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Emissions from soy biodiesel blends: A single particle perspective

Dutcher, Dabrina D. ; Pagels, Joakim LU ; Bika, Anil ; Franklin, Luke ; Stolzenburg, Mark ; Thompson, Samantha ; Medrano, Juan ; Brown, Nicholas ; Gross, Deborah S. and Kittelson, David , et al. (2011) In Atmospheric Environment 45(20). p.3406-3413
Abstract
Biodiesel has recently reemerged as a common fuel. However, emissions from biodiesel combustion have been studied in much less detail than those from traditional petroleum-based diesel. In this experiment, emissions from the combustion of different fuel blends (BOO, B02, B20, B99, where the number after B indicates the percentage, by volume, of biodiesel in the fuel) in a VW TDi engine were analyzed by aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometers (ATOFMS) for single-particle composition and vacuum aerodynamic size. The ATOFMS results show that the PAH molecular weight distribution is not significantly affected by the fuel composition, and that sulfates are reduced by increased biodiesel content. Octanedioic acid (a carbonyl species) is... (More)
Biodiesel has recently reemerged as a common fuel. However, emissions from biodiesel combustion have been studied in much less detail than those from traditional petroleum-based diesel. In this experiment, emissions from the combustion of different fuel blends (BOO, B02, B20, B99, where the number after B indicates the percentage, by volume, of biodiesel in the fuel) in a VW TDi engine were analyzed by aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometers (ATOFMS) for single-particle composition and vacuum aerodynamic size. The ATOFMS results show that the PAH molecular weight distribution is not significantly affected by the fuel composition, and that sulfates are reduced by increased biodiesel content. Octanedioic acid (a carbonyl species) is increased with increased biodiesel concentration. Clustering results from the single-particle spectra show that the particles fall in five main types by chemical composition. The aerodynamic size distribution of these individual clusters was also determined. These results also show that methods used to identify diesel particle emissions for source apportionment are not applicable when significant concentrations of biodiesel are used in fuels. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (Less)
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Biodiesel, Aerosol, ATOFMS
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Atmospheric Environment
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45
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20
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3406 - 3413
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Elsevier
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1352-2310
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10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.047
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English
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  abstract     = {{Biodiesel has recently reemerged as a common fuel. However, emissions from biodiesel combustion have been studied in much less detail than those from traditional petroleum-based diesel. In this experiment, emissions from the combustion of different fuel blends (BOO, B02, B20, B99, where the number after B indicates the percentage, by volume, of biodiesel in the fuel) in a VW TDi engine were analyzed by aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometers (ATOFMS) for single-particle composition and vacuum aerodynamic size. The ATOFMS results show that the PAH molecular weight distribution is not significantly affected by the fuel composition, and that sulfates are reduced by increased biodiesel content. Octanedioic acid (a carbonyl species) is increased with increased biodiesel concentration. Clustering results from the single-particle spectra show that the particles fall in five main types by chemical composition. The aerodynamic size distribution of these individual clusters was also determined. These results also show that methods used to identify diesel particle emissions for source apportionment are not applicable when significant concentrations of biodiesel are used in fuels. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Dutcher, Dabrina D. and Pagels, Joakim and Bika, Anil and Franklin, Luke and Stolzenburg, Mark and Thompson, Samantha and Medrano, Juan and Brown, Nicholas and Gross, Deborah S. and Kittelson, David and McMurry, Peter H.}},
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  keywords     = {{Biodiesel; Aerosol; ATOFMS}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{20}},
  pages        = {{3406--3413}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Atmospheric Environment}},
  title        = {{Emissions from soy biodiesel blends: A single particle perspective}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.047}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.047}},
  volume       = {{45}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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