days when trucks spewed black clouds of exhaust into the air: Nowadays, there are filters in place that capture the largest of these soot particles. After a time, if too much soot ...

Chemical engineers are using the summer staple in testing methods to improve efficiency of diesel engines. Chemical engineers testing methods to improve efficiency of diesel engines while maintaining ...

In a Technology Foundation STW project, Coen van Gulijk has developed a new concept for a robust soot filter for diesel engines. As well as filter stages, the filter has an open canal so as to exclude ...

Particulate filters are used to reduce soot emissions from diesels. Soot is a concern because of medical research that indicates it could be a contributor to cancer in humans who have long-term ...

The Volkswagen Group may be focused on going electric, but that doesn’t mean it’s abandoning internal combustion engines, especially if it can cut back on emissions. VW announced a new particulate ...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ORTLAND, Ore. — Detroit Diesel Corp., engine subsidiary of Freightliner LLC, said its 2007 Series 60 engines would cost more than current models and that ...

Due to the fact that 100% efficiency cannot be achieved by any engine, products other than water and carbon dioxide will be formed during combustion, such as soot, which is formed as a result of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACT Through microscopic visualization experiments, a process generally known as depth filtration was shown to be caused by surface pores.