Semester
Fall
Date of Graduation
2004
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MS
College
Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Committee Chair
Mridul Gautam.
Abstract
This study focused primarily on the particle mass and number emission from various in-use heavy heavy-duty diesel vehicles operating on different driving cycles. Chemical speciation results are also presented to discuss the formation and composition of particles emitted during various cycles. Tests were performed with West Virginia University's Transportable Heavy Duty Vehicle Emissions Testing Laboratory located at Riverside, California. Five vehicles were selected to cover a wide range of model year from 1989 to 2004. All five vehicles were subjected to chemical speciation and analysis conducted by Desert Research Institute. WVU employed the use of the Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) to measure particle size distributions. Regulated gaseous emissions and total particulate matter from the exhaust were sampled from a full-flow CVS dilution tunnel system. A mini-dilution system was dedicated specifically for particle sizing, which samples partially from the raw exhaust. All vehicles were subjected to California's Heavy Heavy-Duty Diesel Truck (HHDDT) schedule which consisted of an idle, creep, transient and cruise mode. Particle size and chemical speciation data are presented only for the idle and cruise modes. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).
Recommended Citation
Thiagarajan, Sairam, "Effect of driving cycles on the particulate mass and number emissions from in-use heavy heavy-duty diesel vehicles" (2004). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 1562.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/1562