Enviro-friendly Gadgets * USA - Older school buses getting enviro-friendly gadgets ones
(Photo by Meredith Spencer/The Vicksburg Post - Donald Johnson of Waters Truck and Tractor installs one of the new diesel oxidation catalysts on a bus)
Vicksburg,MISS,USA -The Vicksburg Post, by Danny Barrett Jr. -April 7, 2010: -- Public school students in Vicksburg and Warren County might be breathing a bit easier due to green technology installed this week on the oldest buses in the Vicksburg Warren School District’s fleet..
(Photo: A pile of the old catalytic converters)Diesel Oxidation Catalysts, or DOCs, are replacing traditional catalytic converters on eligible buses statewide built between 1998 and 2006, including 35 here.
The newer converters contain a porous, honeycomb-like structure that is coated with a material that triggers a chemical reaction to reduce pollution. No maintenance is needed for DOCs and they don’t affect the fuel economy of the buses, according to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, which bought and paid for installation with money from the federal stimulus act and grants from the Environmental Protection Agency. Emissions of particulate matter should be cut 40 percent and hydrocarbons cut 70 percent as a result of the DOCs, according to MDEQ...
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