Towards better air quality using the plume chasing method: validation studies of real driving NOx emission measurements of vehicles

Christina Schmidt; Denis Pöhler; Stefan Schmitt; Ulrich Platt; Quinn Vroom; Norbert E. Ligterink; Naomi J. Farren; David C. Carslaw; Åke Sjödin

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.662

Towards better air quality using the plume chasing method: validation studies of real driving NO_x emission measurements of vehicles

Christina Schmidt^*, Denis Pöhler, Stefan Schmitt, Ulrich Platt, Quinn Vroom, Norbert E. Ligterink, Naomi J. Farren, David C. Carslaw, Åke Sjödin

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The reliability of Plume Chasing as a Remote Emission Measurement Technique in detecting NOx emissions is investigated. It allows, for example, to identify high-NOx-emitting vehicles with high precision. During a 5-day study of the CARES project, controlled Plume Chasing measurements of different types of vehicles were performed on a test track. The test track experiments included 21 different sessions with different driving properties and different test vehicles representative for a common vehicle fleet. During the experiments, the emission control systems were activated and deactivated in a blind comparison experiment. The Plume Chasing method showed excellent correlation with the averaged reference SEMS NOx data. The main cause for deviations was found to be situations when emissions are significantly influenced by plumes from high emitting vehicles driving ahead.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1848-1854
Number of pages	7
Journal	Transportation Research Procedia
Volume	72
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.662
Publication status	Published - 13 Dec 2023
Event	2022 Conference Proceedings Transport Research Arena, TRA Lisbon 2022 - Lisboa, Portugal Duration: 14 Nov 2022 → 17 Nov 2022

Bibliographical note

© 2023 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V.

Funding Information:
This study was conducted under the European project City Air Remote Emission Sensing (CARES), which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 814966. We acknowledge all project partners for their help during sampling and/or analysis.

Funding Information:
This study was conducted under the European project City Air Remote Emission Sensing (CARES), which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 814966. We acknowledge all project partners for their help during sampling and/or analysis.

Keywords

CARES
EU research
High emitter
NOx Emissions
Plume Chasing
SCR Manipulation

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