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 Info | Golden, CO : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, [2010] |
| Description | 1 online resource (iv, 48 p.) : digital, PDF file |
| Supplemental Content | https://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 note | Title from title screen (viewed June 29, 2010). |
| General note | "June 2010." |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 48). |
| Issued in other form | Paper version: Dane, John. Investigation of nitro-organic compounds in diesel engine exhaust. iv, 48 p. |
| Technical rpt number | NREL/SR-540-45597 |
| GPO item number | 0430-P-05 (online) |
| Govt. docs number | E 9.18:NREL/SR-540-45597 |
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