Prof. Leonid Tartakovsky, head of the Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, was selected to lead the Israeli portion of a large-scale study conducted by the European Union as part of the fight against environmental pollution from nanoparticles emitted from gasoline-powered vehicles.
In the study, 50 Israeli vehicles will be fitted with particulate filters similar to those installed in heavy diesel-powered vehicles, to evaluate the effect of the filter on the vehicle’s fuel consumption.
In the study, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering serves as a subcontractor of Vert® Association, which promotes technologies for emission reduction.
