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Livio Dante Porta
Livio Dante Porta (March 21 1922- June 10 2003) was an Argentine steam locomotive engineer. He is particularly remembered for his innovative modifications to existing locomotive systems in order to obtain higher performance, energy efficiency and reduced pollution. He developed the Kylpor, Lempor exhaust systems. The Lemprex was under development at the time of his death.
Early years
Porta was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province and studied civil engineering, concluding his studies in 1946, at a time when steam was already giving way to diesel and electric locomotives in Europe and North America.
Career
Naturally Porta's first projects were ...
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