Principal Investigator:
C. Scott Sluder
Other collaborators (including
ORNL personnel):
Brian H. West
Funding Source:
DOE Office of Advanced Automotive Technology
Project Focus:
The diesel vehicle emissions control-sulfur effects project
focused on determining the potential for NOx adsorber and
diesel particle filter systems to enable light-duty diesel
vehicles to achieve ultra-low emissions. The research was
conducted using a 1999 Mercedes A170CDI equipped with prototype
emissions control devices on a chassis dynamometer. Laboratory
experiments conducted for this project showed that high-90%
reductions in PM and NOx are possible from a light-duty
diesel vehicle and that many issues, such as the deleterious
impacts of fuel borne sulfur and vehicle integration issues
still remain to be solved.
This project was reported through Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) papers
2000-01-2848, 2000-01-2912, and 2001-01-1933.
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