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Evaluation of Field NO x Performance of Diesel Vehicles using ECM - Provided OBD/SAEJ1979 Data
Technical Paper
2015-01-1067
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Investigations of on-road emissions performance of vehicles have been made using various methods and instrumentation, some of which are very complex and costly. For the particular case of NOx emissions on Diesel road vehicles equipped with SCR catalysts (Selective Catalytic Reduction), many of these vehicles are equipped with NOx sensor(s) for the purpose of OBD (On-Board Diagnostics), and the ECU (Engine Control Unit) makes this data available via the diagnostic connector under the SAEJ1979 protocol for light duty vehicles. Data for mass air flow and fuel flow are also available per J1979, so the ongoing NOx mass flow can be estimated when the NOx sensors are active with no additional instrumentation.
Heavy duty pickup trucks with SCR systems from 3 major US manufacturers, each certified to the optional chassis certification of 0.2 g/mi NOx on the FTP75, were obtained to be evaluated for SCR system behavior under normal driving conditions. The vehicles were tested on a chassis dyno, and the NOx emissions data resulting from the traditional emissions bench and as - calculated using the ECU SAEJ1979 available data were compared to validate the use of the ECU data for on - road evaluation. Note that the NOx sensors have a certain warmup time, so data is not available immediately upon cold start, but in all cases the rear NOx sensor is active within a few minutes under normal conditions. All of the vehicles were run on the road for a minimum of 30,000 miles with data collected continuously in this manner, under various types of operation and ambient temperatures. As expected, low tailpipe NOx emissions where reached as required under regulatory drive cycles. However, it was observed that these vehicles also emit very low tailpipe NOx under a broad range of real driving conditions.
The primary purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of using the onboard NOx sensors for observing the NOx trends on the road over a variety of conditions and vehicles at minimal cost and intrusion. It is not intended to provide detailed quantified data on the vehicles which would be better accomplished with more accurate instrumentation such as conventional emissions benches / FTIRs or on-road PEMS. For that reason, no attempt is made to quantify the differences between the observed NOx via laboratory instrumentation and the sensor reading.
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Price, K., Wang, L., and Pauly, T., "Evaluation of Field NOx Performance of Diesel Vehicles using ECM - Provided OBD/SAEJ1979 Data," SAE Technical Paper 2015-01-1067, 2015, https://doi.org/10.4271/2015-01-1067.Also In
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