Despite taking a million cars off its roads and spending a cool $20 billion tackling air pollution for the recent Olympic Games, Beijing is still one of the smoggiest cities on the planet. But that may all change when sales firm Honeywell International introduces a fuel-saving turbocharger to Chinese auto manufacturers in 2010.
The turbocharger was originally designed over a century ago by works by Swiss engineer Alfred Büchi, but was only released in 2004 to the European market.
…the turbocharger captures exhaust gas, compresses it and shoots it back into the combustion chamber, where the increased air density makes for a bigger bang. For every mile driven, a turbocharged diesel burns 29% less fuel and spits out 20% less CO2 than a standard gasoline engine. Turbocharged engines (both diesel and gas) also weigh less per horsepower—and this saves a bit on fuel, too.
With China adopting strict European emission standards in 2005, the Honeywell predicts the Chinese turbo market will grow $450 million within five years.
[via Forbes]
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