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EPA HDEWG Program - Test Fuel Development
Technical Paper
2000-01-1857
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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In 1995, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formed the Heavy-Duty Engine Working Group (HDEWG). The objective of the group was to assess the role diesel fuel could play in meeting exhaust emission standards proposed for model year 2004+ heavy-duty diesel engines. The group developed a three-phase program to achieve this objective. This paper describes the development of test fuels used in Phase 2 of the EPA HDEWG Program to investigate the effect of fuel properties on heavy-duty diesel engine emissions. It discusses the design of the fuel matrix, reviews the process of test fuel preparation and presents the results of a multi-laboratory fuel analysis program. Fuel properties selected for investigation included density, cetane number, mono- and polyaromatic hydrocarbon content.
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Authors
- Rafal A. Sobotowski - Cummins Engine Company
- John C. Wall - Cummins Engine Company
- Christine H. Hobbs - Cummins Engine Company
- Andrew C. Matheaus - Southwest Research Institute™ (SwRI)
- Robert L. Mason - Southwest Research Institute™ (SwRI)
- Thomas W. Ryan - Southwest Research Institute™ (SwRI)
- Glenn W. Passavant - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Thomas J. Bond - BP Amoco
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Sobotowski, R., Wall, J., Hobbs, C., Matheaus, A. et al., "EPA HDEWG Program - Test Fuel Development," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-1857, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-1857.Also In
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