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Proceedings of the 1998 Diesel Engine Emissions Reduction Workshop. Held in Castine, Maine on July 6-9, 1998

Maine Maritime Academy

Table of Contents (320kb)

Chairman's Overview

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Session 1 - Agency/Organization Concerns on Engine Emissions (3.54MB)

 
Criteria Pollutants: Is the Problem the Diesel or the Gasoline Engine? Can we Meet Future Emissions Standards? 1
 
California's Revised Heavy-Duty Vehicle Smoke and Tampering Inspection Program 7
 
The Continuing Emission Challenge for Diesel Engines 19
 
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Engine Emissions Reduction Technology Development 17
 
An Overview of Particulate Control for Diesel-Powered Navy Vessels 19
 
Update on IMO Nox Emission Regulations for Diesel Engines 33
 
Diesel Engines, Emissions Reduction, and "Step Functions" - Impacts and Opportunities for Government and the Trucking Industry 37
 
California's Single State Diesel Dilemma: Fact vs. Fiction 41
 

Session II - Diesel Engine Issues and Challenges (1.82MB)

 
Diesel and Gasoline Light Truck Emissions: "The Rest of the Story" 53
 
Caterpillar's Light Truck Clean Diesel Program - Technologies to Meet Future HSDI Emissions Regulations 73
 
Polarized Light Scattering for Diesel Exhaust Particulate Characterization 77
 

Session III - Health Risks from Diesel Engines Emissions (4.53MB)

 
Risk Assessments of Diesel Engine Emissions: Current Issues 85
 
Status of Information on Ambient Laveis and Source Emissiosn to the Ultra Fine Fraction of Particulate Matter 89
 
Recent Epidemoiogical Evidence for Health Effects of Fine and Ultrafine Particles 101
 
Toxicity of Ultrafine Particles 107
 
Program in Emissions Particulate Dosimetry and Toxicology 119
 

Session IV: Fuels and Lubrication Technologies (3.0MB)

 
Effects of Engine Shutdown Time on Diesel Automobile Emissions 127
 
Advances in Turbocharger Technology for Fuel Economy and Emissions Control 143
 
Reformulated Diesel Fuel - The Challenge for U. S. Refineries 151
 
Fischer-Tropsch Liquids and Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition 157
 
Incorporating Oxygen in Diesel Fuel as a Means of Reducing Engine Emissions 168
 
A Study of the Compatibility of Several Methanol Fuels and Engine Lubricants 171
 

Session V: Non-Thermal Plasma and Urea After treatment Technologies (3.26MB)

 
NOx Conversion Chemistry in Plasma-Assisted Catalysis 177
 
Plasma-Catalysis for Diesel NOx Remediation 187
 
Nitrogen Measurement from NOx Reduction for a Plasma Catalyst System in Simulated Diesel Exhaust 193
 
Evaluation of Gas Phase Pulsed Plasma Emissions System for Diesel Exhaust After treatment 199
 
Plasma Mufflers for NOx Abatement 215
 

Session VI: Diesel Engine Technologies for Emission Reduction I (2.11MB)

 
The Northern Front Range Air Quality Study 221
 
An Exhaust After treatment Strategy for Optimizing Diesel Emissions Reduction, Performance, Fuel and Cost 229
 
Engine Combustion Research at Sandia's Combustion Research Facility 237
 

Sessions VII: Diesel Engine Technologies for Emission Reduction II (1.08MB)

 
SVSI0.8 and B4C/B9C Quantum Wells Thermoelectric for Diesel Engines 249
 
Low AP Electrostatic Diesel Engine Nozzles 257
 
Real-Time Measurement of Diesel Particulates 263