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Impact of Fuel Sulfur on Gasoline and Diesel Vehicle Emissions
Technical Paper
2006-01-3370
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Recent years have seen dramatic reductions in gasoline and diesel sulfur concentrations in the United States, Europe, Japan and other countries. Many developing countries are evaluating the appropriate sulfur levels to choose for the future. This paper examines the current state of knowledge concerning the impact of fuel sulfur on exhaust emissions, and the sensitivity of exhaust aftertreatment technology to fuel sulfur. Gasoline vehicles achieve very low emissions through use of three-way catalysts. These systems are relatively insensitive to sulfur, being able to operate on levels of up to 500 ppm. Further reduction in sulfur will produce additional, small emission reductions. Diesel emissions may be reduced significantly using engine modifications, oxidation catalysts or exhaust gas recirculation, which may require sulfur levels of 500 ppm. Advanced diesel emissions reduction technologies such as catalyzed particulate traps and catalytic NOx devices generally require sulfur levels as low as 50 ppm.
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Hochhauser, A., Schleyer, C., Yeh, L., and Rickeard, D., "Impact of Fuel Sulfur on Gasoline and Diesel Vehicle Emissions," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-3370, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-3370.Also In
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