Comparison of Gasoline Engine Exhaust Emissions of a Passenger Car through the WLTC and RDE Type Approval Tests

Monika Andrych-Zalewska, Zdzislaw Chlopek, Jerzy Merkisz and Jacek Pielecha
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Monika Andrych-Zalewska: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
Zdzislaw Chlopek: Faculty of Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Narbutta 84, 02-524 Warsaw, Poland
Jerzy Merkisz: Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, pl. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 5, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
Jacek Pielecha: Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, pl. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 5, 60-965 Poznan, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 21, 1-13

Abstract: The article presents a comparison of exhaust emission test results from a passenger car with a spark-ignition engine examined with the WLTC (Worldwide Harmonized Light-Duty Vehicles Test Cycle) test, which was carried out on a chassis dynamometer, and examined with a RDE (Real Driving Emissions) test, which was conducted in real vehicle operating conditions. The exhaust emissions and the emitted particle number in the individual phases of both tests were determined. Large disparities were found in the results of the two tests. The cold start-up had a particularly significant impact on the test results in the case of the WLTC test. This impact is much greater than in the RDE test, mainly due to the fact that the RDE test is much longer than the WLTC test. Moreover, the engine load in the RDE test was greater than in the WLTC test. As a result of the conducted analyses, it was postulated that the research should be continued in stochastic conditions for the vehicle speed function, e.g., in the implementation of the speed function determined for the real conditions of the vehicle operation.

Keywords: gasoline engine; exhaust emissions; passenger car; WLTC; RDE test (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: 2022
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