Nitrous oxide emissions from gasohol, ethanol and CNG light duty vehicles


Autoria(s): Borsari, Vanderlei; de Assuncao, Joao Vicente
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

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04/11/2013

04/11/2013

2012

Resumo

A sample of 21 light duty vehicles powered by Otto cycle engines were tested on a chassis dynamometer to measure the exhaust emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O). The tests were performed at the Vehicle Emission Laboratory of CETESB (Environmental Company of the State of Sao Paulo) using the US-FTP-75 (Federal Test Procedure) driving cycle. The sample tested included passenger cars running on three types of fuels used in Brazil: gasohol, ethanol and CNG. The measurement of N2O was made using two methods: Non Dispersive InfraRed (NDIR) analyzer and Fourier Transform InfraRed spectroscopy (FTIR). Measurements of regulated pollutants were also made in order to establish correlations between N2O and NOx. The average N2O emission factors obtained by the NDIR method was 78 +/- 41 mg.km(-1) for vehicles running with gasohol, 73 +/- 45 mg.km(-1) for ethanol vehicles and 171 +/- 69 mg.km(-1) for CNG vehicles. Seventeen results using the FTIR method were also obtained. For gasohol vehicles the results showed a good agreement between the two methods, with an average emission factor of 68 +/- 41 mg.km(-1). The FTIR measurement results of N2O for ethanol and CNG vehicles were much lower than those obtained by the NDIR method. The emission factors were 17 +/- 10 mg.km(-1) and 33 +/- 17 mg.km(-1), respectively, possibly because of the interference of water vapor (present at a higher concentration in the exhaust gases of these vehicles) on measurements by the NDIR method.

Identificador

CLIMATIC CHANGE, DORDRECHT, v. 111, n. 41367, supl., Part 3, pp. 519-531, APR, 2012

0165-0009

http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/37990

10.1007/s10584-011-0203-9

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0203-9

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eng

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SPRINGER

DORDRECHT

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CLIMATIC CHANGE

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