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A test stand study on the volatile emissions of a passenger car brake assembly

Perricone, Guido ; Matějka, Vlastimil ; Alemani, Mattia ; Wahlström, Jens LU orcid and Olofsson, Ulf (2019) In Atmosphere 10(5).
Abstract

Brake-related airborne particulate matter contributes to urban emissions in the transport sector. Recent research demonstrated a clear dependence of the number of ultra-fine particles on the disc brake temperature. Above the so-called transition temperature, the number of ultra-fine particles increases dramatically (several magnitudes). As for exhaust emissions, part of the emissions released during braking can be in the volatile fraction. For this reason, a disc brake test stand specifically designed for aerosol research was equipped with three different aerosol sampling instruments: (i) a standard cascade impactor, (ii) a cascade impactor operating at high temperature with a heated sampling line, and (iii) a standard cascade impactor... (More)

Brake-related airborne particulate matter contributes to urban emissions in the transport sector. Recent research demonstrated a clear dependence of the number of ultra-fine particles on the disc brake temperature. Above the so-called transition temperature, the number of ultra-fine particles increases dramatically (several magnitudes). As for exhaust emissions, part of the emissions released during braking can be in the volatile fraction. For this reason, a disc brake test stand specifically designed for aerosol research was equipped with three different aerosol sampling instruments: (i) a standard cascade impactor, (ii) a cascade impactor operating at high temperature with a heated sampling line, and (iii) a standard cascade impactor with a thermodenuder. Tests with a brake assembly representative of European passenger vehicles were executed, and the concentration of released airborne particles was determined. The results showed a decrease by several magnitudes in the concentration (in the size range of below 200 nm) using the cascade impactor operating at 180 °C with the sampling line heated to 200 °C. A further decrease in the concentration of airborne particles with size fractions below 200 nm was measured using a standard cascade impactor with a thermodenuder heated to 300 °C.

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Brake emissions, Heated charger, Heated sampling line, Thermodenuder, Volatiles
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Atmosphere
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10
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5
article number
263
publisher
MDPI AG
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  • scopus:85073029878
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2073-4433
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10.3390/atmos10050263
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English
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  author       = {{Perricone, Guido and Matějka, Vlastimil and Alemani, Mattia and Wahlström, Jens and Olofsson, Ulf}},
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  keywords     = {{Brake emissions; Heated charger; Heated sampling line; Thermodenuder; Volatiles}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  number       = {{5}},
  publisher    = {{MDPI AG}},
  series       = {{Atmosphere}},
  title        = {{A test stand study on the volatile emissions of a passenger car brake assembly}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos10050263}},
  doi          = {{10.3390/atmos10050263}},
  volume       = {{10}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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