Blackthorn designs and supplies diesel oxidation catalytic converters and silencers for generators in Lebanon
Diesel generators are available in a huge range of sizes, all the way from 10 kVa to several megawatts. They are normally installed in buildings or containers, therefore each application comes with unique space constraints. For these reasons, Blackthorn treats every order for an exhaust after- treatment system for a generator as a separate project,... Read More
Blackthorn develops an active diesel particulate filter system for 50 kVa generators
Getting a diesel particulate filter (DPF) to work reliably on a standby generator is notoriously difficult. Standby generators often run with a low load-factor, or even no load at all during routine testing. This means low exhaust gas temperatures, which are insufficient to burn off the soot collected in the DPF. Unless an external heat... Read More
Designing a compact SCR system
SCR systems for generators are bigger than many people realise. This can lead to problems with installation, since the designers of SCR systems for generators don’t always take space constraints into consideration. However, SCR technology is now widely used in the automotive sector, where compactness is paramount. The innovations that have arisen as a result... Read More
Case Study: Combined Diesel Particulate Filter and SCR System
We all know that sometimes a visible problem is a sign of a deeper issue. Such was the case for a Thames Water pumping station in Greenwich, which used two diesel-driven pumps as a backup to electric pumps. Unfortunately, the two diesel engines used were built in the 1980s, from a time before emissions standards... Read More
Blackthorn sponsors winning team in Clean Snowmobile Challenge
Blackthorn lent one of its active diesel particulate filter systems to the University of Wisconsin, Platteville, helping them to come first in the diesel category of the Clean Snowmobile Challenge. The Clean Snowmobile Challenge is an annual event organised by the Society of Automotive Engineers, in which engineering students from the Northern United States compete... Read More