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Investigation into the Vehicle Exhaust Emissions of High Percentage Ethanol Blends
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Six in-use vehicles were tested on a baseline gasoline and nine gasoline/ethanol blends to determine the effect of ethanol content in fuels on automotive exhaust emissions and fuel economy. The baseline gasoline was representative of average summer gasoline and served as the base from which the other fuels were blended.
For the majority of the vehicles, total hydrocarbon, and carbon monoxide exhaust emissions as well as fuel economy decreased while NOx and acetaldehyde exhaust emissions increased as the ethanol content in the test fuel increased. Formaldehyde and carbon dioxide emissions were relatively unaffected by the addition of ethanol. The emission responses to the increased fuel oxygen levels were consistent with what would be expected from leaning-out the air/fuel ratio for a spark ignition engine. The results are shown graphically and a linear regression is performed utilizing the method of least squares to investigate statistically significant trends in the data.
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Guerrieri, D., Caffrey, P., and Rao, V., "Investigation into the Vehicle Exhaust Emissions of High Percentage Ethanol Blends," SAE Technical Paper 950777, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/950777.Also In
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