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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/clever-cats-eye-filters-suck-up-car-exhaust-fumes-6rfx5mtft?shareToken=7b115d8167545e6d7988722da21ee 9e7
Extract: Vehicle pollution will be sucked out of the road under plans to install cat’s eye-style filters at the most toxic junctions. Technology has been developed that uses low-energy fans between lanes to pull in exhaust fumes before treating the pollution at the roadside. Initial tests suggest that it can remove an average of 30 per cent of dangerous pollutants, including fine particles from brakes and tyres as well as nitrogen oxides generated by engines. It has been developed by Pollution Solution, a Hertfordshire-based company that plans to sign deals with highways contractors to use it in high-pollution areas. It is negotiating with a local authority to initially install it in east London, where it would target areas where vehicles sit with idling engines, such as outside schools or at traffic lights, pedestrian crossings and busy junctions. The technology, which costs about £60,000 to install, works by cutting a small channel in the middle of the road. A series of pod heads similar to cat’s eyes sit slightly above the surface and are connected by pipes to a roadside air station the size of a large bin. When cars stop, they trigger a roadside sensor and fans pull in particulate matter, as well as toxic gases such as nitrogen oxides from exhausts. The matter is collected in a filter while the nitrogen oxides are treated and leave the system as 99 per cent clean air, the company said. It can run fully or partly on solar power. The plans come amid growing public concern about air pollution, which is believed to cause an estimated 40,000 premature deaths a year. … continues |
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