AUDUBON, Pa., Feb. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Air
Resources Board (CARB) has extended and modified its verification
of two Johnson Matthey Heavy Duty Diesel (HDD) product lines -- the
CRT® Filter and the AdvCCRT™ system,
both of which now allow greater temperature flexibility and higher
horsepower range applicability on diesel engines up to 17 liters
and 650 HP, and a range of duty cycles. The verifications came in
time to meet the needs of fleet owners who are subject to CARB's
Truck and Bus regulation. The regulation applies to nearly
all privately and federally owned diesel-fueled trucks and buses
operating in California with a
gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 14,000 pounds.
Ajay Joshi, Retrofit Commercial
Manager for Johnson Matthey, said
the CRT filter has revolutionized modern diesel emissions
reduction. "It was the first filter verified by EPA and CARB and
has become the industry standard for Heavy Duty Diesel Retrofit
Technology.
"The CRT filter is now the most trusted filter globally; it has
been used for more than 200,000 retrofits. Johnson Matthey's customers can be assured that
they are purchasing world class products from a company that has
pioneered emission controls for diesels."
The AdvCCRT system is Johnson
Matthey's second generation CCRT® heavy-duty
diesel retrofit system optimized for more challenging retrofit
applications such as EGR-equipped engines. It has a unique
two-stage filter arrangement.
The first stage duplicates Johnson
Matthey's patented CCRT filter's pre-catalyst and coated
filter with proprietary catalyst formulations to reduce PM. The
second stage reduces excess NO2 with the injection of a
tiny amount of hydrocarbon across a decomposition catalyst that
converts NO2 back into NO. Other systems reduce
NO2 in the filter, which limits their ability to reduce
PM in all applications.
As the global pioneer and leader in controlling emissions from
mobile and stationary sources, Joshi said Johnson Matthey offers very robust, passive
solutions for both EGR and non-EGR 1994 to 2006 model year trucks
to make them compliant with California's truck and bus regulations. Both
CRT and AdvCCRT systems are passive systems, meaning
that they require no operator intervention to clean soot from the
filter, and do not raise the temperature of the diesel exhaust.
"We also have a well established and very strong dealer and
field support network that offers state-of-the-art care to
customers. As a pioneer in emission control technologies and one of
the first to be verified by CARB, we specialize in California compliant DPFs. Our OEM and
retrofit systems are sold across the globe."
Joshi also stressed that Johnson
Matthey maintains a sufficient inventory to handle the
aggressive lead times truckers will require to meet the upcoming
July 1, 2014 good faith compliance
extension.
About Johnson
Matthey:
Traded on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: JMAT), Johnson Matthey is a specialty chemicals company
focused on its core skills in catalysts, precious metals, fine
chemicals and process technologies. The $19
billion company employs around 11,000 people in over 30
countries.
About Johnson Matthey's
Emission Control Technologies (ECT):
As part of Johnson Matthey's
Environmental Technologies Division, the world's largest supplier
of catalysts for the automotive industry, Emission Control
Technologies (ECT) has been providing cost-effective catalytic
solutions for the worldwide light- and heavy-duty diesel markets
for more than 40 years.
SOURCE Johnson Matthey