Diesel Particulate Filters

Diesel engines produce 100 times more soot particles than petrol engines. The result is that diesel engines are responsible for approximately 40% of burnt fuel air pollution caused by harmful particles (PM10) and 75% of the pollution coming from road traffic. Diesel engines also generate almost 20% of the nitrogen oxide (NOx) in the air and 26% of the NOx releases from road traffic.

The Diesel Particle Filter (DPF) is a proven and economical technology which, when applied to diesel engine vehicles, immediately improves the quality of the exhaust gases by removing more than 90% of harmful particle matter, un-burnt hydrocarbons and carbon oxide (CO2) emissions. When supplemented by the increasing use of bio fuels, the DPF technology not only reduces pollutants but it also reduces, the generation of greenhouse effect gases.

When enhanced by the use of a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) process, a technology employed by Klarius DPFs to reduce Nox emissions, the DPF technology is capable of reducing the regulated diesel emissions (CO2, HC, MP and Nox) to levels lower than those recommended by the Euro V standard.