Regeneration Station
A diesel particulate filter (DPF) is part of a modern diesel engine’s exhaust system and is designed to trap dangerous and toxic metal particles before the enter the atmosphere and human lungs in the vicinity. Diesel particulates are associated with a number of serious health conditions and diesel engine manufacturers are required to contain and eliminate those particles in the interests of worker safety and environmental responsibility. Inside the housing of the filter is a substrate comprising thousands of tiny cells that allow exhaust gases to pass through them but trap the diesel particulate matter. At various stages of the driving cycle, the on-board computer initiates a regeneration sequence that increases the temperature inside the DPF to 600°C, which converts...