Investigation of nitro-organic compounds in diesel engine exhaust : final report February 2007 - April 2008 / John Dane and Kent J. Voorhees.

Author/creator Dane, John
Other author Voorhees, Kent J.
Other author National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoGolden, CO : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, [2010]
Description1 online resource (iv, 48 p.) : digital, PDF file
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo77
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Summary The National Renewable Energy Laboratory upgraded its ReFUEL engine and vehicle testing facility to speciate unregulated gas-phase emissions. To complement this capability, the laboratory contracted with the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) to study the effects of soy biodiesel fuel and a diesel particle filter (DPF) on emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NPAH). CSM developed procedures to sample diesel particulate matter (PM) emissions from raw and diluted exhaust, with and without a DPF. They also developed improved procedures for extracting PAH and NPAH from the PM and quantifying them with a gas chromatograph-electron monochromator mass spectrometer. The study found the DPF generally reduced PAH emissions by 1 to 3 orders of magnitude. PAH conversion was lowest for B100, suggesting that PAHs were forming in the DPF. Orders of magnitude reductions were also found for NPAH emissions exiting the DPF.
General noteTitle from title screen (viewed June 29, 2010).
General note"June 2010."
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 48).
Issued in other formPaper version: Dane, John. Investigation of nitro-organic compounds in diesel engine exhaust. iv, 48 p.
Technical rpt numberNREL/SR-540-45597
GPO item number0430-P-05 (online)
Govt. docs number E 9.18:NREL/SR-540-45597

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