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Cocker Et Al. 2004 - Development and Application of A Mobile Laboratory For Measuring Emissions From Diesel Engines
Cocker Et Al. 2004 - Development and Application of A Mobile Laboratory For Measuring Emissions From Diesel Engines
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Title
Development and Application of a Mobile Laboratory for Measuring Emissions from Diesel
Engines. 1. Regulated Gaseous Emissions
Permalink
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/559728zf
Journal
Environmental Science & Technology, 38(7)
ISSN
0013-936X 1520-5851
Authors
Cocker, David R
Shah, Sandip D
Johnson, Kent
et al.
Publication Date
2004-04-01
DOI
10.1021/es034888d
Peer reviewed
TABLE 3. Emissions Measured during the 4-Mode ARB Cycle for a CAT-C15 Engine (60 000 lb GVW)
na distance (mi) time (s) NOx CO2 CO THC
cold start/idle (g min-1) 5 nab 600 2.73 ( 0.25 172.8 ( 10.6 0.67 ( 0.10 0.089 ( 0.016
creep (g mi-1) 5 0.131 ( 0.0020 253 47.74 ( 2.47 5314 ( 207 14.6 ( 1.3 3.87 ( 0.33
transient (g mi-1) 8 2.82 ( 0.017 668 20.93 ( 0.98 3227 ( 173 5.40 ( 0.39 0.50 ( 0.27
cruise (g mi-1) 5 23.53 ( 0.125 2083 21.25 ( 0.53 1960 ( 105 1.95 ( 0.10 0.313 ( 0.042
a n, number of tests. b na, not applicable.
following Standard Cycles section) and the 53.2-mi on-road Simple comparisons of measured NOx emission rates show
transit (Tests of Real-World Driving section) was tested on good agreement between the different driving cycles. How-
the ARB HDD chassis dynamometer following the hot UDDS. ever, it is important to note that the values reported here
Emissions were again measured using the MEL. The average represent the averages for each driving cycle. Figure 1 displays
NOx emission factor determined was 18.9 g mi-1, similar to three trendlines for NOx emission rate versus fuel consump-
the transient and cruise modes of the ARB cycle. Therefore, tion. The middle trendline represents a hypothetical mode
the average NOx emission rates measured for the ARB of operation that yields the measured average NOx emission
transient and cruise modes, hot UDDS, and uphill and rate during the downhill transit section. However, the middle
downhill chase experiments were similar at 20.7, 21.4, 18.9, trendline does not represent an actual operating mode of
24.4, and 18.4 g mi-1, respectively. Regardless of driving cycle, the engine but rather a weighted average of the two trendlines
these emission factors are well in excess of the 13.4 g mi-1 based on the relative time spent off-cycle. An accurate,
average NOx emission factor found in EMFAC (26) for this weighted average emissions value is needed for emission
particular vehicle class. inventories such as EMFAC. From this it is apparent that the