Diesel cars, although extremely popular because of their speed and comfort of driving, have one major drawback. They produce exhaust fumes contaminated with soot and solid particles which negatively ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the things you might not know about diesel engines is that based on the chemicals emitted during operation such as Carbon Monoxide (CO) ...

The diesel particulate filter (DPF) has continued to improve over its 15-year existence. So have other components of aftertreatment systems (ATS) that help send cleaner exhaust through the DPF.

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 ...

As traumatic as it was at the time, the addition of selective catalytic reduction and diesel particulate filter aftertreatment to modern trucks will likely go down as one of the industry’s greatest ...

The fuel and exhaust systems inside diesel engines work closely together. As a result, fuel and exhaust-related issues can be some of the most difficult to diagnose: A symptom in one system can often ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 111, Section 4: JOURNAL OF FUELS AND LUBRICANTS (2002), pp. 1614-1625 (12 pages) Modeling is a precious help to optimize the setting and control of Diesel particulate filter ...

In applying ceramic honeycomb wall flow type filters to the after-treatment systems of diesel particulate from engines, the melting and thermal shock failures of ceramic diesel particulate filters ...

Am I right in suggesting that it's better to use a petrol engine rather than a diesel for short journeys on a regular basis for example only doing 20 miles a day and not really exceeding 50mph? I was ...