Emissions control in the global commercial vehicles industry

Table of Contents

Executive summary

INTRODUCTION

MARKET DRIVERS

• Health concerns
  • Carbon monoxide
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Nitrogen oxides
  • Particulate mass
  • Formaldehyde
  • Ammonia
  • Sulphur dioxide
  • Lead
• Regulations
• Low emissions zones
  • Incentives
    • Retrofit programmes
    • Early clean engines
  • Reduction of greenhouse gases

MARKET BARRIERS

• The EGR versus SCR debate
  • Fuel Quality
  • Diesel
  • Gasoline
• Cost
  • Emissions control equipment
  • SCR
  • DPFs
  • EGR
  • Fuel quality
  • Precious metals
  • Urea for SCR

MARKET DYNAMICS AND FORECASTS

• Overview

REGULATIONS

• United States
  • Standards
  • Test cycles
  • Durability requirements
  • On-board diagnostics
  • No-idling laws
• European Union
  • Standards
  • Test cycles
  • Durability requirements
  • On-board diagnostics
• Japan
  • Standards
  • Test cycles
• Other regions
  • Eastern and central Europe
  • Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan)
  • North America (excluding the US)
  • South America
• Harmonisation of emissions regulations
  • The WHTC test cycle
  • The WHSC test cycle

EMISSIONS CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES

• Exhaust after-treatment
  • Catalytic converters
  • Selective catalytic reduction
  • NOx adsorber catalyst
  • Diesel particulate filters
  • Syngas systems
  • Integrated systems
• Combustion cycle technology
  • Common rail direct fuel injection
  • Exhaust gas recirculation
  • Homogeneous charge compression ignition
• Idling reduction

ALTERNATIVE FUELS

• Natural gas
• Liquefied petroleum gas
• Ethanol
• Biodiesel
• Gas-to-liquids diesel
• Dimethyl ether

MAJOR SUPPLIERS

• Bosch
• Corning
• Delphi
• EMCON Technologies
• Eminox
• Emitec
• Johnson Matthey
• NGK
• Tenneco