Engine-out Benzene Emissions from Gasoline Vehicles and Effectiveness of Catalytic Converters

2001-26-0018

01/10/2001

Event
SIAT 2001
Authors Abstract
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.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-26-0018
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.
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Published
Jan 10, 2001
Product Code
2001-26-0018
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English