More Urea * USA - Needed for 2010 SCR engines?
At least one heavy-duty truck manufacturer is testing higher doses of urea in prototype 2010 engines in order to drastically reduce fuel consumption of the future engines
New York,NY,USA -Today's Trucking -18 Feb 2008: -- ... According to New York market analysts Bear Stearns, a source speaking to the firm says early tests of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) have gone well. The company is one of a handful of OEMs offering SCR as the solution to reduce NOx is upcoming 2010 EPA-mandated engines... The contact also revealed that in recent months his firm has begun to experiment with higher urea dosing levels than was initially expected. He explained that engines are being tested with about five to six percent urea per gallon of diesel, compared to one to three percent originally... Urea is a Nitrogen-based reducing agent that, when injected into the exhaust gas upstream of the catalyst, drastically reduces NOx...
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