Publication Date
8-8-2013
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Keywords
Atmospheric chemistry, Emissions, Pollutants, Heavy-duty diesel trucks
Abstract
California and Federal emissions regulations for 2007 and newer heavy-duty diesel engines require an order of magnitude reduction in particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen spurring the introduction of new aftertreatment systems. Since 2008 four emission measurement campaigns have been conducted at a Port of Los Angeles location and an inland weigh station in the South Coast Air Basin of California. Fuel specific oxides of nitrogen emissions at the Port have decreased 12% since 2010 while infrared opacity (a measure of particulate matter) remained low, showing no diesel particulate filter deterioration. The weigh station truck’s fuel specific oxides of nitrogen emission reductions since 2010 (18.5%) almost double the previous three year’s reductions and are the result of new trucks using selective catalytic reduction systems. Trucks at the weigh station equipped with these systems have a skewed oxides of nitrogen emissions distribution (half of the emissions were from 6% of the measurements) and had significantly lower emissions than similarly equipped Port trucks. Infrared thermographs of truck exhaust pipes revealed that the mean temperature observed at the weigh station (225 ± 4.5°C) was 70ºC higher than for Port trucks, suggesting that the catalytic aftertreatment systems on trucks at our Port site were below minimum operating temperatures.
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Copyright Date
8-8-2013
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Gary A. Bishop, Brent G. Schuchmann, Donald H. Stedman
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Received from author
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Language
English (eng)
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24 pgs
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Bishop, G. A., Schuchmann, B. G., & Stedman, D. H. (2013). Heavy-duty truck emissions in the South Coast Air Basin of California. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(16), 9523-9529. DOI: 10.1021/es401487b
Publication Title
Environmental Science & Technology
Volume
47
Issue
16
First Page
9523
Last Page
9529
ISSN
1520-5851
Recommended Citation
Bishop, G. A., Schuchmann, B. G., & Stedman, D. H. (2013). Heavy-duty truck emissions in the South Coast Air Basin of California. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(16), 9523-9529. DOI: 10.1021/es401487b