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To: Sleeperz who wrote (3790)	2/4/1999 3:45:00 PM
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Novel Technology Cut Emissions and Boosts Car, Truck and Locomotive Engine Efficiency biz.yahoo.com Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The internal combustion engine is here to stay for the next twenty years, so we've got to live with it. That's despite impressive advances in fuel cells, electric batteries for cars and trucks, solar cells, and other alternatives. Can IC engines be made to run more cleanly in the meantime? Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory think so, and have devised a way to slash harmful particulates and NOx emissions while increasing gross power in diesel engines. ... ''Argonne has come up with a hollow polymer fiber membrane filter-based air-separation system that pumps oxygen-enriched combustion air into the engine,'' says Peter Katz, publisher. ''The membrane separates air into oxygen-rich and nitrogen-rich streams. The oxygen-rich air stream feeds into the engine, where the extra oxygen improves combustion.''