ANALYSIS OF THE EXHAUST EMISSIONS FROM VEHICLES FUELLED WITH PETROL OR LPG AND CNG ALTERNATIVELY

Abstract. This paper reviews the exhaust emissionsfrom automotive engines fuelled with gaseous fuels. Analyses offuel consumption and emission of gaseous pollutants of vehicles fuelled with petrol or LPG and CNG alternatively, depending of LPG and CNG fuelling system used has been presented. Analyses have been made for different types of vehicles with SI engmes: • with carburettor (I vehicle) and LPG of I generation fuelling systems alternatively, • with SPI and MPI feeding systems operating in closed-loop control and equipped with typical three-way-catalysts with heated oxygen sensors (4 vehicles) and LPG system of 1 or II generation alternativelyand • with MPI feeding and CNG of III generation systems alternatively (I vehicle). The tests subject to analyses presented above have been performed in Exhaust Emissio

Cold Start Emissions of Spark-Ignition Engines at Low Ambient Temperatures as an Air Quality Risk

SI engines are highly susceptible to excess emissions when started at low ambient temperatures. This phenomenon has multiple air quality and climate forcing implications. Direct injection petrol engines feature a markedly different fuelling strategy, and so their emissions behaviour is somewhat different from indirect injection petrol engines. The excess emissions of direct injection engines at low ambient temperatures should also differ. Additionally, the direct injection fuel delivery process leads to the formation of PM, and DISI engines should show greater PM emissions at low ambient temperatures. This study reports on laboratory experiments quantifying excess emissions of gaseous and solid pollutants over a legislative driving cycle following cold start at a low ambient temperature for both engine types. Over the legislative cycle for testing at -7°C (the UDC), emissions of HC, CO, NOx and CO2 were higher when tested at -7°C than at 24°C. Massive increases in emissions of HC and CO were observed, together with more modest increases in NOx and CO2 emissions. Results from the entire driving cycle showed excess emissions in both phases (though they were much larger for the UDC). The DISI vehicle showed lower increases in fuel consumption than the port injected vehicles, but greater increases in emission of HC and CO. DISI particle number emissions increased by around 50%; DISI particle mass by over 600%. The observed emissions deteriorations varied somewhat by engine type and from vehicle to vehicle. Excesses were greatest following start-up, but persisted, even after several hundred seconds’ driving. The temperature of the intake air appeared to have a limited but significant effect on emissions after the engine has been running for some time. All vehicles tested here comfortably met the relevant EU limits, providing further evidence that these limits are no longer challenging and need updating

Audit-Based Energy Performance Analysis of Multifamily Buildings in South-East Poland

Multifamily buildings account for about half of all residential buildings in Poland and about 70% of the urban population live in them. Most of them require thermal refurbishment. Evaluation of a building’s energy performance with the use of correlation models has been very rarely used in relation to buildings in Poland. This method is simple, fast and can improve the decision process on thermal modernisation. It is especially important at the pre-design stage of planned investments. This paper presents an attempt to develop correlations that could be used in the energy assessment of multifamily buildings. For this purpose a dataset containing of 29 audits of multifamily buildings was used. The statistical analysis was performed for buildings before and after planned refurbishment. Obtained relationships showed strong correlation between thermal demand for space heating or domestic hot water and ventilation airflow and thermal transmittance of windows (R2 > 0.6). After designed modernisation the number of strong correlations decreased. Energy for domestic hot water was correlated with the number of inhabitants (R2 = 0.6). Energy for space heating was correlated with the number of users and heated volume of a building

Energy Effectiveness or Economic Profitability? A Case Study of Thermal Modernization of a School Building

Thermal refurbishment of buildings results in certain energy, financial, and environmental effects. Such investments are financially supported in Poland after meeting the legally defined conditions of thermal protection and energy consumption. This paper presents a complex thermal modernization of a school building, performed by following Polish regulations. A detailed description of the studied object was given, and the calculation procedure was described. Then an optimal variant of an investment and an ex-post analysis were described. Simple payback time (SPBT) of modernization measures was from 15.8 years (insulation of the ceiling under the unheated attic) to 87 years for insulation of the wooden external wall, with 35.6 years for the whole project, which is shorter than the predicted lifespan of the whole building (50–70 years). Annual calculated heating demand decreased from 464.78 to 168.73 GJ, resulting in the primary energy consumption indicator (EP) of 484.44 and 129.46 kWh/m2, respectively. Thermal refurbishment with the replacement of an old boiler into a new wood-pellet one resulted in a significant reduction of SO2 and dust emissions from 451 to 27.5 kg and from 399 to 13 kg, respectively

Exhaust emission testing methods - BOSMAL’s legislative and development emission testing laboratories

The latest legislation regarding the reduction of harmful exhaust emissions, greenhouse gases and fuel consumption determines not only maximum permissible emissions factors, but also emissions testing methods and laboratory design and additionally leads to the development of new research methods. BOSMAL has risen to meet these challenges by investing in an updated, state-of-the-art emissions testing laboratory, housed within a climate chamber and in parallel investing in a completely new laboratory designed with incoming and future legislative requirements in mind. This paper presents BOSMAL’s improved M1/N1 vehicular emissions and fuel consumption laboratory in a climatic chamber and BOSMAL’s standard chamber for the testing of vehicles in accordance with European Union, US and Japanese standards. The specifications, capabilities and design features of the sampling, analysis and development research possibilities and climate simulation systems are presented and discussed in relation to the increasing drive for cleaner, light duty road vehicles (including hybrids and electric vehicles). The recently-renovated laboratory with extended standard temperature range and the laboratory with climatic chamber are described in the context of the newest European Union legislation on the emission in the range of Euro 6d testing requirements. The laboratories permit BOSMAL’s engineers to compete in the international automotive arena in the development of new, more ecologically friendly and increasingly fuel efficient vehicles

Influence of the chassis dynamometer regulation on the exhaust emission results

Pomiary emisji związków szkodliwych spalin podczas testów na hamowni podwoziowej są jednymi z najistotniejszych i najbardziej skomplikowanych badań, jakim są poddawane pojazdy napędzane silnikami spalinowymi. Podczas pomiarów emisji spalin należy zwracać baczną uwagę na wiele czynników, wpływających na prawidłowość otrzymywanych wyników. W artykule omówiony został wpływ regulacji hamowni podwoziowej wykorzystywanej do wykonywania pomiarów emisji związków szkodliwych spalin oraz zużycia paliwa.Exhaust emission measurements on the chassis dynamometer are one of the most important and most complex tests which are performed on vehicles powered by combustion engines. Many factors must be under control during exhaust emission measurements, which have an influence on correctness of the obtained results. In this paper, the impact of the chassis dynamometer regulation on the exhaust emission results is analysed

Influence of the chassis dynamometer regulation on the exhaust emission results

Pomiary emisji związków szkodliwych spalin podczas testów na hamowni podwoziowej są jednymi z najistotniejszych i najbardziej skomplikowanych badań, jakim są poddawane pojazdy napędzane silnikami spalinowymi. Podczas pomiarów emisji spalin należy zwracać baczną uwagę na wiele czynników, wpływających na prawidłowość otrzymywanych wyników. W artykule omówiony został wpływ regulacji hamowni podwoziowej wykorzystywanej do wykonywania pomiarów emisji związków szkodliwych spalin oraz zużycia paliwa.Exhaust emission measurements on the chassis dynamometer are one of the most important and most complex tests which are performed on vehicles powered by combustion engines. Many factors must be under control during exhaust emission measurements, which have an influence on correctness of the obtained results. In this paper, the impact of the chassis dynamometer regulation on the exhaust emission results is analysed