Measurement of Regulated and Unregulated Exhaust Emissions from Snowmobiles in the 2009 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2010-32-0126
Alternative and renewable fuels show tremendous promise for addressing concerns of energy security, energy supply, and CO₂ emissions. However, the new fuels have the potential to produce non-regulated exhaust components that may be as detrimental or worse, than currently regulated emissions components. For the 2009 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge (CSC), a commercially available Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer was used to sample raw exhaust from eight student teams' snowmobiles for comparative analysis with a conventional emissions bench. The levels of CO₂, CO, NO
, O₂, and THC were compared for the five operating modes, which included both gasoline- and diesel-powered snowmobiles. The fuel was either an ethanol blend for spark-ignition engines or a biodiesel for compression-ignition engines. Final emissions result scores varied by less than 2% between the conventional emissions bench and the FTIR. In addition, due to the ability of the FTIR to measure non-regulated exhaust species, significantly increased levels of formaldehyde and ammonia were detected for some of the engine and exhaust configurations that displayed significant reductions in regulated emissions.
Citation: Miers, S., Green, C., Meldrum, J., and Chmielewski, M., "Measurement of Regulated and Unregulated Exhaust Emissions from Snowmobiles in the 2009 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge," SAE Int. J. Fuels Lubr. 3(2):1112-1121, 2010, https://doi.org/10.4271/2010-32-0126. Download Citation
Author(s):
Scott A. Miers, Christopher Green, Jay Meldrum, Matt Chmielewski
Affiliated:
Michigan Technological Univ, AVL North America Inc
Pages: 10
Event:
Small Engine Technology Conference & Exposition
ISSN:
1946-3952
e-ISSN:
1946-3960
Also in:
SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants-V119-4, SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants-V119-4EJ
Related Topics:
Exhaust emissions
Diesel / compression ignition engines
Alternative fuels
Recreational vehicles and equipment
Emissions
Spark ignition engines
Ethanol
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