On-Road Emissions Evaluation of Student-Produced Biodiesel

2009-01-2674

11/02/2009

Event
SAE 2009 Powertrains Fuels and Lubricants Meeting
Authors Abstract
Content
This paper describes the on-road evaluation of emissions from student-produced biodiesel. The study compared the emissions of B100, B50 and B20 with commercial ULSD. A modern diesel vehicle powered by a 1.9L turbocharged direct injected compression ignition (DIG) engine was used along with the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) oxidation catalyst and diesel particulate filter. A portable emissions measurement system (PEMS) was used to measure tailpipe NOx, CO and HC. The on-road drive cycle was conducted in a mixture of city and interstate driving. Repeatability and accuracy of the drive-cycle was evaluated. The study found that NOx increased with the amount of biodiesel in the fuel. The study also found that tailpipe CO was insignificant with all blends tested. The HC data using the PEMS were not useful.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2674
Pages
9
Citation
Curran, S., and Irick, D., "On-Road Emissions Evaluation of Student-Produced Biodiesel," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-2674, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2674.
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Publisher
Published
Nov 2, 2009
Product Code
2009-01-2674
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English