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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Environ (1994). 2015 Feb;102:229–238. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.046

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.

a

Differed significantly from ULSD under the same engine condition (p < 0.05 using two-sample t-test).