SCAQMD Funds Natural Gas-Powered Concrete Mixer Truck Prototype
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Jueves 02 de Abril de 2009 00:00
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USA, Diamond Bar CA

California's South Coast South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has approved funds to demonstrate a prototype natural gas-powered concrete mixer truck to help reduce emissions from the construction sector, a major source of smog-forming and toxic diesel emissions. There are about 4,700 concrete mixer trucks operating in the South Coast Basin, with the trucks typically running on 350 horsepower diesel-fueled engines. Such trucks represent 4% of the total vehicular PM emissions in the region. The announcement comes almost two years to the day since Australian concrete business Boral announced a world first CNG concrete truck program.

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Company, based in Minnesota, has been contracted to make the necessary modifications to the truck prototype so it can be commercialized and sold. The project includes creating and conducting a six-month testing program and developing documentation for its maintenance and operational use.

The natural gas engine in this demonstration project already meets the 2010 heavy-duty engine emission standards, which will reportedly make this the cleanest concrete mixer truck anywhere in the US.

“We are looking forward to making this type of clean-fueled truck widely available to construction companies interested in promoting clean energy,” said William A. Burke, Ed.D., Governing Board Chairman of the SCAQMD. “It’s important to have natural gas vehicles for all applications, including heavy-duty construction equipment and this is a great example of how clean fuel technology is spreading to all kinds of vehicles.” (Source)

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