News & Events
FILTECH 2023 - The Filtration Event
February 14-16 Cologne Germany -
VERT and MANN+HUMMEL to present 2 papers on the HORIZON AeroSolfd Project
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November 14, 2022 - U.S. EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality
On November 14th, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the particulate matter (PM) emission standards and test procedures for civil aircraft engines. The standards apply to new type design and in-production civil aircraft engines with rated output of greater than 26.7 kilonewtons. These engines are typically used in commercial passenger and freight aircraft and in larger business jets. The final standards align with the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) PM standards and will take effect on January 1, 2023
For more information on the final action, visit
https://www.epa.gov/regulations-emissions-vehicles-and-engines/final-rule-control-air-pollution-aircraft-engines
EURO 7 PROPOSAL
Brussels, 10 November - The European Commission published today its proposal for new vehicle pollutant emission standards. The Euro 7 proposal, which covers light- and heavy-duty vehicles, aims to improve EU air quality and public health by continuing to lower pollutant emissions coming from road transport.
Full article Link below.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/_2022_11_09_EURO7
The Euro 7 proposal introduces more stringent limits, covering also new pollutants, as well as extended testing conditions.
- Regulate emissions from brakes and tyres: the Euro 7 standards rules will be the first worldwide emission standards to move beyond regulating exhaust pipe emissions and set additional limits for particulate emissions from brakes and rules on microplastic emissions from tyres. These rules will apply to all vehicles, including electric ones.
The proposal, is ambitious but timing and technical feasibility need to be still properly addressed in order to be realistic and applicable.
19th FAD conference, November 3-4, 2022 Dresden
The 19th FAD conference with its exhibition was attended by over 120 attendees from OEMs, fuel and additives companies, universities and research organizations. The focus of the conference was on de-carbonization, and the challenge of emissions control technologies for both diesel and gasoline combustion engines in view of the upcoming EURO VII limits and the stringent regulation on CO2 emissions.
E-fuels, H2-combustion for both LDV and HDV and the latest strategies to reduce NOx and PN emissions from combustion engines were presented. There is no possibility to achieve zero-emissions or CO2 neutral-mobility without taking care of the overall CO2-cycle.
The synergies of all means such as H2 combustion, e-Fuels, alternative fuels and latest aftertreatment strategies for diesel and gasoline combustion engines are the proper solution for CO2 emissions reduction. The challenge of reaching at least 55% CO2 reduction by 2030 is still high and solutions are needed asap. Increasingly stringent emission requirements, such as the Euro VII standard, require modern control systems for measuring and monitoring emission values. Below the link to the full Conference Program and Exhibition. Presentations will be reported as soon as available.
https://fad-diesel.de/download/program-19th-fad-conference-2022/?wpdmdl=52056
https://fad-diesel.de/download/exhibition-brochure-2022/?wpdmdl=52030
PN-PTI to start in China
We are pleased to inform that PN-PTI will start in China in 2023 (Beijing). This is the result of a long and ongoing consultation between VERT and the Chinese Authorities.
SAE Powertrain Fuels and Lubricants Conference Sept 6-8 Krakow- Highlight
Three full days of very interesting presentations and discussions at the SAE Powertrain Fuels and Lubricants Conference held on September 6-8, in the beautiful city of Krakow, Poland.
Fuels and lubricants manufactures, engine manufactures, universities, EU Commission JRC, experts from all over the world were present from Japan to India, USA, Saudi Arabia and Europe. Powertrain systems, aftertreatment solutions to conventional combustion engines for Euro 7 (LDV & HDV) as well as new hybridization, lower carbon fuels including hydrogen, and fuel cell formulations were presented.
Lots of very interesting presentations in 5 parallel sessions and precisely 31 technical sessions, with 121 published papers and 121 presentations. Panel discussions, key note speeches, poster exhibitions and sponsors exhibitions (AVL, BOSMAL, Cambustion, Toyota, Solaris, NGV etc.) all contributed to the success of the conference.
Not all presentations and conference material are available yet and many of the interesting discussions and presentations were "oral only". The Conference material will be stored and distributed to interested parties.
The full conference program can be found at the link below:
2022 SAE PFL Conference Program
Main Take aways:
The stringent targets towards decarbonation can only be achieved with a "holistic approach`. There is "no Silver Bullet". All means are needed, from emissions reductions from combustion engines to BEV, PHEV, FCEV (Batteries, Hybrids, Fuel cell) and HEV, H2 electric vehicles. All means are needed to achieve the decarbonization goal and CO2 targets by 2050.
The message towards CO2 emission reduction was very clear: "We cannot talk anymore about CO2 tailpipe emissions but we need to look at the all Life-cycle analysis" and make this clear to policymakers.
Toyota Motor Corporation had a great stand showing BEV/PHEV/FCEV technologies all in the market today with special focus on the new Fuel cell vehicle Mirai. Interesting presentations on emissions control from HDV with DPF / SCR and LVD with GPF. Dr. Valverde from JRC presented an interesting work on LDV vehicles at low mileage equipped with GPF and DPF over WLTC & RDE cycles and Dr. Imad Kalek from SWRI had also an interesting talk on the influence of ash in the lube oil for particle emissions that can be also critical even for H2 engines equipped vehicles. The full presentations are available for distribution on request.