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Measurements of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in the Cylinder of an Operating Diesel Engine
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A unique system which allows sampling of the entire contents of one of the cylinders of a 5.7-liter V-8 indirect-injection diesel engine has been developed. An explosively actuated cutter ruptures a diaphragm in the combustion chamber and allows the contents of the cylinder to rush out and be subsequently diluted and quenched with cool nitrogen. Particles are collected with a high-volume impactor/filter system. This system has been used to collect a series of particle samples at crankangles ranging from 5 to 40 degrees after top dead center. Particle samples from the exhaust were also obtained. The samples have been extracted to determine the soluble organic fraction. These extracts have been analyzed for five polycyclic aromatic compounds: pyrene, fluoranthene, benz(a)pyrene, benz(k)fluoranthene, and 1-nitropyrene. The results indicate significant removal of the first four between the combustion chamber and the exhaust manifold. The 1-nitropyrene behaves differently, however, with higher concentrations in the exhaust samples than in the cylinder samples. This suggests that 1-nitropyrene is formed during the expansion stroke and/or in the exhaust manifold.
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Du, C., Kittelson, D., and Zweidinger, R., "Measurements of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in the Cylinder of an Operating Diesel Engine," SAE Technical Paper 840364, 1984, https://doi.org/10.4271/840364.Also In
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