Tenneco Inc. (Tenneco) has signed a joint agreement with GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Company (GE), to develop a new selective catalytic reduction (SCR) aftertreatment technology. The new technology is designed to decrease and control diesel engine emissions for a variety of transportation and other applications. The company will work with GE to develop and integrate HC-SCR technology into entire aftertreatment systems for both the locomotive and the off-highway vehicle markets.
GE and the company will team up on the development and production of the GE’s Hydrocarbon-Selective Catalytic Reduction catalyst technology (HC-SCR), a diesel aftertreatment aimed at decreasing the harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions as effectively as the urea-based SCR systems. Once fully developed, the technology will also be provided to customers in the on-road, marine and the stationary power markets.
The company will also have the opportunity to develop GE’s HC-SCR technology for the expanded markets. Through an agreement with GE’s Technology Ventures team, the company has acquired licensing rights for GE’s HC-SCR technology for the on-road and off-highway vehicles, marine and stationary power applications and certain locomotive fields of use.
The two companies also announced that the company is awarded a development contract for locomotive projects and that the company is positioned to become a long-term strategic supplier of diesel aftertreatment solutions to GE Transportation.
We’re pleased to partner with GE Transportation on this exciting advanced- technology initiative and look forward to developing cutting-edge diesel aftertreatment systems for their locomotives and other applications, said Gregg Sherrill, Tenneco chairman and chief executive officer. We’re also very excited about the opportunity this creates for Tenneco to diversify our SCR aftertreatment technology offerings and capabilities and expand our emission control business into new market segments.
GE Transportation has been developing this game changing technology at its Global Research Center based on the request of our customers, said Steve Gray, vice president of engineering for GE Transportation. Our partnership with Tenneco will position both companies to serve present and future customers worldwide.
GE’s HC-SCR technology is under development since 2001 at the GE Global Research, the centralized research and development organization for all of GE. The Global Research was able to bring together a new multi-disciplinary team of catalyst, ceramics and the combustion experts, and also engine designers, to help create this revolutionary new aftertreatment catalyst. Once fully developed, the GE HC-SCR technology is anticipated to offer advantages in weight, packaging, and convenience, additionally to being provided as an alternative to a urea-based SCR technology. The company currently provides its own innovative ELIM-NOx urea-based SCR aftertreatment solutions for the commercial on and off-road vehicle customers.
This agreement truly strengthens Tenneco’s emissions control advanced technology portfolio, said Tim Jackson, Tenneco Chief Technology Officer. Our customers will now be able to choose from a full suite of NOx reduction technology solutions with one stop shopping at Tenneco.