Evaluation of the Effects of Biodiesel on Emissions and Performance by Comparing the Results of the New European Drive Cycle and Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Cycle

Tolgahan Kaya, Osman Akın Kutlar and Ozgur Oguz Taskiran
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Tolgahan Kaya: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul 34467, Turkey
Osman Akın Kutlar: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul 34467, Turkey
Ozgur Oguz Taskiran: Design Project Office, Istanbul Naval Shipyard, Istanbul 34944, Turkey

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: In this paper, the effects of biodiesel on performance and emission of the current and new-coming regulation cycles, namely the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) and the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Cycle (WLTC), were investigated by conducting tests on a passenger car, a Euro-5 Ford Fiesta, equipped with a 1.5-L diesel engine. In a two-axle chassis dynamometer test bed, NEDC and WLTC were performed with pure diesel and biodiesel-to-diesel blend (30% biodiesel, 70% diesel in volume). A substantial reduction in CO (34%, 55%), HC (33%, 40%), and particulate number (PN) (22%, 31%) emissions was observed respectively for both the NEDC and WLTC when biodiesel was used. Besides, it was found that the WLTC has higher load and velocity profile compared to the NEDC. Moreover, lower CO, HC, and PN emissions were observed with B30 fuel under WLTC compared to the NEDC. Nevertheless, slightly higher CO 2 and substantially higher NO x emissions were observed for the WLTC compared to the NEDC.

Keywords: new European driving cycle; world-wide harmonized light duty test cycles; biodiesel; exhaust emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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