Comparative Emissions Performance of Sasol Fischer-Tropsch Diesel Fuel in Current and Older Technology Heavy-Duty Engines

Comparative exhaust emission tests were performed with five diesel fuels, namely a Sasol Fischer-Tropsch diesel, a fuel meeting the CARB diesel fuel specification, a fuel meeting the US 2-D diesel fuel specification, and two blends of the Fischer-Tropsch diesel and the 2-D diesel. Hot-start and cold-start heavy-duty transient emission tests were performed using a 1999 model year DDC series 60 engine. Regulated exhaust emissions with the Fischer-Tropsch diesel were significantly lower than with the 2-D and CARB diesel fuels, in both the hot-start and cold-start tests. When compared with test results obtained previously with a 1991 engine, it was found that the reduction in NOX with the Fischer-Tropsch fuel was smaller in the 1999 engine, while the reduction in PM was greater. The reduction in PM with the Fischer-Tropsch fuel in the 1999 engine was primarily as a result of a reduction in the carbon portion of the PM, while in the 1991 engine there were approximately equal reductions in VOF and the carbon portion.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-1912
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of SAE International.
• Authors:
  • Schaberg, Paul W
  • Myburgh, Ian S
  • Botha, Jacobus J
  • Khalek, Imad A
• Conference:
  • CEC/SAE Spring Fuels & Lubricants Meeting & Exposition
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2000-6-19 to 2000-6-22
• Publication Date: 2000-6-19

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel fuels; Emissions testing; Exhaust gases
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01796363
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: SAE International
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2000-01-1912
• Files: TRIS, SAE
• Created Date: Dec 9 2021 10:18AM