Emission Measurement of Air Pollutants from CNG-gasoline Bi-fuel Vehicles

The estimation of emission factors (EFs) is the basis of accurate emission inventory. However, the EFs of air pollutants for motor vehicles vary under different operating conditions, which will cause uncertainty in developing emission inventory. Natural gas (NG), considered as a “cleaner” fuel than gasoline, is increasingly being used to reduce combustion emissions, but the information is scarce about how much emission reduction can be achieved for motor vehicles burning NG (NGVs) under real road driving conditions, which is necessary for evaluating the environmental benefits for NGVs. In this thesis, on-board measurements of the emissions from nine bi-fuel vehicles were conducted under different operating conditions on the real road. A comparative study was performed for the EFs of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) for each operating condition when the vehicles using gasoline or compressed NG (CNG) as fuel.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MSc)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Graduate Studies

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Huang, Xiaoyan

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Du, Ke

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Cheng, Frank
• Xue, Deyi
• Siegler, Hector

• Engineering--Environmental

Statement dc:rights

• University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25877

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:11023/3599