December 21, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDTI), the cleantech emissions reduction company providing sustainable solutions to reduce emissions, increase energy efficiency and lower the carbon intensity of on- and off-road engine applications, said it has received a diesel emissions reduction technology development grant under the New Technology Research and Development program from the Houston Advanced Research Center totaling $960,971.

The project goal is to develop and verify a Nitrogen Oxide-Particulate Matter (NOx-PM) reduction retrofit system for on- and off-road engines, including those used in Class 8 type diesel fleets. The NTRD Program is administered by HARC on behalf of the Texas Environmental Research Consortium utilizing funding provided by the State of Texas through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality .

Recent changes in US and European legislation provide new emissions guidelines designed to simultaneously reduce NO2 and PM. While the initial focus is on new vehicles, regulatory bodies such as the US Environmental Protection Agency, California Air Resources Board, TERC and TCEQ have recognized the need to develop more advanced emission reduction solutions for the retrofit market.

The HARC grant enables Clean Diesel to effectively integrate proven intellectual property widely used by global engine OEM’s to a wide variety of retrofit applications. The Purifier e5 system will feature Clean Diesel’s Airless Reagent Injection System (ARIS(R)) selective catalytic reduction technology combined with an enhanced diesel particulate filtration and regeneration system based on the Purifier e4 DPF platform. The combination of these two proven systems will result in an EPA verified, cost-effective and reliable NOx and PM reduction solution. In this project, Clean Diesel will develop both open loop and closed loop controls of airless injection, allowing a higher level of emission reduction over a wider range of vehicles with which to serve a larger number of markets.

Clean Diesel Technologies (NASDAQ: CDTI) is a cleantech company providing sustainable solutions to reduce emissions, increase energy efficiency and lower the carbon intensity of on- and off-road engine applications.

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