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Experimental investigation on exhaust emissions of a heavy-duty vehicle powered by a methanol-fuelled spark ignition engine under world Harmonized Transient Cycle and actual on-road driving conditions

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  • Duan, Xiongbo
  • Feng, Lining
  • Liu, Haibo
  • Jiang, Pengfei
  • Chen, Chao
  • Sun, Zhiqiang

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Compared to the conventional fossil fuels, methanol is a renewable, environment-friendly, and inexpensive oxygenated fuel. In this work, to explore the feasibility of using methanol as a substitute for diesel or gasoline in internal combustion engines, the exhaust emissions of a heavy-duty vehicle powered by the methanol spark ignition (SI) engine are tested under the World Harmonized Transient Cycle (WHTC) and actual on-road driving conditions. The results indicate that the brake specific CO, NOx, PM, and non-methane hydrocarbon emissions of the heavy-duty engine fuelled with methanol under the WHTC are lower than those of the engine fuelled with diesel and diesel-gasoline. However, the NH3 emission of the heavy-duty engine fuelled with natural gas is much higher than that of the methanol-fuelled engine, and exceeds the China VI emission standard. Under the actual road test, CO emission decreases once the exhaust temperature of the test vehicle reaches up to 250 °C, while NOx emissions are maintained at a relatively low level and then sharply increase at the initial cold-start of the road test. However, NOx emissions increase with further increase in the exhaust temperature.

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  • Duan, Xiongbo & Feng, Lining & Liu, Haibo & Jiang, Pengfei & Chen, Chao & Sun, Zhiqiang, 2023. "Experimental investigation on exhaust emissions of a heavy-duty vehicle powered by a methanol-fuelled spark ignition engine under world Harmonized Transient Cycle and actual on-road driving conditions," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 282(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:282:y:2023:i:c:s0360544223022636
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.128869
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