TY - JOUR
T1 - Monitoring Euro 6 diesel passenger cars NOx emissions for one year in various ambient conditions with PEMS and NOx sensors
AU - Söderena, Petri
AU - Laurikko, Juhani
AU - Weber, Christian
AU - Tilli, Aki
AU - Kuikka, Keijo
AU - Kousa, Anu
AU - Väkevä, Outi
AU - Venho, Antti
AU - Haaparanta, Suvi
AU - Nuottimäki, Jukka
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - In this study, the NOx emissions of four Euro 6 diesel passenger cars ranging from Euro 6 b to Euro 6 d-TEMP in different ambient conditions and driving routes were investigated with a Portable Emissions Measurement System (PEMS) and continuous NOx concentration monitoring device. A model was also generated for translating NOx concentration values into a gram basis. The results suggest that there is a marked difference in NOx emissions based on the Euro 6 step for the car is type approved. The study showed that the conformity factor for NOx emissions on a route in a city environment (“City route”) changed from 0.65 to 5.2 depending on the Euro 6 step and car. Surprisingly, a Euro 6 b car equipped with Selective Catalytic Reduction SCR system and updated engine control unit (ECU) software for lower tailpipe NOx emissions provided lower average NOx emissions than a Euro 6 d-TEMP diesel car equipped with dual lean-NOx traps. Results for the City route also showed that the road infrastructure (crossroads and speed limitations) can have a noticeable effect on promoting driving that leads to higher NOx emissions even with a Euro 6 d-TEMP car. Estimations of NOx emissions with modelling based on continuous NOx concentration monitoring suggested that Euro 6 b diesel cars can provide NOx emissions close to the current RDE legislation. In addition, the modelling suggested that the Euro 6 b car with updated ECU software and the Euro 6 d-TEMP diesel car are capable of extremely low daily average NOx emissions, even close to 20 mg/km, in normal daily usage. Nevertheless, the monitoring results and model also suggest that cold ambient temperature has a high effect on the NOx emissions reduction performance of these vehicles, occasionally increasing their daily average emissions to as high as 900 mg/km.
AB - In this study, the NOx emissions of four Euro 6 diesel passenger cars ranging from Euro 6 b to Euro 6 d-TEMP in different ambient conditions and driving routes were investigated with a Portable Emissions Measurement System (PEMS) and continuous NOx concentration monitoring device. A model was also generated for translating NOx concentration values into a gram basis. The results suggest that there is a marked difference in NOx emissions based on the Euro 6 step for the car is type approved. The study showed that the conformity factor for NOx emissions on a route in a city environment (“City route”) changed from 0.65 to 5.2 depending on the Euro 6 step and car. Surprisingly, a Euro 6 b car equipped with Selective Catalytic Reduction SCR system and updated engine control unit (ECU) software for lower tailpipe NOx emissions provided lower average NOx emissions than a Euro 6 d-TEMP diesel car equipped with dual lean-NOx traps. Results for the City route also showed that the road infrastructure (crossroads and speed limitations) can have a noticeable effect on promoting driving that leads to higher NOx emissions even with a Euro 6 d-TEMP car. Estimations of NOx emissions with modelling based on continuous NOx concentration monitoring suggested that Euro 6 b diesel cars can provide NOx emissions close to the current RDE legislation. In addition, the modelling suggested that the Euro 6 b car with updated ECU software and the Euro 6 d-TEMP diesel car are capable of extremely low daily average NOx emissions, even close to 20 mg/km, in normal daily usage. Nevertheless, the monitoring results and model also suggest that cold ambient temperature has a high effect on the NOx emissions reduction performance of these vehicles, occasionally increasing their daily average emissions to as high as 900 mg/km.
KW - City driving
KW - Cold temperature
KW - NO emissions modelling
KW - On-road emissions
KW - On-road monitoring
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088924743&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140971
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140971
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088924743
VL - 746
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
SN - 0048-9697
M1 - 140971
ER -