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Optimized Cold Start Auxiliary System for Emissions Reduction in Ethanol-Fuelled Engines
Technical Paper
2002-01-2690
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The gasoline injection system used as an auxiliary during cold start of ethanol-fuelled engines has been improved to reduce exhaust emissions levels. In substitution to the conventional system, which introduces gasoline in the throttle body through a calibrated pipe in a hole, an electronic fuel injector and other peripheral components have been used to inject gasoline. Experiments were carried out in an ethanol-fuelled vehicle powered by a 1.0 liter engine to measure regulated exhaust pollutant gases concentrations, to compare the modified system to the conventional one. The tests were according to FTP-75 test cycle, which simulates a typical urban travel including cold start and acceleration during warm-up. The results showed that the concentrations of aldehyde, hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen emissions were simultaneously reduced when the modified system was used.
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Sales, L. and Sodré, J., "Optimized Cold Start Auxiliary System for Emissions Reduction in Ethanol-Fuelled Engines," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-2690, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2690.Also In
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