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  • New diesel engines will emit less than 90% of the pollution of past diesel engines.  However, the new emission standards these engines will meet do not apply to the approximately 11 million diesel engines already in use in the United States.   Many of the same emission reduction technologies that these new clean diesel engines will use can be retrofitted to existing diesel engines in a voluntary program to reduce overall diesel emissions. 

 

There are many different types of technologies available for reducing emissions from diesel engines. The South East Diesel Collaborative has developed a number of information sheets that provide basic information on various technologies that can be utilized to reduce diesel emissions.   There are information sheets on the topics of:

  • -Biodiesel
  • -Closed Crankcase filtration
  • -Diesel oxidation catalysts
  • -Diesel particulate filters
  • - Exhaust Gas Recirculation
  • -Repowering
  • -Selective Catalytic reduction
  • -Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel
  • -Additionally there are information sheets discussing what technologies may appropriate for bulldozers, dump trucks and graders.

    Additionally, if you are interested in retrofitting a diesel engine with after-treatment technology, using cleaner fuels, or reducing fuel use through idle reduction technologies, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board administer rigorous testing programs to verify clean diesel technologies. These programs introduce verified technologies to the market as cost effectively as possible, while providing customers with confidence that verified technologies will provide emission reductions as advertised. This verification process will evaluate the emission reduction performance of retrofit technologies, including their durability, and identify engine operating criteria and conditions that must exist for these technologies to achieve those reductions

       


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    • The Southeast Diesel Collaborative Technology Funding
    • EPA is encouraging emerging technologies.  This program fosters the deployment of innovative technologies through a national grant competition. To qualify as an emerging technology, a manufacturer must submit an approvable application and test plan for verification to EPA. Approximately $3.4 million is available for for FY08. For more information click here.
                

     

    • Technology Resources

    EPA's verified technologies list    

    EPA's Verified Idle Reduction technology list

     CARB's Verified Technologies list    
    • Sector Calls and Meetings

    The Technology sector meets once a month. The teleconference line for all calls is: 1-866-299-3188. The conference code is: 4045629127#.

     

     

     
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