Emissions of Transport Refrigeration Units with CARB Diesel, Gas-to-Liquid Diesel, and Emissions Control Devices

Conference · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2722· OSTI ID:979459

Barnitt, R A; Chernich, D; Burnitzki, M; Oshinuga, A; Miyasato, M; Lucht, E; van der Merwe, D; Schaberg, P

A novel in situ method was used to measure emissions and fuel consumption of transport refrigeration units (TRUs). The test matrix included two fuels, two exhaust configurations, and two TRU engine operating speeds. Test fuels were California ultra low sulfur diesel and gas-to-liquid (GTL) diesel. Exhaust configurations were a stock muffler and a Thermo King pDPF diesel particulate filter. The TRU engine operating speeds were high and low, controlled by the TRU user interface. Results indicate that GTL diesel fuel reduces all regulated emissions at high and low engine speeds. Application of a Thermo King pDPF reduced regulated emissions, sometimes almost entirely. The application of both GTL diesel and a Thermo King pDPF reduced regulated emissions at high engine speed, but showed an increase in oxides of nitrogen at low engine speed.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 979459
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-540-46598; TRN: US201010%%691
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 1; Conference: Presented at the 2009 SAE Powertrain, Fuels, and Lubricants Meeting, 2-4 November 2009, San Antonio, Texas
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
02 PETROLEUM
DIESEL FUELS
ENGINES
FUEL CONSUMPTION
LUBRICANTS
NITROGEN
OXIDES
PARTICULATES
REFRIGERATION
SULFUR
TRANSPORT
VELOCITY
DIESEL ENGINES
DIESEL ENGINE EMISSIONS
GAS-TO-LIQUID DIESEL FUEL
TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION UNITS
TRUS
DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS
DPFS
Transportation