Air Filter and Selected Vehicle Characteristics

František Synák, Alica Kalašová and Ján Synák
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František Synák: Department of Road and Urban Transport, University of Žilina, 01026 Žilina, Slovakia
Alica Kalašová: Department of Road and Urban Transport, University of Žilina, 01026 Žilina, Slovakia
Ján Synák: Department of Road and Urban Transport, University of Žilina, 01026 Žilina, Slovakia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 22, 1-19

Abstract: While a vehicle is driving, the air filter is gradually being clogged. Thus, there is a condition for air mass delivered into the engine’s cylinders to be reduced. It can further degrade the vehicle’s ability to accelerate and, therefore, have an impact on road driving safety, or it can eventually make a vehicle performance worse or cause a change in the exhaust gas composition. The article pays attention to the impact of clogged air filter on selected vehicle characteristics including a vehicle’s dynamic features, fuel consumption and composition of the exhaust gases. The measurements have been performed under laboratory conditions. For higher result objectivity, the measurements have been done under some extreme conditions as well, with both the air filter fully clogged and forced air induction. The importance of the article lies in quantification of the impact of clogged air filter on selected vehicle features. The results from this article show a relatively low impact of air filter on the features studied. The biggest differences were measured under extreme conditions when the air filter had been almost fully clogged, or the air had been delivered into the engine under pressure.

Keywords: air filter; air pollution; combustion engine; emissions; exhaust gases; fuel consumption; torque power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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