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Emissions Control In The Global Commercial Vehicles Industry

Automotive World
May 1, 2009
59 Pages - SKU: DGFQ2467337

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This report examines the technologies that are being developed in the area of emissions control in the global commercial vehicles industry. It also analyses the strategies being implemented by truck and bus manufacturers and their suppliers and the market and legislative influences that are driving change in the sector.

According to the OECD, road transportation of passengers and goods accounts for almost half of global oil consumption, with heavy commercial vehicles of over 3,500kg gross vehicle weight (GVW) accounting for around 23%. As a consequence, while far fewer heavy vehicles are produced and sold each year - less than 4 million in 2008 compared to around 66 million light-duty vehicles - they are responsible for a similar volume of oil consumption as light vehicles and a similar proportion of the toxic emissions that result.

Author: Michael Murphy, BSc, MPhil (Hons I)

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INTRODUCTION
MARKET DRIVERS: Health concerns; Carbon monoxide; Hydrocarbons; Nitrogen oxides; Particulate mass; Formaldehyde; Ammonia; Sulphur dioxide; Lead; Regulations; Low emissions zones; Incentives; Retrofit programmes; The United States; Europe; Early clean engines; Reduction of greenhouse gases
MARKET BARRIERS: The EGR versus SCR debate; Fuel Quality; Diesel; Gasoline; Cost; Emissions control equipment; SCR; DPFs; EGR; Fuel quality; Precious metals; Urea for SCR
MARKET DYNAMICS AND FORECASTS: Overview
REGULATIONS: United States; Standards; Test cycles; The FTP test cycle; The SET test cycle; The NTE test cycle; Durability requirements; On-board diagnostics; No-idling laws; European Union; Emissions control in the global commercial vehicles industry automotiveworld.com; Table of contents i; Standards; Test cycles; The ESC test cycle; The ETC test cycle; The ELR test cycle; Durability requirements; On-board diagnostics; Japan; Standards; Test cycles; Light-duty vehicles; Heavy-duty vehicles; The JE05 test cycle; Other regions; Eastern and central Europe; Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan); North America (excluding the US); South America; Harmonisation of emissions regulations; The WHTC test cycle; The WHSC test cycle
EMISSIONS CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES: Exhaust after-treatment; Catalytic converters; Selective catalytic reduction; NOx adsorber catalyst; Diesel particulate filters; Syngas systems; Integrated systems; Combustion cycle technology; Common rail direct fuel injection; Exhaust gas recirculation; Homogeneous charge compression ignition; Idling reduction
ALTERNATIVE FUELS: Natural gas; Liquefied petroleum gas; Ethanol; Biodiesel; Gas-to-liquids diesel; Dimethyl ether; MAJOR SUPPLIERS; Bosch; Corning; Delphi; EMCON Technologies; Eminox; Emitec; Johnson Matthey; NGK; Tenneco
LIST OF FIGURES/TABLES: Figure 1.1: Air pollution from a heavy diesel truck; Figure 1.2: 36th highest daily PM10 values in EU member states, 2004; Figure 1.3: NOx limits in the EU, Japan and the US, 1995 - 2010 (g/kWh); Figure 1.4: PM limits in the EU, Japan and the US, 1995 - 2010 (g/kWh); Figure 3.1: US Class 8 truck sales, 1988 - 2008; Table 4.1: California emissions standards, 1987 - 2003 (g/bhp.hr); Table 4.2: Federal emissions standards, 1988 - 2003 (g/bhp.hr); Figure 4.1: FTP test cycle, speed and torque variations; Figure 4.2: 2004 NTE control area, speed C less than 2,400rpm; Figure 4.3: 2004 NTE control area, speed C greater than 2,400rpm; Figure 4.4: Current NTE control area; Table 4.3: EU emissions standards for heavy-duty diesel engines (g/kWh); Table 4.4: EU emissions standards for diesel and gas engines, ETC test (g/kWh); Table 4.5: European Stationary Cycle test modes; Figure 4.5: ESC test cycle; Figure 4.6: ETC test cycle, vehicle speed variant; Figure 4.7: ETC test cycle, engine speed; Figure 4.8: ETC test cycle, engine torque; Figure 4.9: ELR test cycle; Table 4.6: Japan emissions limits for light commercial vehicles (g/km); Table 4.7: Japan emissions limits for heavy commercial vehicles; Figure 4.10: The 10-15-mode test cycle; Figure 4.11: The JC08 test cycle; Figure 4.12: JE05 test cycle; Figure 4.13: WHTC test cycle, engine torque (%) and speed (%); Table 4.8: World Harmonised Stationary Cycle (WHSC); Figure 5.1: EMCON SCR catalyst; Figure 5.2: Wall-flow DPF substrate; Figure 5.3: Navistar MaxxForce 13 - Big Bore engine with EGR; Figure 5.4: IdleAir truck stop electrification system

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