Diesel particulate matter (DPM) comprises the soot and fine particles generated during the combustion of diesel fuel, which pose significant environmental and health challenges. Over recent decades, ...

General Motors has released a voluntary emissions recall for certain units of the Chevy Express van due to an issue related to the diesel particulate matter sensor. The hazards: if the ECM were to ...

Europe loves turbo diesel-powered automobiles and it is hardly a surprise why. Truth be told, hybrid vehicles and their electric counterparts still have a long way to go to make sense range-wise and ...

AP Exhaust Technologies has introduced a new line of Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) for replacement on Class 2 and 3 vehicles. Key applications include late model GM/Duramax, Dodge/Cummins, and Ford ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A new electronic sensor has been developed to measure the time-resolved concentration of carbonaceous particulate matter (PM) emitted in ...

Recently, the issue of potential health hazards by Diesel exhaust emissions - in particular, lung cancer risk by inhalation of Diesel soot - has been addressed improperly in SAE publications. Some ...

Diesel has had a rough go of it during the last few years, but an increasingly commonplace technology is working to change the fuel's image and make diesel vehicles viable for the future. Kyle Hyatt ...

Two NIOSH Health Hazard Reports (HHEs) recommend that fire stations are equipped with diesel exhaust extraction systems, and to encourage regular use, even when firefighters are conducting routine ...

Metal particles from the abrasion of brake pads – up to a fifth of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution at roadsides – may cause inflammation and reduce the ability of immune cells to kill ...

Throughout the first 5 parts of this series, we have considered the risks of exposure to diesel exhaust, management of personnel exposures, the spread of diesel exhaust through the fire station, and ...