The Effect of Hydrotreatment of Diesel Fuel Derived from Canadian Tar Sands on Particulate Exhaust Emissions

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Hilden ◽  
Stephen P. Bergin ◽  
Harvey A. Burley ◽  
Ronald D. Tharby ◽  
Ian P. Fisher
Transport ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Mickevičius ◽  
Stasys Slavinskas ◽  
Slawomir Wierzbicki ◽  
Kamil Duda

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the diesel engine performance and emission characteristics, when operating on diesel fuel and various diesel-biodiesel (B10, B20, B40, B60) blends, at various loads and engine speeds. The experimental tests were performed on a four-stroke, four-cylinder, direct injection, naturally aspirated, 60 kW diesel engine D-243. The in-cylinder pressure data was analysed to determine the ignition delay, the Heat Release Rate (HRR), maximum in-cylinder pressure and maximum pressure gradients. The influence of diesel-biodiesel blends on the Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (bsfc) and exhaust emissions was also investigated. The bench test results showed that when the engine running on blends B60 at full engine load and rated speed, the autoignition delay was 13.5% longer, in comparison with mineral diesel. Maximum cylinder pressure decreased about 1–2% when the amount of Rapeseed Methyl Ester (RME) expanded in the diesel fuel when operating at full load and 1400 min–1 speed. At rated mode, the minimum bsfc increased, when operating on biofuel blends compared to mineral diesel. The maximum brake thermal efficiency sustained at the levels from 0.3% to 6.5% lower in comparison with mineral diesel operating at full (100%) load. When the engine was running at maximum torque mode using diesel – RME fuel blends B10, B20, B40 and B60 the total emissions of nitrogen oxides decreased. At full and moderate load, the emission of carbon monoxide significantly raised as the amount of RME in fuel increased.


Author(s):  
Dustin T. Osborne ◽  
Steven G. Fritz ◽  
Mike Iden ◽  
Don Newburry

This paper describes the test results of a program to apply an experimental diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) to a 2,850 kW freight locomotive. Locomotive emissions and fuel consumption measurements were performed on an Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) model SD60M locomotive, owned by Union Pacific Railroad company, that had been recently rebuilt to EPA Tier 0 exhaust emission certification levels. Emission testing was performed at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Locomotive Exhaust Emissions Test Center in San Antonio, Texas. US EPA-regulated emission levels of hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and participate (PM) were measured using U.S. EPA locomotive certification test procedures in three configurations; first a baseline with a relatively high sulfur diesel fuel (2,913 ppm sulfur) meeting EPA locomotive certification test specifications, and another baseline using ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel (ULDS), and finally a test using ULSD after the installation of a diesel oxidation catalyst designed and manufactured by MIRATECH Corporation (patent pending). The DOC was applied pre-turbine, within the exhaust manifold due to both space and exhaust temperature considerations. This paper describes the design of the DOC-equipped exhaust manifold, and reports the changes in the regulated exhaust emission levels between the baseline tests and after installation of the DOC. Also described is a locomotive on-board monitoring system used to monitor DOC performance during ongoing revenue service field testing.


Fuel ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 414-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaf Schröder ◽  
Jürgen Bünger ◽  
Axel Munack ◽  
Gerhard Knothe ◽  
Jürgen Krahl

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 4570-4587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Jhalani ◽  
Dilip Sharma ◽  
Shyam Lal Soni ◽  
Pushpendra Kumar Sharma ◽  
Sumit Sharma

Author(s):  
Steven G. Fritz ◽  
John C. Hedrick ◽  
Brian E. Smith

This paper documents results from an experimental study performed to determine the effects of several ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuels (< 15 ppm S) on exhaust emissions from a 1,500 kW EMD 16-645-E, roots-blown, diesel locomotive engine. U.S. EPA-regulated emission levels of hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and particulate (PM) were measured using U.S. EPA locomotive test procedures while operating on four ULSD fuels, plus a fifth baseline fuel which was a commercially-available Federal on-highway diesel fuel (< 500 ppm). The four ULSD fuels were (1) a ULSD California motor vehicle diesel fuel (CARB fuel) with an aromatic content of less than 10 percent, (2) a ULSD “equivalent” California motor vehicle diesel fuel with an aromatic content of 24 percent, (3 and 4) two custom blended “2006 ULSD Federal” diesel fuels with relatively low Cetane Numbers and higher aromatic levels. This paper reports the changes observed in the regulated exhaust emission levels between the ULSD CARB diesel fuels and the ULSD Federal diesel fuels.


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