Ulaanbaatar
JICA hands over diesel particulate filters for public buses
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On August 1, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) delivered diesel particulate filters (DPF) for public buses in the capital city to the Ulaanbaatar city administration. The device has been installed in buses for a test since 2017 within a project to decrease PM emissions from vehicles. In particular, the device was installed in 24 large-capacity buses of three companies in Ulaanbaatar city by the Japanese grant aid directed at developing small-sized business. During the test, the devices installed in the buses removed around 181 grams of soot every day from each bus. In Ulaanbaatar, some 800-1000 buses serve for public transportation and it is calculated that they emit 57 tons of particulate matters into the air in one year, polluting the environment.
The DPF (MoCobee СТ-3), the system produced in Japan, can capture up to 99.9 percent of the harmful soot emitted from the exhaust pipe and purifies the exhaust. It has been in use since 2003 and been installed in different vehicles, such as diesel engine buses and trucks.
The project aimed at decreasing the PM emissions established in 2017 by the Mongolian Ministry of Road Transport and Development, Ulaanbaatar Governor’s Office and JICA has been successfully completed by equipping buses of Ulaanbaatar city with these devices. The First Deputy of Development Policy of the Ulaanbaatar City Mayor J.Batbayasgalan underlined that the quality of the device was confirmed for further use as the soot emissions in public transport were decreased by up to 97 percent and the employees to be in charge of installing and operating the device were also trained within the project. The ceremony to hand over the devices was attended by delegates of Air Pollution Reduction Department of the capital city, public transportation companies, Japanese Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Chief Representative of the JICA to Mongolia Tamura Eriko, and project leader Komori Masanori.
