Diesel particulate filters — first introduced in cars in Europe in 2000 — which are traditionally made from ceramic materials such as silicon carbide, trap and remove soot and dangerous particulate ...

To comply with this regulation, equipment makers incorporated diesel particulate filters (DPFs) as part of a comprehensive emissions control system. DPFs trap diesel particulates (soot ...

Diesel particulate filters trap microscopic emissions produced by diesel engines that would otherwise be expelled into the environment. They require regular ‘regeneration’, however ...