Abstract
Particulate matter (PM) mass measurement methodologies were improved considerably with the application of Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 1065 for the 2007 standards for heavy-duty engines that emphasized PM. However, there is still a need to improve the understanding of and the confidence in mass measurements for light-duty vehicles, which are now being subjected to more stringent PM standards. The purpose of this study is to evaluate commercially available partial flow dilutors (PFDs), with a particular focus on their equivalency with the standard constant volume sampler (CVS) tunnel method and the ability to provide reproducible measurements at low PM emission levels. For the main PFD comparison, simultaneous testing was conducted with the three PFDs, over federal test procedure (FTP) and US06 tests. The results of the calibrations and proportionality tests all showed good performance for the PFDs. The exhaust flow meters (EFMs) for the PFDs showed measurements within 2% or less of a calibration source. The PFDs also showed good level proportionality and can easily meet the CFR 1066 requirements for light-duty vehicles and 1065 requirements for all tests performed. Larger differences were seen for the main comparisons between the CVS and the different PFDs during the FTP testing, with the relative difference of PM emissions between the PFDs and the CVS varying from − 16.5 to − 0.6%, with an average pooled difference of − 8.5%. These FTP differences only represented 0.00 to 0.11 mg/mile on an absolute basis, however, and could be attributed to difficulties making and weighing filter mass measurements at such low levels. For the US06 cycle, the differences between the PFDs and the CVS were not statistically significant and ranged from − 6.7 to − 0.7% and up to 0.07 mg/mile.
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Abbreviations
- σ:
-
Standard deviation
- Bag:
-
Phase of the FTP bag measurement system
- CE-CERT:
-
College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology (University of California, Riverside)
- CFR:
-
Code of Federal Regulations
- CO:
-
Carbon monoxide
- CO2 :
-
Carbon dioxide
- CVS:
-
Constant volume sampling
- DF:
-
Dilution factor
- EC:
-
Elemental carbon as defined by NIOSH methods
- EFM:
-
Exhaust flow meter
- EPA:
-
United States Environmental Protection Agency
- E10:
-
Ten percent ethanol in gasoline blend by weight
- FFV:
-
Filter face velocity
- FTP:
-
Federal test procedure
- GDI:
-
Gasoline direct injection
- ID:
-
Inner diameter
- ISO:
-
International Organization for Standardization
- LDVS:
-
Light-duty vehicles
- LEV:
-
Low-emission vehicle
- MFC:
-
Mass flow controller
- NIOSH:
-
National Institutes of Safety and Health method
- NIST:
-
National Institute for Standards and Technology
- OC:
-
Organic carbon
- OD:
-
Outer diameter
- PFD:
-
Partial flow dilution system
- PM:
-
Particulate matter
- PTFE:
-
Polytetrafluoroethylene
- SEE:
-
Standard error estimate
- US06:
-
US06 test cycle
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The authors acknowledge Mr. Mark Villela, Mr. Daniel Gomez, Mr. Kurt Bumiller, and Mr. Edward O’Neil of the University of California, Riverside, for their contributions in conducting the emissions testing for this program. The authors acknowledge Ms. Lauren Ackock and Ms. Grace Johnson for their contributions in filter weighing.
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The authors acknowledge funding from the Coordinating Research Council under the E-99-2 project.
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Pham, L., Yang, J., Johnson, K. et al. Evaluation of Partial Flow Dilution Systems for Very Low PM Mass Measurements. Emiss. Control Sci. Technol. 4, 247–259 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40825-018-0099-1
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