Effect of Advanced Aftertreatment for PM and NOx Reduction on Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Ultrafine Particle Emissions

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• 作者：Jorn Dinh Herner ; Shaohua Hu ; William H. Robertson ; Tao Huai ; M.-C. Oliver Chang ; Paul Rieger ; Alberto Ayala
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：March 15, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：45
• 期：6
• 页码：2413-2419
• 全文大小：992K
• 年卷期：v.45,no.6(March 15, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5851

文摘

Four heavy-duty and medium-duty diesel vehicles were tested in six different aftertreament configurations using a chassis dynamometer to characterize the occurrence of nucleation (the conversion of exhaust gases to particles upon dilution). The aftertreatment included four different diesel particulate filters and two selective catalytic reduction (SCR) devices. All DPFs reduced the emissions of solid particles by several orders of magnitude, but in certain cases the occurrence of a volatile nucleation mode could increase total particle number emissions. The occurrence of a nucleation mode could be predicted based on the level of catalyst in the aftertreatment, the prevailing temperature in the aftertreatment, and the age of the aftertreatment. The particles measured during nucleation had a high fraction of sulfate, up to 62% of reconstructed mass. Additionally the catalyst reduced the toxicity measured in chemical and cellular assays suggesting a pathway for an inverse correlation between particle number and toxicity. The results have implications for exposure to and toxicity of diesel PM.