Diesel emission reduction in construction equipment.

Details

• Creators:
  Valentini, Dean ; Cerio, Robert S.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Rhode Island. Transportation Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Best Practices Construction Equipment Cost Effectiveness Diesel Engine Exhaust Gases Particulates Pollutants Recommendations Retrofitting
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Rhode Island
• Corporate Publisher:
  Rhode Island. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The state of Rhode Island general law
  
  “The Diesel Emission Reduction Act”
  
  required a pilot project be undertaken to
  
  gain a better understanding of the
  
  impact of this legislative act.
  
  The Rhode Island Department of
  
  Transportation (RIDOT) was named the
  
  responsible party to commission and
  
  fund the pilot project. The pilot project
  
  was funded under a force account as
  
  part of the overall construction budget
  
  for the Waterfront Drive Project from
  
  Warren Avenue to Dexter Street in East
  
  Providence, RI. The force account was
  
  established by internal RIDOT engineers
  
  based upon best known practices. The
  
  force account established equated to
  
  3.1% of the overall estimated
  
  construction cost of this phase of the
  
  project.
  
  The pilot project was granted to the
  
  University of Rhode Island (URI). The
  
  focus was to gain insight into the retrofit
  
  process and to determine the most
  
  appropriate level of emission control
  
  and best practices needed to reduce
  
  diesel emissions on Public Works
  
  Projects. The outcomes have been
  
  utilized to better define the retrofit
  
  process for off road diesel construction
  
  equipment and to develop a road map
  
  for the State of Rhode Island to outline
  
  the most feasible and cost effective
  
  approach for reducing diesel particulate
  
  matter (PM) in the legacy fleet of
  
  construction equipment.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:38cff17963af85371fec8aac5974f4b8ae484329eeee11b233f9685b3e5c1c1e
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27095/dot_27095_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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