transportation sector.

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• Creators:
  Durbin, Thomas D. ; Karavalakis, Georgios ; Johnson, Kent C. ; Cocker, David ; Yang, Jiacheng ; Jiang, Yu ; Kumar, Sachin
• Corporate Creators:
  University of California, Riverside. Center for Environmental Research and Technology ; Viresco Energy LLC
• Corporate Contributors:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Alternate fuels
  • Fuels
  • Aviation fuels
  • Motor fuels
  • Spacecraft fuels
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC)
• Abstract:
  Some of the most important questions in the development of sustainable transportation are ; identify fuels that will reduce emissions, provide diversification from fossil fuels, reduce ; greenhouse gas emissions, be produced from renewable sources, and that can be produced in a ; sustainable manner. An alternative diesel fuel that could be used for particulate matter (PM) ; reductions and be produced from renewable sources could represent a key advance for the ; transportation sector in terms of sustainability, diversification for the marketplace for the ; alternative fuels, emissions reductions, and reductions in greenhouse gases. Dimethyl ; carbonate (DMC) is a potentially new fuel that could represent an important advance in the ; diesel fuel area. DMC can be produced from renewable sources such as grass, manure, or trees. ; Preliminary tests at the University of California at Riverside have also indicated PM reductions ; of about 76% at only a 20% blend with diesel fuel, which is about double or triple the ; reductions typically found for biodiesel at a comparable blend level, and comparable to the ; reductions found for diesel particulate filters (DPFs). Although these preliminary results indicate ; the promise of DMC as a PM mass reduction strategy, it is important to more completely ; characterize the emissions and viability of DMC before it can be more widely used in the fuel ; market or for in-field demonstrations. ; The objective of this study was to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the viability of DMC as a ; transportation fuel for fleet and wider applications. This included a literature review to address ; questions related to air emissions, impact on vehicle system durability and parts, and any ; potential storage issues. This study also included some additional emissions testing to evaluate ; any emissions of toxic species, and to look at some optimization of blend level in terms of a full ; range of emissions components.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32485/dot_32485_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.06 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
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