Catalyst converters on semi trucks is the future

I wish them the best.
Maybe it'll work out.

 

I'm all for something easier to maintain and less expensive.

 

My favorite OTTO cycle diesel engine was designed in 1882.
It was not built yet for commercial applications in trucking.
I love to see it taken upon by a major truck builder.
Because it has a promising future in trucking
And here it is: Behold the Holly Grail of future truck engines.
https://www.brighthubengineering.com/machine-design/81157-the-opoc-engine-greener-internal-combustion/#:~:text=The OPOC engine is an internal combustion engine,,directions, and hence there is no cylinder head.

 

...500lbs lighter ...lol

 

Your lol deeply hurt my feelings. /s

 

I think it's harder for heavy duty trucks due to the amount of heat they generate. The hotter the temperature is in the cylinder, the more NOx that gets produced. It's easier to keep the temperatures down on small engines and vehicles that don't have a big load on them, like buses, which is where they are trying to implement this technology.

 

I think DPF systems were another knee jerk decision to fix a problem that wasn’t the problem. The problem isn’t the emissions in clean trucks, it’s the guy running with a few bad injectors or a boost leak running down the highway billowing nasty grey & black crap out. Those are the guys that need to be taken off the road ASAP.

 

And two spare full jugs.