The new diesel particulate system required «active regeneration» in order to periodically clean the DPF by means of literally burning the collected material.
Not exact matches
Skeen explains that although
new diesel vehicles are cleaner than ever before, some of the latest generation gasoline engines emit as much
particulate matter as older
diesel engines.
Elsewhere, all petrol and
diesel units have been updated with
new particulate filters, while the P250 and P300 petrol models both benefit from a larger, 83 - litre fuel tank.
And on
particulates, so much in the news, there is no longer a significant difference in output between
new diesel and
new petrol engines.»
NVH is also dramatically improved for the 2.0 - litre
diesel, featuring a
new heat - resistant engine block cover, a
new timing chain cover with integrated acoustic shield, a sound - absorbent cover for the
diesel particulate filter, and
new intercooler pipe acoustic shield.
Additionally, like so many other
new diesels, the EA288 uses urea injection to reduce NOx
particulates.
In an effort to comply with U.S. emissions standards (Tier 2 Bin 5 emission regulations), the
diesel relies on a
new catalytic converter system that utilizes
diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), NOx trap catalyst (NTC) and
diesel particulate filter (DPF) technologies.
To do that, a lot of work has been done on exhaust after treatment, including second generation Selective Catalytic Reduction and a
particulate filter for
diesel and a
new particulate filter to go along with the usual three - way catalytic converter to deal with pollutants from direct injection turbocharged petrol engines.
The
new 148bhp version of the 2.2 - litre
diesel engine benefits from detailed engineering revisions and is equipped with a
diesel particulate filter (DPF) to meet Euro 5 emissions standards and enhance the engine's driving quality.
The
new Leon has been fitted with a DPF
particulate filter as standard equipment, filtering the typical (but small amount of) soot particles that most
diesel engines produce.
The
new Agila is not only very affordable, but also boasts low fuel consumption and emissions: the Agila 1.0 with 48 kW / 65 hp requires an average of five liters of gasoline per 100 km, while the 1.3 CDTI with 55 kW / 75 hp and
diesel particulate filter as standard consumes just 4.5 liters of
diesel per 100 km.
On the
diesel side, Volkswagen is exclusively offering
new common rail TDI engines with
particulate filters on the Polo three - door and five - door cars.
(read study here) In
New Jersey, 16,000 restaurants release 2,226 tons of
particulates, more than all of the heavy
diesel vehicles in the state (1,329 tons, read study here) In the Bay area of California, they will soon require emission control on all chain - driven commercial grills.
The
new Lexus full hybrid targets class - leading emissions and also generates significantly less NOx and
particulate emissions than an equivalent
diesel engine vehicle, Toyota points out.