The Disappearance of Ethylene, Propylene, n-Butane, and 1-Butane in Spark-Ignition Engine Exhaust 700472
Ethylene, propylene, n-butane, and 1-butene, which make up a large portion of the photochemically reactive hydrocarbons in automobile exhaust, were reacted individually and as a mixture in a turbulent flow, heated reaction tube made of mild steel.
Methods of predicting the total hydrocarbon disappearance by use of a general empirical equation are presented. Techniques for using hydrocarbon composition and carbon monoxide data to predict exhaust photochemical reactivity and CO concentration from total hydrocarbon disappearance correlations are suggested.
Results show that total hydrocarbon reaction was generally strongly dependent on temperature and on oxygen concentration between 1% and 5%, and was less dependent on initial hydrocarbon concentration. Gas Chromatograph data showed that during certain individual hydrocarbon reactions, the formation of other photochemically reactive hydrocarbons could increase smog-forming potential despite a decreasing total hydrocarbon concentration.
Citation: Sigworth, H., Myers, P., and Uyehara, O., "The Disappearance of Ethylene, Propylene, n-Butane, and 1-Butane in Spark-Ignition Engine Exhaust," SAE Technical Paper 700472, 1970, https://doi.org/10.4271/700472. Download Citation
Author(s):
H. W. Sigworth, P. S. Myers, O. A. Uyehara
Affiliated:
The University of Wisconsin
Pages: 12
Event:
Mid-Year Meeting
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Carbon monoxide
Exhaust emissions
Hydrocarbons
Spark ignition engines
Steel
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