Engine-out Benzene Emissions from Gasoline Vehicles and Effectiveness of Catalytic Converters
2001-26-0018
01/10/2001
- Event
- Content
- An experimental study was conducted on 2-stroke/4-stroke two-wheelers and a carburetted passenger car for engine-out benzene emissions from the in-use Indian vehicles, with and without a catalytic converter. The leaded gasoline, used for the study, was having 1.1 % vol. benzene and 16.6 % vol. total aromatics whereas unleaded gasoline was having 2.2 % vol. benzene and 35.2 % vol. total aromatics. Engine-out benzene was found to be linearly related to both, benzene and total aromatics content in the gasoline. Effectiveness of catalytic converter for conversion of the engine-out benzene was also studied. For two-wheelers, the concentration of engine-out benzene seems to be dependent upon the engine type i.e. 2/4-stroke engine and on conversion efficiency of the catalytic converters.
- Pages
- 6
- Citation
- Jain, A., Singh, Y., Singh, S., Abraham, M. et al., "Engine-out Benzene Emissions from Gasoline Vehicles and Effectiveness of Catalytic Converters," SAE Technical Paper 2001-26-0018, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-26-0018.