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Title: A comparison of exhaust pipe, dilution tunnel and roadside diesel particulate SOF and gaseous hydrocarbon emissions

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OSTI ID:6760911

The solvent organic fraction (SOF) of particulates from the exhaust pipe of a diesel engine, a dilution tunnel and a roadside sample are compared. Three different techniques of SOF analysis are also compared, vacuum oven, solvent extraction and pyroprobe/GC. Gaseous hydrocarbons and the methane contribution were measured in the exhaust pipe throughout the speed and load range of the engine at 185 C and 2 C. The unburnt hydrocarbons decreased with air/fuel ratio for all speeds and there was an overall decrease in emissions with increasing speed. The differential temperature technique showed the maximum mass of hydrocarbon which could condense from the gas phase onto the particulate as the SOF. The method compared well with the actual SOF of the tunnel particulate. Detailed examination of the SOF showed the exhaust pipe particulate SOF was composed of n-alkanes from C16 to C25, the dilution tunnel sample showed condensation of lower molecular weight hydrocarbons from the gas phase onto the particulate.

OSTI ID:
6760911
Report Number(s):
CONF-880241-
Resource Relation:
Conference: Society of Automotive Engineers international congress and exposition, Detroit, MI, USA, 29 Feb 1988; Other Information: Technical Paper 880351
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English