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Title:

PARTICULATE TRAP INSTALLATION IN A MAN ARTICULATED TRANSIT BUS

Accession Number:

00625113

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309052009

Abstract:

The increasing Environmental Protection Agency standards for diesel engine exhaust emissions are forcing the transit industry to find a means of cleaning up the air. A particulate trap oxidizer system is currently accomplishing this task on two-cycle transit bus engines. At Phoenix Transit System this same technology is being applied to a Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg AG (MAN) four-cycle engine to demonstrate that four-cycle exhaust can also be cleaned. The particulate trap system installation in the MAN bus is summarized. The initial temperature testing was conclusive that all system components were operating within component manufacturers' specifications. Smoke opacity testing on the particulate-trap-equipped bus resulted in readings of 0% smoke opacity compared with a similar MAN bus with as much as 27% opacity. Operating data are being collected to determine if the system is applicable to a four-cycle transit bus engine in a desert environment similar to that in Phoenix, Arizona.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1338, Public Transit: Bus, Paratransit, and Ridesharing. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01404960

Language:

English

Authors:

Walls, Daniel H
Luffman, William E

Pagination:

p. 46-48

Publication Date:

1992

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1338
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309052009

Features:

Figures (1) ; Photos (3) ; Tables (1)

Geographic Terms:

Phoenix (Arizona)

Old TRIS Terms:

Phoenix (Arizona)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Oct 19 1993 12:00AM

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