Technology Briefs Feb. 17-24
The Latest Headlines:
- Aether to Outfit 2,400 CFI Trucks
- Clean Diesel Claims Tests Produced Lower Emissions
- Smithfield to Use Hog Waste to Produce Biodiesel
- Clean Diesel Claims Tests Produced Lower Emissions
Aether to Outfit 2,400 CFI Trucks
Aether Systems Inc. said Feb. 19 that it has reached an agreement with Contract Freighters Inc. to outfit the Joplin, Mo.-based company’s entire 2,400-truck fleet with its MobileMax vehicle communication system.The system automatically switches from land-based to satellite communications connection, Aether said.
The new hardware and software replaces a product from @Track, a company whose assets Aether bought in March 2002, Aether said.
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Clean Diesel Claims Tests Produced Lower Emissions
Clean Diesel Technologies said Monday that in several tests of commercial ultra low-sulfur diesel with its fuel-borne catalyst and emission control aftertreatment devices showed that up to 13% of nitrogen oxide and 90% of particulate matter could be eliminated from an engine’s emissions.The company said more than a dozen tests were performed at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio on a 1998 Detroit Diesel Series 60 diesel engine with ultra low-sulfur diesel fuel from New England, Texas and California.
Truck manufacturers have been searching for solutions to diesel emissions issues since the federal government began imposing tougher air-quality standards. Transport Topics
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Smithfield to Use Hog Waste to Produce Biodiesel
Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. said Feb. 21 it plans to build a $20 million facility to convert swine waste into biodiesel fuel.The project, a collaboration with BEST BioFuel LLC, will be built near Smithfield’s swine production facility near Milford, Utah.
Biodiesel, which has been touted as a renewable, more environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum diesel, is fuel blended from biomass like animal fats or plants. Transport Topics
