Klarius Launches Diesel Particulate Filter Range

Klarius has launched a new range of Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs) for the aftermarket. Marketed by Klarius through the largest of its European manufacturing plants in Stoke, the new range of DPFs is said to match OE quality and is fully recyclable part. Klarius DPFs are also Bio-Diesel compatible, providing the vehicle was originally manufactured to run on Bio-Diesel.

The growing popularity of diesel cars and light commercials over the last 10 years means that there are now more of them in use, and large numbers of them are moving out of the manufacturers warranty periods. DPF replacements are starting to be required. Here is what you need to know about OEM interchangeable DPFs courtesy of Klarius, now Europe’s largest manufacturer of aftermarket exhaust and emission control products.

According to Klarius, Diesel engines produce 100 times more soot particles than petrol engines. The result is that diesel engines are responsible for approximately 40 per cent of burnt fuel air pollution caused by harmful particles (PM10) and 75 per cent of the pollution coming from road traffic. Diesel engines also generate almost 20 per cent of the nitrogen oxide (NOx) in the air and 26 per cent of the NOx releases from road traffic.

The Diesel Particle Filter (DPF), reports Klarius, is proven to remove more than 95 per cent of harmful particle matter, un-burnt hydrocarbons and carbon oxide (CO2) emissions. When supplemented by the increasing use of bio fuels, the DPF technology not only reduces pollutants but it also reduces, the generation of greenhouse effect gases.

When enhanced by the use of a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) process, a technology employed by Klarius DPFs to reduce NOx emissions, the DPF technology is capable of reducing the regulated diesel emissions (CO2, HC, MP and NOx) to levels lower than those recommended by the Euro V standard.

Type approval laws introduced in the UK in August 2009 to keep pace with Europe require that replacement Diesel Particulate Filters for vehicles approved to EU Regulation 715/2007 (Euro 5 and Euro 6) are also Type Approved and specific marking requirements have been defined in the final regulations. Replacement is recommended at 80 000 km or 120 000 km depending on the DPF generation.