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Measurements of the Emissions of a “Golden” Vehicle at Seven Laboratories with Portable Emission Measurement Systems (PEMS)

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  • Barouch Giechaskiel

    (European Commission—Joint Research Centre (JRC), via E. Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra, Italy)

  • Simone Casadei

    (Innovhub-Stazioni Sperimentali per l’Industria, via G. Galilei 1, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy)

  • Tommaso Rossi

    (Innovhub-Stazioni Sperimentali per l’Industria, via G. Galilei 1, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy)

  • Fabrizio Forloni

    (European Commission—Joint Research Centre (JRC), via E. Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra, Italy)

  • Andrea Di Domenico

    (CUNA, Corso Galileo Ferraris 61, 10128 Torino, Italy)

Abstract

In the last years, the in-use emissions of vehicles are measured on the road with portable emissions measurement systems (PEMS). PEMS cannot measure as accurately as the laboratory grade equipment, and studies on their measurement uncertainty have continued since their appearance in the market. In this study we compared PEMS to laboratory grade equipment in Italian laboratories testing a diesel “Golden” (i.e., reference) vehicle for two consecutive years. The results showed equal means of PEMS and laboratory grade equipment for carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), nitrogen oxides (NO x ), and particle number (PN), with a variability of ±5 g/km for CO 2 , ±10 mg/km for NO x , and ±1 × 10 11 p/km for PN, which further decreased in the second year. For carbon monoxide (CO), the PEMS were on average 5–20 mg/km higher than the bags (variability ±40 mg/km). The main conclusion of this study is that PEMS are accurate under controlled laboratory ambient conditions, without any indications of significant bias.

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  • Barouch Giechaskiel & Simone Casadei & Tommaso Rossi & Fabrizio Forloni & Andrea Di Domenico, 2021. "Measurements of the Emissions of a “Golden” Vehicle at Seven Laboratories with Portable Emission Measurement Systems (PEMS)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-13, August.
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