Research results show that automobiles can become a means to purify air rather than merely causing urban air pollution. This is a technology that filters fine dust around roads during vehicle operation while simultaneously collecting dust generated during the brake wear process on-site. There is growing interest in whether this can serve as a practical countermeasure within the trend of strengthened domestic and international regulations on non-exhaust fine particulate matter.

 

The research team led by Han Bang-woo, director of the Urban Environment Research Division at the Korea Mechanical Research Institute's Eco-Friendly Energy Research Department, announced on the 28th that it has developed 'air-purifying vehicle' technology that purifies air around roads during driving and collects brake wear dust.

 

This technology is designed to utilize existing vehicle structures and components without adding separate large-scale devices.

 

Automobile fine particulate matter has been managed primarily based on exhaust gases, but recently there is a strengthening trend toward regulating particulate matter generated through non-exhaust pathways such as tire and brake wear.