E-boosting could clean up the diesel

摘要

Tier One BorgWarner thinks that electric boosting devices could have a big future, especially in diesel engine applications. Using e-boost enables high air flow at very low engine speeds, where exhaust gas turbochargers are unable to deliver effective boost. This enables more complete combustion, reducing particulate emissions and improving engine efficiency, BorgWarner's chief technology officer Chris Thomas said: "There's a huge market for it, on diesel initially because it gives you the opportunity to reduce the amount of particulates by 50% to 70%. As well as that you can reduce the amount of diesel particulate filter regeneration by half."