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Mar 24, 2017

PIRATE ELECTRONIS UNITS * Belgium: Modifyng emissions from diesel trucks

* Brussels - Emissions of diesels: engine rigging software flourishes on canvas


--- Pirate electronics units intended to modify the emissions of nitrogen oxides from diesel trucks have been available on the Internet since the application of Euro 5... In order to contain nitrogen oxide emissions from truck diesel engines within Euro 6, all manufacturers use an AdBlue injection in the exhaust gases (SCR process). The device that controls its operation can be neutralized by pirate software for sale on the Internet... Cheating involves providing permanent false information to the central management unit: "everything goes well on the side of catalytic reduction" while the AdBlue tank is empty... The pirated electronic boxes called "AdBlue emulators" are available on the Internet since the application of Euro 5 at derisory prices (a few tens of euros) with sometimes a certificate of quality awarded ... in China! Some professionals propose the installation of pirate boxes in a more ambiguous way, with a temporary activation to reach an AdBlue refueling point... The after-sales networks have observed cases of use of AdBlue emulator on vehicles coming mainly from countries of the East... But in the case of a system with switch, is detection possible? Yes, because the AdBlue injection device does not adequately support prolonged inactivity while the engine is running, which will result in high costs during a refurbishment... DAF and Scania sent a circular to their network stating the legal consequences of any reprogramming of the engine and the depollution devices: loss of the manufacturer's warranty, loss of the right of movement (non-conformity with the homologation of origin) therefore, loss of insurance... On 13 January 2017 a European motion for a resolution concerning the standards governing the motor vehicle industry, and in particular their control, was drafted, inter alia, with an explicit request to prohibit any device for invalidation and to make the homologation mandatory softwares... 
(Photo by DR - A European motion for a resolution calls for the banning of any "AdBlue Emulator" device) -- Brussels, Belgium - ACTU (France), by ETIENNE CADET - 24 March 2017

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Feb 25, 2011

SCR * USA & Europe - AdBlue manufacturers warn of incorrect use

* Europe - Dangers of certain derivations observed since the introduction of the SCR systems

Brussels,Belgium -Fleet Europe, by Claude Yvens -18 Feb 2011: -- In a first of its type, the six main producers of AdBlue (Air1, BASF, Borealis, GPN, Greenchem and SKW) are to apply a common approach to launch a communications campaign with the support of European manufacturers (via their representative association ACEA). They wish to advise fleet operators of the dangers of certain derivations observed since the introduction of the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems in 2006:

- the deliberate choice of a product which does not meet AdBlue norms

- storage in containers which have previously held diesel or other chemical products

- mixture of AdBlue and diesel in the fuel tank

This incorrect use of the product can cause irreparable damage to the engine and, in certain cases, lead to all guarantees on the vehicle becoming nullified...


* USA - DEF availability up while cost is down, says research firm

(Photo: Pilot Travel Centers operate the largest number of DEF pumps in the U.S.)
New York,NY,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Feb 25, 2011: -- One of the concerns among trucking companies buying commercial trucks equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology revolves around easy access to a critical ingredient required by this emission control system to reduce exhaust pollution down to government mandated levels: DEF, short for “diesel exhaust fluid” ... DEF is a liquid solution comprised of 67.5% de-ionized water and 32.5% urea, an ammonia compound, that’s sprayed into an SCR-equipped truck’s exhaust stream where it combines with a catalyst to break down oxides of nitrogen (NOx) into nitrogen and water. Without DEF, then, the SCR system doesn’t reduce NOx emissions... Yet ongoing surveys of the U.S. and Canadian transportation markets by global consulting firm Integer Research finds that DEF availability is rapidly expanding, while the cost for this critical substance is dropping as well... He also noted that the ”pump price” of DEF per gallon has declined steadily since last year, which is important as the lower the cost of DEF becomes, the lower the overall price of operating an SCR-equipped vehicle becomes – particularly in the face of rising diesel fuel costs...

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Nov 17, 2010

Selective Catalyst Reduction * USA - Ryder to offer DEF at all full serve locations

Ryder System is certainly not tone DEF

Miami,FL,USA -Todays' Trucking (USA)-17 Nov 2010: ... The truck leasing giant will soon offer at every full service North American location, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) required for many 2010 engines... This offering will support contractual full service lease and maintenance customers operating vehicles that use selective catalytic reduction (SCR)... Customers will be able to purchase DEF in 2.5-gallon portable containers. Ryder will also begin adding bulk storage and DEF pumps at its largest shop facilities throughout North America in 2011... As well, a limited supply of DEF will be available at non-fueling locations for emergency roadside service needs... Supply will increase as demand grows, says the company... DEF is the non-toxic, urea-based solution to virtually eliminate NOx emissions from diesel engines... All major truck OEMs with the exception of Navistar is marketing SCR engines in model 2010 trucks... (Photo from t2.gstatic: In a SCR system, Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) is combined with engine exhaust in the catalyst to convert harmful NOx into harmless Nitrogen and water vapor.)

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Sep 7, 2010

EGR vs SCR * USA - Navistar: Scrap current '10 engine rule; recall SCR trucks

As rivals often point out, while Navistar criticizes SCR systems' ability to comply with the 2010 standards, it does not yet have an engine that meets the EPA's 2010 NOx limit

Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking -2 Sept 2010: ... Navistar is now calling on the agency to force a recall of those engines currently in the market and introduce a new guidance that requires SCR engines to shut down immediately when out of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF)... A new rule should require SCR engines to employ sensors that "immediately" recognize the difference between proper DEF and the wrong fluid or an empty DEF tank, the company urges... At the meeting, in which competitors Daimler Trucks, Volvo and Cummins begrudgingly observed, Navistar demanded that regulators fix "loopholes" which allow trucks to continue operating in a derated mode if DEF runs out or is substituted with another liquid... In a video demonstration, Navistar showed that some trucks can operate without DEF for extended periods and freely driven up to 11,000 miles with water in place of DEF, thereby "illegally" relaxing -- Navistar claims -- the agency's own 0.20g NOx standard... SCR competitors counter that the demonstration is misleading since, in actuality, sensors would identify the NOx limits being breached and the system would initiate a derating "inducement," which would eventually shut the truck down at the next fuel fill-up interval... (Photo: SCR engine -left- and Navistar's MaxForce EGR engine -right-)

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Aug 11, 2010

SCR vs- EGR * USA - Daimler Trucks North America LLC, to the Trucking Industry

Don't trucking industry customers of North America deserve better?

Portland,OR,USA -DTNA press release -10 Aug 2010: -- "We had a decade to prepare for 2010 emissions standards and all but one heavy-duty trucking manufacturer invested the time, money and brainpower to develop the best technology to meet stringent new requirements. All but one manufacturer, Navistar, came to the same solution that would best serve you, our trucking industry customers of North America... Although we're competitors, the rest of us understood the importance of the larger cause, and we worked together to do our part to improve air quality for the safety of future generations. How can Navistar claim it's concerned about the environment while its proposed 2010 product spews two and a half times the 2010 NOx standard into the air we breathe every day?... Manufacturers, suppliers, government agencies and associations invested time and resources to develop innovations to achieve the emissions goal in spite of economic challenges because we know it's the right thing to do... Navistar is selling thousands of pre-2010 engines, while the rest of the industry is selling EPA 2010-certified products. Navistar apparently has no EPA-compliant emissions technology for 2010 and beyond, at least nothing that does not use credits to achieve compliance... Don't trucking industry customers of North America deserve better? We believe you do. And, as an industry that prides itself on professionalism, integrity and honesty, we have every reason to demand the same of Navistar... Learn more about SCR and watch real customers discuss the benefits of this technology." (Image from daimler-trucksnorthamerica: Portland, Ore., Truck Manufacturing Plant )

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Apr 24, 2010

SCR Technology * USA - Navistar Withdraws CARB Lawsuit Over



Warrenville,ILL,USA -Transport Topics -23 April 2010: -- Navistar International Corp. has withdrawn a lawsuit that it had filed against the California Air Resources Board, following an agreement with CARB that addressed the engine-related issues that prompted its original court action... Navistar had sought a ruling in a San Francisco Superior Court declaring that CARB was improperly certifying 2010 diesel engines equipped with selective catalytic reduction technology for nitrogen oxide emissions control... The suit charged that CARB was applying certification requirements which permitted SCR-equipped diesel powered trucks to operate for extended periods without any control of NOx emissions... Navistar said it dismissed the suit after reaching an agreement with CARB in which the board agreed that the 2009 guidance documents are not its policy... Navistar has filed a separate lawsuit in federal appeals court... (Video from YouTube, by jtr8178 —9 Dec 2007: This video shows some of the great new features for the Navistar's "International ProStar" truck)

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Mar 24, 2010

SCR's TROUBLES * Belgium - SCR trucks failing to hit Euro-5 standards

Brussels,Belgium -Road Transport (UK), by Dominic Perry -21 March 2010: -- Operators of SCR-equipped Euro-5 trucks will be forced to modify their vehicles making their trucks less fuel efficient if the EU decides to back recommendations put forward by the Dutch government... The move comes on the back of a study in Holland, which revealed that NOx emissions from Euro-5 trucks in the urban environment were only marginally better than those of Euro-3 vehicles, despite theoretically being 60% lower... Flach points out that the majority of NOx is produced during a high-temperature duty cycle - unlikely to occur during urban operation. Equally, the on-board diagnostics (OBD) fitted to Euro-5 trucks since 2007 should prevent NOx emissions at the levels suggested by the study, he says... He stresses that regardless of this, the EU is unlikely to agree the stop-gap measure before the roll-out of Euro-6...

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Jan 9, 2010

SCR * USA - Group Expects DEF to Be Available at 2,800 Sites

Dearborn,MICH,USA -Transport Topics, by Frederick Kiel -7 Jan 2010: -- Diesel exhaust fluid, the additive that most 2010 trucks will need to run, will be available at about 2,800 locations in the United States and Canada by January, ramping up to more than 5,000 by the end of the year, a spokeswoman for the North American SCR Stakeholders Group said... DEF, a mixture of urea and demineralized water, will be carried in tanks on trucks that use selective catalytic reduction to meet federal emission standards that go into effect for diesel engines built after Jan. 1, 2010. Only International trucks will not need DEF... “SCR OEMs, including Volvo, Mack, Cummins, Freightliner, ..."

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Oct 14, 2009

SCR * Australia- Now, a car that uses urine to cut its harmful emissions

Reports indicate that Mazda's new CX-7 four-wheel-drive uses a urine-like solution to cut its tailpipe emissions

London,UK -The London News.Net (Manama, Bahrain)
-14 October, 2009: ... According to a report by Fairfax Digital, the compound, called AdBlue, is a mixture of roughly one-third pure urea and two-thirds demineralised water... The technology, called selective catalyst reduction, involves injecting the urea-based liquid into the car's exhaust system to turn NOx emissions into harmless nitrogen and water... To guard against forgetful drivers not filling its AdBlue tank, the Mazda CX-7 diesel will cut its maximum speed if the level of AdBlue falls below a certain level... The car will not start if the AdBlue tank is empty... The 15.5-litre tank is mounted under the rear-floor of the CX-7 and Mazda recommends the task is undertaken by an authorised dealer as part of scheduled servicing...

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Sep 16, 2009

SCR * USA - Pilot fuel island gets first DEF pump

Brooks,OR,USA -Fleet Owner -Sep 15, 2009: -- Truckers can now buy diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) right at the fuel island at the Brooks, OR, Pilot Travel Center for $2.79 a gallon. The company said it was the first truckstop chain to commit to offering DEF at its fuel islands and that it will install 100 DEF pumps throughout the county by the end of the second quarter next year... DEF will be required for trucks using selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology to meet new Federal diesel emissions requirements taking effect on Jan. 1. It’s estimated that an over-the-road tractor will be able to travel about 7,000 mi. on one 23-gal. tankfull of the new emissions fluid... (Photo from blogcdn: Pilot travel center)

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Jun 2, 2009

CHALLENGE * USA - Volvo, Mack vs. Navistar

Volvo and Mack said it has filed opposing court documents today, June 1, in response to Navistar Inc.’s federal appeals court challenge over selective catalytic reduction

Washington,DC,USA -eTrucker, by Jill Dunn -1 June 2009: -- Navistar filed March 31 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Feb. 18 certification requirements for heavy-duty engines using SCR... Mack and Volvo spokesmen said their filings are “opposing Navistar’s position and [in support of] allowing the use of SCR technology to meet the EPA 2010 emissions requirements."... A Cummins spokesperson said she had no comment, while Daimler Trucks North America and Paccar Inc. did not immediately respond to a request for comment... On May 4, Navistar submitted an issues statement to the court over whether the EPA can adopt the 2009 SCR guidance without a rulemaking proceeding...

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Jun 1, 2009

CHALLENGE * USA - Navistar vs. EPA

Navistar sues over engine technology

Warrenville,ILL,USA -eTrucker -30 May 2009: -- On March 31, Navistar Inc., quietly filed a challenge in a federal appeals court to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Feb. 18, 2009 certification requirements for heavy-duty engines using selective catalytic reduction (SCR)... On May 4, the truck maker submitted a statement of issues to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia raising the question of whether EPA can adopt the 2009 SCR guidance without a rulemaking proceeding... Navistar charges that the 2009 SCR guidance relaxes the 0.2 gram standard and approves a control technology that EPA in 2001 concluded would not allow the standard to be met on a fleetwide basis... The truck maker also alleges the 2009 guidance imposes entirely new regulatory requirements and allows diesel engine manufacturers to release uncontrolled NOx emissions on the highway, create highway safety hazards and certify engines to an emission standard that the engines will exceed. In the statement of issues, Navistar also contends, among other things, that the 2009 SCR guidance:

# Improperly amends the 2001 rule establishing the 0.2-gram NOx standard;
# Reverses the 2001 “infeasibility” finding in a way that requires another rulemaking;
# Approves a control technology that causes or contributes to an unreasonable risk to public health, welfare or safety;
# Authorizes operation of diesel engines with their emission control devices bypassed, defeated or rendered inoperative; and
# Ignores EPA’s own “not-to-exceed” emissions standards.

Under an April 3 order from the court, further briefing in the case is deferred until further notice...

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Mar 22, 2009

SCR * USA - EPA Now Approves SCR, Official Says

"The industry has done a fantastic job in convincing us. This is an integrated, clean and straightforward solution”

Louisville,KY,USA -Transport Topics -20 March 2009: -- Truck and engine makers’ work on selective catalytic reduction technology has convinced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to abandon its “historical hesitancy” on that approach to emissions control... Byron Bunker, a division director in EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, said here his agency initially was concerned about SCR because the system requires substantial cooperation by the driver and widespread availability of diesel exhaust fluid, or liquid urea...

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Mar 19, 2009

TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA

* Caterpillar Sets 2,400 Layoffs in Three States

USA -AP/Transport Topics -17 March 2009: -- Caterpillar Inc. said Tuesday it will lay off more than 2,400 employees at five plants in three states as the heavy equipment maker continues to cut costs amid the economic downturn, the Associated Press reported... The reductions will be at plants in Illinois, Indiana and Georgia. Caterpillar said in January that it will ultimately eliminate 20,000 positions worldwide... In the latest cuts, Caterpillar said 2,365 support and management workers had been notified of layoffs expected to last at least six months, including 245 announced previously, and 89 workers will be let go permanently...


* Mack chief says SCR testing shows technology ready, performing well

Louisville,KY,USA -The Trucker -18 March 2009: -- Mack Trucks said today that extensive field testing had demonstrated that the company’s selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology for EPA’10 is ready and performing well... The testing has also confirmed that Mack’s SCR aftertreatment strategy results in significantly less active regeneration events of the diesel particulate filters (DPF), which increases fuel economy, as well as productivity for both the truck and driver, according to Denny Slagle, Mack president and CEO, who added that in its over-the-road applications, Mack had eliminated active DPF regeneration...


* Volvo says trucks with 2010 SCR will eliminate active regeneration

Louisville,KY,USA -The Trucker -19 March 2009: -- In what the company calls a major benefit for fuel economy and operating costs, Volvo trucks equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emissions control systems will not undergo driving or parked active regeneration of diesel particulate filters (DPF) during normal highway operating conditions... Volvo Trucks North America’s EPA 2010 emission systems integrate its SCR and DPF technologies and will instead employ only passive regeneration, based on extensive testing in customer fleets...


* Truck CEOs address SCR

Louisville,KY,USA -Fleet Owner, by Jim Mele -Mar 19, 2009: -- In an effort to dispel what they term “growing misinformation” about the use of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology to meet the 2010 emissions standards, the major truck and engine OEMs adopting SCR – backed up by a major producer of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) and two major truckstop chains – gathered here at the Mid-America Trucking Show for a special “summit” on the subject... “This is probably the last time you’ll see heavy-duty engine and truck makers agreeing on anything,” joked Chris Patterson, the retiring president & CEO of Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA)... He went on to say that SCR is – at least from DTNA’s perspective – the “silver bullet” the trucking industry has been waiting for; a technology that will help commercial trucks achieve near-zero emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) while giving customers improved fuel economy...


* All major truck OEMs now offer BENDIX air disc brakes as an option

Elyria,OH,USA -Truck Net –March 18, 2009: -- Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC announced that Bendix® ADB22X™ air disc brakes are now available as options on select platforms at all six of the major truck OEMs for the first time, including Peterbilt, Kenworth, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), Mack, Volvo, and International...(Photo, from Fleet Owner - Mack Trucks to offer “automatic braking”)

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Mar 17, 2009

SCR * USA - BlueTec SCR technology testing complete

USA -Fleet Equipment -March 13, 2009: -- Detroit Diesel Corp. (DDC) announced that it has completed 12 million miles of testing on its BlueTec Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology, including its third year of engineering testing in some of the harshest winter environments possible... By its roll-out on Jan. 1, 2010, the technology will surpass 25 million miles of testing, making it one of the most proven andtested emissions reduction technologies ever, according to the engine maker... BlueTec will incorporate the enhanced performance of DDC recently introduced DD15, DD13 and soon-to-debut DD16 engines, as well as the amplified common rail system fuel system and an integrated engine-compression brake, the company stated... The BlueTec SCR NOx after treatment system willutilize diesel exhaust fluid (a water-urea solution)...

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Mar 11, 2009

TRUCKMAKERS' ENGINES DEBATE * WORLDWIDE - SCR or EGR ?

* Sweden - Volvo is the first to publicly announce a price tag for a 2010 SCR system

Linkedin (USA)/"World of Trucks" group, by Jim Mele -10 March 2009: -- ("Volvo: SCR will cost $9,600": USA -Fleet Owner -March 03, 2009)... Do you expect the other OEMs to be in the same range? What about Navistar and its "Advanced EGR" approach?


* USA - Navistar does seem to have a lot of questions to answer

Linkedin/"World of Trucks" group, by Oliver Dixon (London,UK) -10 March 2009: -- Taking MAN's Euro V engine and making it Euro VI compliant (EPA 07 to EPA 10 in all but name) seems like a pretty neat trick, especially given that MAN has said no can do without a very significant increase in diesel consumption. Hence MAN's embracing of SCR for Euro VI, and the surely reasonable observation that NAV's achievement of an EGR-based MAN-designed engine that is both MPG-neutral and EPA 10 / Euro VI compliant has all the appearance of a deal brokered by Mephastophilis. Denmark and noxious odours come to mind... If we are to believe NAV's assertions, then we have to believe that an awful lot of people - including those who designed and engineered the Maxxforce engine in the first place - have got things very wrong, and NAV has got things very right. Will NAV now resell MAN's engine back to MAN for Euro VI? This has the potential for much merriment and high comedy. Followed by red faces and the large servings of humble pie.

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Feb 14, 2009

TECHNO NEWS * USA - Companies align to develop non-urea SCR system

Lake Forest,ILL,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -13 Feb 2009: -- Tenneco and GE Transportation have signed a joint agreement to develop a proprietary selective catalytic reduction (SCR) aftertreatment technology designed to reduce and control diesel engine emissions without the use of urea... Both companies will collaborate on the development and production of GE's Hydrocarbon-Selective Catalytic Reduction catalyst technology (HC-SCR), a diesel aftertreatment innovation aimed at reducing harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions as effectively as urea-based SCR systems...

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Apr 7, 2008

Selective Catalytic Reduction * USA - Daimler seeks to clear the air on SCR

Daimler Attempting Fleet Education About SCR Emissions Systems

Louisville,Ky,USA -Fleet Owner, by David Cullen -Mar 27, 2008: -- After announcing its subsidiary Detroit Diesel will deploy selective catalytic reduction (SCR) aftertreatment—which uses urea—to meet EPA 2010 emissions rules, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) sought this morning to dispel what it regards as misinformation about SCR that it believes is confusing North American fleet owners... SCR systems require on-board storage and injection of urea. 20-gal urea tank used by SCR system should require refilling only about every 5-6K highway miles... Automotive-grade urea is non-toxic, environment friendly and poses no real hazards when used properly... 500000 heavy-duty trucks with SCR are on road in Europe... Moreover, Detroit Diesel BlueTec system with SCR technology projected to increase fuel efficiency 3-5%...

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Jul 30, 2007

Analysis * USA - SCR consensus strengthens, but supply questions linger

However, in order to prevent efficiency failure in required NOx adsorbers, the urea needs to be periodically replenished. With just over two years to go before the standard kicks-in, there still isn't any viable urea infrastructure in place in North America

New York,NY,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -30 July 207: -- ... A consultant who specializes in designing and developing urea dispensing systems told New York trucking market analyst firm Bear Stearns that there is now a "general consensus" among heavy truck OEMs that selective catalyst reduction -SCR- will likely be the most practical technology for reaching EPA-mandated 2010 NOx-reduction standards... The SCR system -- which injects a nitrogen containing agent like urea into the exhaust gas upstream of the catalyst to further eliminate NOx emissions -- is the technology that's being used in Europe for meeting emission standards over there... The EPA wants truck and engine OEMs too ensure they can prevent truckers from driving 'urealess' when the tank is empty...

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