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Evaluation of emissions benefits of OBD-based repairs for potential application in a heavy-duty vehicle Inspection and Maintenance program

Journal

ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
Volume 247, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118186

Keywords

Inspection and maintenance; Heavy-duty diesel vehicles; On-board diagnostics; Repair effectiveness; NOx emissions; Opacity

Funding

  1. California Air Resources Board [15RD022]

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The study suggests that an on-board diagnostics (OBD)-based Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) can significantly reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions and opacity levels, providing tangible emission benefits for diesel HDVs.
The implementation of a comprehensive heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program could be a critical element in ensuring the emission control effectiveness of diesel HDVs over their full useful life. An on-board diagnostics (OBD)-based I/M program could be a cost-effective emission reduction program for diesel HDVs. Forty-five vehicles equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) with either the check-engine -light-on or malfunction-indicator-light (MIL)-on, or both, and in certain repairs categories, were identified and their emissions were measured before and after the repairs in this study. The post-repair nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions decreased by 46%-75% for check-engine-light-on vehicles and by 53%-81% for MIL-on vehicles at different test speeds. NOx reductions for more than 55% of the vehicles showed reductions greater than 80% for at least one test speed. Pre-repair opacity readings from these HDVs were mostly lower than 5%, except for 6 vehicles that showed the opacity readings from 5.3% to 12.3%. After the repairs, opacity readings for all vehicles were below 5%, and average reductions of 43% in opacity were found for both check-engine-light-on and MIL-on cases. The testing results suggest that an OBD-based HDV I/M program would provide significant and tangible emission benefits.

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