Particle Number Emissions from a Range of European Vehicles

Mike Braisher; Richard Stone; Phil Price

doi:10.4271/2010-01-0786

In light of forthcoming particle number legislation for light-duty passenger vehicles, time-resolved Particle Mass (PM) and Particle Number (PN) emissions over the New European Drive Cycle (NEDC) are reported for four current vehicle technologies; modern diesel, with and without a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF), Direct Injection Spark Ignition (DISI) gasoline and multi-point Port Fuel Injection (PFI) gasoline. The PN and PM emissions were ordered (highest to lowest) according to: Non-DPF diesel ≻ DISI ≻ PFI ~ DPF diesel.

Both the non-DPF diesel and DISI vehicles emitted PN and PM continuously over the NEDC. This is in contrast with both the DPF diesel and PFI vehicles which emitted nearly all their PN and PM during the first 200 seconds. The PFI result is thought to be a consequence of cold-start mixture preparation whilst several possible explanations are offered for the DPF diesel trend.

The DPF diesel vehicle emitted less nucleation mode particulate matter than the other three vehicles and over 4 orders of magnitude less than the non-DPF diesel vehicle.

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Particle Number Emissions from a Range of European Vehicles 2010-01-0786

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