Table 4.
PM and carbonaceous soot emission rates using different fuels. Change (%) is the percent change compared to ULSD for the same engine condition.
| Engine condition | Fuel | PM
|
Soot
|
SOF
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (mg/s) | Change (%) | (mg/s) | Change (%) | (Unitless) | Change (%) | ||
| Idle | ULSD | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 0.009 ± 0.003 | 0.92 ± 0.04 | |||
| Swedish | 0.02 ± 0.00a | −82 | 0.003 ± 0.000a | −67 | 0.85 ± 0.02a | −8 | |
| B100 | 0.60 ± 0.06a | 445 | 0.003 ± 0.000a | −67 | 1.00 ± 0.00 | 9 | |
| Low-load | ULSD | 0.44 ± 0.02 | 0.25 ± 0.02 | 0.43 ± 0.02 | |||
| Swedish | 0.41 ± 0.07 | −7 | 0.27 ± 0.00 | 8 | 0.33 ± 0.12 | −23 | |
| B100 | 0.14 ± 0.01a | −68 | 0.022 ± 0.001a | −91 | 0.84 ± 0.01a | 95 | |
| High-load | ULSD | 3.42 ± 0.08 | 2.9 ± 0.1 | 0.15 ± 0.04 | |||
| Swedish | 2.48 ± 0.03a | −27 | 1.9 ± 0.1a | −34 | 0.21 ± 0.03 | 40 | |
| B100 | 0.65 ± 0.06a | −81 | 0.14 ± 0.01a | −95 | 0.78 ± 0.00* | 420 | |
SOF: soluble organic fraction. SOF + (PM − soot)/PM.
Differed significantly from ULSD under the same engine condition (p < 0.05 using two-sample t-test).