Heavy-duty diesel vehicle idling consumes fuel and reduces atmospheric quality, but its restriction cannot simply be proscribed, because cab heat or air-conditioning provides essential driver comfort. A comprehensive tailpipe emissions database to describe idling impacts is not yet available. This paper presents a substantial data set that incorporates results from the West Virginia University transient engine test cell, the E-55/59 Study and the Gasoline/Diesel PM Split Study. It covered 75 heavy-duty diesel engines and trucks, which were divided into two groups: vehicles with mechanical fuel injection (MFI) and vehicles with electronic fuel injection (EFI). Idle emissions of CO, hydrocarbon (HC), oxides of nitrogen (NOX), particulate matter (PM), and carbon dioxide (C02) have been reported. Idle C02 emissions allowed the projection of fuel consumption during idling. Test-to-test variations were observed for repeat idle tests on the same vehicle because of measurement variation, accessory loads, and ambient conditions. Vehicles fitted with EFI, on average, emitted -20 g/hr of CO, 6 g/hr of HC, 86 g/hr of NOX, 1 g/hr of PM, and 4636 g/hr of CO2 during idle. MFI equipped vehicles emitted 35 g/hr of CO, 23 g/hr of HC, 48 g/hr of NOX, 4 g/hr of PM, and 4484 g/hr of C02, on average, during idle. Vehicles with EFI emitted less idle CO, HC, and PM, which could be attributed to the efficient combustion and superior fuel atomization in EFI systems. Idle NOX, however, increased with EFI, which corresponds with the advancing of timing to improve idle combustion. Fuel injection management did not have any effect on C02 and, hence, fuel consumption. Use of air conditioning without increasing engine speed increased idle C02, NOX, PM, HC, and fuel consumption by 25% on average. When the engine speed was elevated from 600 to 1100 revolutions per minute, CO2 and NOX emissions and fuel consumption increased by >150%, whereas PM and HC emissions increased by 100% and 70%, respectively. Six Detroit Diesel Corp. (DDC) Series 60 engines in engine test cell were found to emit less CO, NOX, and PM emissions and consumed fuel at only 75% of the level found in the chassis dynamometer data. This is because fan and compressor loads were absent in the engine test cell.


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    Title :

    Idle emissions from heavy-duty Diesel vehicles: Review and recent data


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    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    16 Seiten, 17 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 23 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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