Robust kit to convert diesel vehicles to Natural Gas and Biogas for extended life and reduced contaminants emission

Project Information

BLUESKY

Grant agreement ID: 809091

DOI

10.3030/809091

Project closed

EC signature date 2 February 2018

Start date 1 March 2018

End date 30 June 2018

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Total cost

€ 71 429,00

EU contribution

€ 50 000,00

Coordinated by

CRMT SAS
France

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - BLUESKY (Robust kit to convert diesel vehicles to Natural Gas and Biogas for extended life and reducedcontaminants emission)

Reporting period: 2018-03-01 to 2018-06-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

BLUESKY seeks to implement an optimal solution to prevent pollution and energy costs regarding heavy duty trucks and buses. Most of these vehicles are powered with diesel fuel entailing high emissions of GHG. NOx and fine particles and have been classified as carcinogenic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2012. Beyond this, owners of fleets, trucks and buses, which annual average kilometers is 100,000 need to face high costs at the time of refueling, spending a large part of their budget on this.
BLUESKY kit allows HD engines to swap from diesel fuel to natural gas (NG) thanks to its kit, this way permitting big savings in fuel and preventing pollution due to NG decreases dramatically the GHG footprint, improving the global quality of life.
CRMT aims at the developing of conversion kits to transform heavy-duty diesel-powered buses and trucks into Natural Gas able to simultaneously drastically reduce the emissions as well as provoking huge savings in fuels, optimizing, testing and validating the BLUESKY technology (CRT 5+ and catalyst system), and building up robust commercialization strategy.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

BLUESKY has been developed and tested over time with excellent results. In 2010, we started a R&D project to develop the first prototype of our CRMT5+ kit, validated in 2011. The R&D project is on-going, and the latest catalyst prototype can reduce NOx contaminants up to 10 times compared to diesel engines. In 2016, CRMT5+ evolved to BLUESKY to provide a complete solution for diesel-gas conversion for HD vehicles being installed in several public transport companies all over EU. In 2017, we have been developing a measuring device to monitor the amount of NOx and NH3 in the exhaust gases. We are currently in the process of patenting this new device and aim to submit the application of this new patent by end of 2017.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

CRMT aims with BLUESKY at the CRMT 5+ adaptation and catalyst system optimization to look for a highly efficient exhaust gas system covering the vast majority of the HD trucks and buses from the biggest EU manufacturers (Daimler, MAN, Iveco, DAF, Volvo/Renault), with real scale trials and a strong commercialization and dissemination strategy. As stated before BLUESKY kit will provide huge benefits to society, decreasing harmful exhaust gases and bringing the possibility to HD bus and truck owners to reduce cost on fuel (40%).

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