Development of nanofiber based diesel soot filtration technology

最近的大众清洁柴油丑闻证明，柴油发动机排放控制的研发对包括加拿大在内的世界各国都是紧迫和重要的。柴油机排放的烟尘是一种复杂的气溶胶，主要含有碳质颗粒和微量的无机物和其他被吸附的物质。烟尘颗粒的范围从10到100秒纳米。作为一种与呼吸系统和心血管疾病以及肺癌相关的主要空气污染物，煤烟每年导致全球数百万人过早死亡。因此，全球出台了越来越严格的法规来控制柴油发动机的碳烟排放，在过去的几年里，柴油碳烟减排技术的研究受到了极大的关注。

As evidenced by the most recent Volkswagen clean diesel scandal, R&D in diesel engine emission control is urgent and important to the world, including Canada. Soot from diesel engines is a complex aerosol containing mainly carbonaceous particles with trace amounts of inorganic material and other adsorbed species. Soot particles range from 10 to 100s nanometers. As a major air pollutant that is associated with respiratory and cardiovascular diseases as well as lung cancers, soot is responsible for millions of premature death annually around the world. As a result, increasingly stricter legislations have been published globally to control soot emissions from diesel engines and research in diesel soot abatement technology has received much interest over the last few years.