Company to launch new gasoline particulate filter (GPF) technology
ahead of Euro 6c emissions regulation
Company Website:
http://www.tenneco.com
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- (Business Wire)
Tenneco (NYSE: TEN) announced today that it is leveraging its expertise
in diesel particular filter technology to develop gasoline particulate
filters for 2017 model year light vehicles. These filters are designed
for gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines to reduce particulate
emissions in compliance with the Euro 6c emissions regulation, which
takes effect on September 1, 2017.
GDI engines help improve fuel economy and therefore reduce CO2
emissions; however, they can have higher particulate emissions due to
shorter fuel/air mixing times in the cylinder compared to multiport fuel
injection engines. Advanced fuel injection strategies are
currently used to control gasoline particulate emissions in-cylinder but
they are designed for a particular emission test cycle and may be less
effective under real driving conditions. Gasoline particulate filters
effectively control particulate emissions under all operating conditions.
“At Tenneco we understand the functional requirements for gasoline
particulate filters based on our experience as one of the first global
suppliers to offer diesel particulate filter technologies in serial
production,” said Josep Fornos, Executive Vice President, Clean Air,
Tenneco. “With our design, engineering, systems integration and advanced
manufacturing capabilities, we provide customers flexible solutions for
any powertrain to meet future emissions regulations without compromising
vehicle performance or durability.”
Diesel particulate filters for original equipment applications remove
particulate matter from engine exhaust gases in a closed system. When
gases carrying particulate matter flow through the filter's substrate
walls, particulate matter is trapped and collected in the filter. A
regeneration process, triggered by the engine management system, then
burns off the soot using either a fuel borne additive or a catalytic
filter coating.
Gasoline particulate filters use the same type of wall-flow substrates
as diesel particulate filters and can be included in the exhaust system
in addition to the series three-way catalyst or the catalyst coating can
be directly applied to the filter substrate to form a four-way
catalyst. Improvements in the acoustic function of the gasoline
particulate filter make it possible to reduce muffler volume, helping to
reduce backpressure, increase performance, reduce weight and save cost.
Tenneco produces more than 2 million DPFs annually at its clean air
manufacturing facilities in Edenkoben, Zwickau and Saarlouis, Germany;
Rybnik, Poland; Hodkovice, the Czech Republic; Tredegar, the U.K. and
Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The company’s special simulation and test
procedures accelerate the development process, while optimized design
and efficient manufacturing technologies help guarantee the quality of
the company’s filter systems.
About Tenneco:
Tenneco is an $8.4 billion global manufacturing company with
headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 29,000 employees
worldwide. Tenneco is one of the world’s largest designers,
manufacturers and marketers of clean air and ride performance products
and systems for automotive, commercial truck, and off-highway original
equipment markets, and the aftermarket. Tenneco’s principal brand names
are Monroe®, Walker®, XNOx™ and Clevite®Elastomer.
Tenneco’s highly-engineered emissions control systems support gasoline,
gasoline direct injection, diesel, flex-fuel and hybrid applications.
Advanced Clean Air technologies are designed to meet increasingly
stringent emissions and noise regulations and the demand for better fuel
efficiency.
Contacts:
Tenneco
Bill Dawson
Media Relations – North America
847
482-5807
bdawson@tenneco.com
or
Margie
Pazikas
Media Relations – Europe
32 (0) 2 706 9025
mpazikas@tenneco.com
Source: Tenneco
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