Investigation of the effects of fuel composition and injection and combustion system type on heavy-duty diesel exhaust emissions. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6969912

Ullman, T L

Dynamometer tests on 3 heavy-duty diesel engines supplied by their manufacturers, using the EPA transient emission test cycle and smoke procedure, and under steady-state conditions differing in speed and load, were conducted. Exhaust pollutants measured with each fuel/engine/operating mode combination included total particulate, its solvent extractable portion, total hydrocarbon, NOx, CO, benzene, and sulfate emissions, along with fuel consumption. Visible smoke was measured during the Federal smoke test only. In addition, total particulate was measured on a modal basis, and low-humidity particulate emission determinations were made for selected fuels. EPA performed elemental and organic carbon analyses of selected particulate samples. The original set of several test fuels consisted of specially blended fuels having varying levels of aromaticity, sulfur content, and 90% distillation temperature. Two additional fuels (low-sulfur, low-aromatic and low-sulfur, high-aromatic) were made by reprocessing specific mixtures of the original fuel set.

• Research Organization: Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6969912
• Report Number(s): PB-90-160938/XAB; SWRI-8673
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
DIESEL ENGINES
EXHAUST GASES
DIESEL FUELS
COMBUSTION
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
AIR POLLUTION
BENZENE
CARBON MONOXIDE
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
FLUORESCENCE
HYDROCARBONS
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
NITROGEN OXIDES
PARTICULATES
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
PROGRESS REPORT
STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS
SULFATES
AROMATICS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENGINES
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
LUMINESCENCE
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION
REGULATIONS
SPECTROSCOPY
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTES
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