A NOVEL ENGINE-FREE DILUTION-TUNNEL SYSTEM FOR THE COLLECTION OF PARTICULATE MATTER FORMED DURING COMBUSTION
The particulate matter emitted during the combustion of liquid automotive fuels in a non-engine system has, for the first time, been collected in a specially constructed 2.5 M dilution tunnel. The combustion of "diesel engine" hydrocarbon fuel was carried out in a straight-flow quartz-lined stainless steel flame burner and the exhaust was injected into the dilution tunnel where it was diluted with ambient air. The solid material collected in this way complies with the international definition of a particulate. The fuel was injected into the combustion chamber via an ultrasonic atomiser, i.e. as fuel droplets with a very narrow size distribution. An on-line catalytic detector was used to determine the amount of carbon monoxide produced. The system described has the advantage over the traditional method of combustion in an engine that studies can be made of the effects of individual combustion parameters on the nature and amounts of particulates and other pollutants formed. (Author/TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Institute of Physics (Great Britain)
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Authors:
- Cullis, C F
- Hirschler, M M
- Stroud, MAM
- Publication Date: 1984-4
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 317-322
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Serial:
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICS E: SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
- Volume: 17
- Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing, Limited
- ISSN: 0022-3735
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pollution; Carbon monoxide; Catalysis; Chemical analysis; Combustion; Diesel fuels; Exhaust gases; Fuels; Hydrocarbons; Instrumentation; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Particles; Particulates
- Old TRIS Terms: Collection
- Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00387237
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM