BS - VI Norms rollout and its merits and challenges
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The News
• Delhi became the first city to switch to BS VI grade fuel well ahead of the 2020 target in a bid to combat alarming air pollution levels.
• Delhi became the first city to switch to BS VI grade fuel well ahead of the 2020 target in a bid to combat alarming air pollution levels.
cause : to purify the ambient air quality and reduce the air pollutants produce by major source that is automobile sector. since we are committed to paris agreement to reduce emission by 30-33%, indian cities has worse air quality according to latest studies, smog and related health issues to people, to fullfill international norms such as EURO NORMS on vehicles.
earlier target year to implement BS-VI Norms was 2024 but reduced to 2020
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Targets
• India had in 2015 decided to leapfrog to Euro-VI emission norm compliant petrol and diesel from April 2020, from the Euro-IV grade at present.
• 13 cities including Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Faridabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune will switch over to cleaner BS-VI grade fuel from January 1 next year.
• Rest of the country will follow suit from April 2020.
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Targets
• India had in 2015 decided to leapfrog to Euro-VI emission norm compliant petrol and diesel from April 2020, from the Euro-IV grade at present.
• 13 cities including Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Faridabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune will switch over to cleaner BS-VI grade fuel from January 1 next year.
• Rest of the country will follow suit from April 2020.
About BS-VI
• Vehicular emission (NOx, SO2, CO2 and particulate matter) is a major contributor to the worsening air quality of Indian cities.Bharat Stage VI (BS VI) is an emission standard that will induce technology in the vehicles to reduce pollutant emissions.
• The vehicles will mandatorily include On board diagnostics, which will and monitor the pollution caused by the vehicle in real time.
• NOx emission will come down by approximately 25% for the petrol engine and 68% for the diesel engines.
• BS-VI grade fuel contains 10 parts per million (ppm) of sulphur as against 50 ppm in BS-IV fuels.
• The BS-VI fuel would result in 10-20 per cent reduction in particulate emission when used in BS-IV or lesser grade engines.
• Full benefits will be realized when the automakers start manufacturing BS VI grade engines in their vehicles. The PM emission will see a substantial decrease of 80% in diesel engines.
• The Octane number for petrol engines has improved from 88 in BS-II to 91 as required under BS-VI emission norms.
• Though BS VI is in lines with Euro VI norm, it overcomes the drawback in the Euro VI norm that allows emission of higher PM (particulate matter) in diesel engines.
• Vehicular emission (NOx, SO2, CO2 and particulate matter) is a major contributor to the worsening air quality of Indian cities.Bharat Stage VI (BS VI) is an emission standard that will induce technology in the vehicles to reduce pollutant emissions.
• The vehicles will mandatorily include On board diagnostics, which will and monitor the pollution caused by the vehicle in real time.
• NOx emission will come down by approximately 25% for the petrol engine and 68% for the diesel engines.
• BS-VI grade fuel contains 10 parts per million (ppm) of sulphur as against 50 ppm in BS-IV fuels.
• The BS-VI fuel would result in 10-20 per cent reduction in particulate emission when used in BS-IV or lesser grade engines.
• Full benefits will be realized when the automakers start manufacturing BS VI grade engines in their vehicles. The PM emission will see a substantial decrease of 80% in diesel engines.
• The Octane number for petrol engines has improved from 88 in BS-II to 91 as required under BS-VI emission norms.
• Though BS VI is in lines with Euro VI norm, it overcomes the drawback in the Euro VI norm that allows emission of higher PM (particulate matter) in diesel engines.
challenges BS-VI
> bs vi fuel production is done at oil refinaries , here sulfur and heavier component of hydrocarbon is removed which need investment of around 80,000crore by oil marketing companies . question us who is investing and how?
> vehicle engine technology improvement by several round of research and testing of 70,000km which involve cost ,time by auto manufacturers
> at individual level ,the cost of purchase of automobiles and its maintenance will increase
> A Diesel particulate filter (DPF) will be fitted in the automobile to expel particulate matters from the exhaust gas. Similarly, for NOx reduction, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) will be used. In a nutshell, the engine will now a have a purification plant built into them.
> bs vi fuel production is done at oil refinaries , here sulfur and heavier component of hydrocarbon is removed which need investment of around 80,000crore by oil marketing companies . question us who is investing and how?
> vehicle engine technology improvement by several round of research and testing of 70,000km which involve cost ,time by auto manufacturers
> at individual level ,the cost of purchase of automobiles and its maintenance will increase
> A Diesel particulate filter (DPF) will be fitted in the automobile to expel particulate matters from the exhaust gas. Similarly, for NOx reduction, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) will be used. In a nutshell, the engine will now a have a purification plant built into them.
These components and standards will have to be calibrated, tested and validated. The process will be akin to an extensive R&D and will require revamping the automotive product development processes. The cost involved in such a transition is estimated to be huge and some of this cost may have to be passed on to the end-users
> the requisite BS IV compliant fuel that had to be 50 ppm ultra low sulphur was not mandatory and the BS IV vehicles could manage with BS # compliant fuel as well. However, there is no such backward compatibility in case of BS VI vehicles.
According to some of the reports, many oil refineries are now equipped to produce BS VI compliant fuel and will soon be able to give out samples for testing
BS - VI Norms rollout and its merits and challenges
=======================================
The News
• Delhi became the first city to switch to BS VI grade fuel well ahead of the 2020 target in a bid to combat alarming air pollution levels.
• Delhi became the first city to switch to BS VI grade fuel well ahead of the 2020 target in a bid to combat alarming air pollution levels.
cause : to purify the ambient air quality and reduce the air pollutants produce by major source that is automobile sector. since we are committed to paris agreement to reduce emission by 30-33%, indian cities has worse air quality according to latest studies, smog and related health issues to people, to fullfill international norms such as EURO NORMS on vehicles.
earlier target year to implement BS-VI Norms was 2024 but reduced to 2020
,
Targets
• India had in 2015 decided to leapfrog to Euro-VI emission norm compliant petrol and diesel from April 2020, from the Euro-IV grade at present.
• 13 cities including Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Faridabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune will switch over to cleaner BS-VI grade fuel from January 1 next year.
• Rest of the country will follow suit from April 2020.
,
Targets
• India had in 2015 decided to leapfrog to Euro-VI emission norm compliant petrol and diesel from April 2020, from the Euro-IV grade at present.
• 13 cities including Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Faridabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune will switch over to cleaner BS-VI grade fuel from January 1 next year.
• Rest of the country will follow suit from April 2020.
About BS-VI
• Vehicular emission (NOx, SO2, CO2 and particulate matter) is a major contributor to the worsening air quality of Indian cities.Bharat Stage VI (BS VI) is an emission standard that will induce technology in the vehicles to reduce pollutant emissions.
• The vehicles will mandatorily include On board diagnostics, which will and monitor the pollution caused by the vehicle in real time.
• NOx emission will come down by approximately 25% for the petrol engine and 68% for the diesel engines.
• BS-VI grade fuel contains 10 parts per million (ppm) of sulphur as against 50 ppm in BS-IV fuels.
• The BS-VI fuel would result in 10-20 per cent reduction in particulate emission when used in BS-IV or lesser grade engines.
• Full benefits will be realized when the automakers start manufacturing BS VI grade engines in their vehicles. The PM emission will see a substantial decrease of 80% in diesel engines.
• The Octane number for petrol engines has improved from 88 in BS-II to 91 as required under BS-VI emission norms.
• Though BS VI is in lines with Euro VI norm, it overcomes the drawback in the Euro VI norm that allows emission of higher PM (particulate matter) in diesel engines.
• Vehicular emission (NOx, SO2, CO2 and particulate matter) is a major contributor to the worsening air quality of Indian cities.Bharat Stage VI (BS VI) is an emission standard that will induce technology in the vehicles to reduce pollutant emissions.
• The vehicles will mandatorily include On board diagnostics, which will and monitor the pollution caused by the vehicle in real time.
• NOx emission will come down by approximately 25% for the petrol engine and 68% for the diesel engines.
• BS-VI grade fuel contains 10 parts per million (ppm) of sulphur as against 50 ppm in BS-IV fuels.
• The BS-VI fuel would result in 10-20 per cent reduction in particulate emission when used in BS-IV or lesser grade engines.
• Full benefits will be realized when the automakers start manufacturing BS VI grade engines in their vehicles. The PM emission will see a substantial decrease of 80% in diesel engines.
• The Octane number for petrol engines has improved from 88 in BS-II to 91 as required under BS-VI emission norms.
• Though BS VI is in lines with Euro VI norm, it overcomes the drawback in the Euro VI norm that allows emission of higher PM (particulate matter) in diesel engines.
challenges BS-VI
> bs vi fuel production is done at oil refinaries , here sulfur and heavier component of hydrocarbon is removed which need investment of around 80,000crore by oil marketing companies . question us who is investing and how?
> vehicle engine technology improvement by several round of research and testing of 70,000km which involve cost ,time by auto manufacturers
> at individual level ,the cost of purchase of automobiles and its maintenance will increase
> A Diesel particulate filter (DPF) will be fitted in the automobile to expel particulate matters from the exhaust gas. Similarly, for NOx reduction, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) will be used. In a nutshell, the engine will now a have a purification plant built into them.
> bs vi fuel production is done at oil refinaries , here sulfur and heavier component of hydrocarbon is removed which need investment of around 80,000crore by oil marketing companies . question us who is investing and how?
> vehicle engine technology improvement by several round of research and testing of 70,000km which involve cost ,time by auto manufacturers
> at individual level ,the cost of purchase of automobiles and its maintenance will increase
> A Diesel particulate filter (DPF) will be fitted in the automobile to expel particulate matters from the exhaust gas. Similarly, for NOx reduction, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) will be used. In a nutshell, the engine will now a have a purification plant built into them.
These components and standards will have to be calibrated, tested and validated. The process will be akin to an extensive R&D and will require revamping the automotive product development processes. The cost involved in such a transition is estimated to be huge and some of this cost may have to be passed on to the end-users
> the requisite BS IV compliant fuel that had to be 50 ppm ultra low sulphur was not mandatory and the BS IV vehicles could manage with BS # compliant fuel as well. However, there is no such backward compatibility in case of BS VI vehicles.
According to some of the reports, many oil refineries are now equipped to produce BS VI compliant fuel and will soon be able to give out samples for testing