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Development, Demonstration, and Commercialization of a 0.20 G/BHP-HR NOx Natural Gas Engine
This page updated July 22, 2010
Chair’s Air Pollution Seminar
Wednesday, August
25,
2010
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, PDT
Sierra Hearing Room, Second Floor
1001 I Street, Sacramento
This event is
being Webcast, click here to view
Webcast viewers: Please send your questions during broadcast to:
sierrarm@calepa.ca.gov
Presentation is available at this link
Development,
Demonstration, and Commercialization
of a 0.20 G/BHP-HR NOx Natural Gas Engine
Scott Baker, P.E.
Cummins Westport Inc.
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Cummins Westport
commenced commercial production of the 8.9 liter ISL G natural gas
engine in June, 2007, with ARB certification to the 2010 on-highway
emission standard. The ISL G engine uses stoichiometric,
cooled EGR, spark ignition (SESI) combustion technology in conjunction
with a three way exhaust catalyst, a passive device which is highly
effective at passive NOx conversion. The ISL G target markets
at launch were transit buses and refuse collection trucks.
Following ISL G launch, CWI and ARB executed ICAT Grant Agreement 06-08
to further develop & demonstrate the ISL G engine in medium
duty truck applications, leading to factory availability from a major
medium duty truck OEM. The scope of work included
developing additional performance rating & hardware options to
enable the ISL G engine to be installed in medium duty trucks, as well
as enabling installation in a wide range of other commercial vehicle
applications, including yard tractors, street sweepers, school buses,
and shuttle buses. The project deliverable would be a version
of the ISL G that is commercially available for use in medium duty
trucks and the specialty vehicle applications identified
above.
Cummins Westport has developed two additional ratings for the ISL G,
and a new “low-mount” turbocharger option to enable ISL G integration
in Freightliner’s popular M2 truck model. These new options
became commercially available in early 2009, and are in widespread
commercial use by fleet customers. Pacific Gas &
Electric has operated an ISL G-powered truck in its fleet operations
for approximately 12 months. Freightliner has commercialized
multiple ISL G-powered versions of its M2 truck. The OEM
availability of ISL G-powered vehicles has expanded significantly
during this ICAT project, and includes major vehicle manufacturers in
each of the target market segments identified above.
Scott Baker, P.E., is Director, Product &
Market Planning for Cummins Westport Inc. Mr. Baker has been
with Cummins Westport since it's inception in 2001. Prior to
the formation of Cummins Westport, Mr. Baker was with Westport
Innovations beginning in 1998. He has held positions in
Application Engineering and Product Planning prior to assuming his
current role in 2009. Mr. Baker has a B.A.Sc. in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of British Columbia.
Cummins Westport Inc. (CWI), a joint venture company formed between
Cummins Inc. and Westport Innovations Inc., is responsible for
developing and commercializing advanced, low-emission, alternate fuel
engines. CWI develops and markets a range of high-performance
low-emission engines for commercial vehicles, based on Cummins 5.9
liter through 8.9 liter engine platforms.
For information on this seminar
please contact:
Steve Mara at
(916) 323-3920 or send email
to : smara@arb.ca.gov
For information on this
Series please contact:
Peter Mathews at (916)
323-8711 or send email to:
pmathews@arb.ca.gov
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