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1/3/2011
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California Air Resources Board to help fund switcher particulate filter project in L.A.
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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently selected a switching locomotive particulate filter demonstration in Los Angeles among several projects the board plans to help fund. The selected projects will advance clean-engine technologies that can reduce locomotive emissions, according to CARB.
The partners pursuing the L.A. project include Union Pacific Railroad, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., and Johnson Matthey. The partners plan to test a Johnson Matthey diesel particulate filter system on a switcher operating at the ports. CARB will provide matching funds from an Air Quality Improvement Program for the project, which is slated for completion in June 2012.
Johnson Matthey’s diesel particulate filter system can reduce particulate matter emissions 85 percent compared with certain conventional heavy-duty and stationary diesel engines, CARB officials said in a prepared statement.
The partners pursuing the L.A. project include Union Pacific Railroad, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., and Johnson Matthey. The partners plan to test a Johnson Matthey diesel particulate filter system on a switcher operating at the ports. CARB will provide matching funds from an Air Quality Improvement Program for the project, which is slated for completion in June 2012.
Johnson Matthey’s diesel particulate filter system can reduce particulate matter emissions 85 percent compared with certain conventional heavy-duty and stationary diesel engines, CARB officials said in a prepared statement.
