Filters - Canada - Diesel particulate filters make the grade in Alberta
| EDMONTON,ALB, Canada - Todays' Trucking -Aug. 8, 2005: -- As part of its ongoing interest in exploring ways to reduce vehicle emissions in urban areas, the Clean Air Strategic Alliance has just completed a comprehensive pilot project on the effectiveness of diesel particulate filters in chilly Edmonton... CASA -- a non-profit association composed of government, industry, and environmental groups -- conducted a one-year test of the filter on two diesel buses in Edmonton Transit System's fleet between January 2003 and January 2004... The results showed specifically that there were major reductions in emissions of three main pollutants, but no significant change in the emission rate of nitrogen oxides: Total hydrocarbons reductions of 51-87 percent; Carbon monoxide reductions of 67-89 percent; and total particulate matter reductions of 60-75 percent... |
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