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The use of biofuels (biodiesel and gasoline-alcohol blends) in vehicle powertrains has grown in recent years in European Union, the United States, Japan, India, Brazil and many other countries due to limited fossil fuel sources and necessary reduction of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. European car manufacturers have approved up to 5 percent of biodiesel blend in diesel fuel (B5 biodiesel blend) which meets European fuel standards EN 14214 and EN 590. The goal for research is to achieve higher biodiesel content in diesel fuel B10 and B20, without resorting to larger diesel engines and fuel feed system modernization. This paper evaluates the possibility of using higher FAME content in biodiesel blends (mixture of diesel fuel and Fatty Acid Methyl Esters) in modern Euro 4 vehicle with direct-injection, common-rail and turbocharged light-duty diesel engine with standard engine ECU calibration and standard injection equipment (not tuned for biodiesel).

The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and precision of measurements of an automatic weighing system used to assess the mass emission of particulate matter emitted by internal combustion engines. Thirty test cycles were carried out for cars equipped with spark-ignition and compression-ignition engines that met the Euro 4, Euro 5 and Euro 6 emission standards. Exhaust gas samples for analysis were taken according to EU 2017/1151 recommendations for driving cycles performed on AVL and Zöllner chassis dynamometers, AVL-CVS i60 LD LE and HORIBA-CVS 7400 S exhaust-gas collection systems, WLTC driving cycle according to EU 2017/1151, NEDC according to UNECE No. 83, RDE, RTS and TFL cycles, non-standard cycles of car manufacturers. The mass emission of particulate matter was measured using Teflon-coated glass filters of Pallflex® Emfab™ type TX40HI20WW, which ranged between 96 ÷ 102 mg.