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An Experimental Study of Fuel Economy and Emission Characteristics for a Heavy-Duty DME Bus

대형 DME버스의 연비 및 배기가스 특성에 관한 연구

  • 오용일 (울산대학교 기계자동차공학부) ;
  • 표영덕 (한국에너지기술연구원) ;
  • 권옥배 (한국가스공사 연구개발원) ;
  • 백영순 (한국가스공사 연구개발원) ;
  • 조상현 (전북자동차기술원) ;
  • 임옥택 (울산대학교 기계자동차공학부)
  • Received : 2011.06.21
  • Accepted : 2011.12.08
  • Published : 2012.04.01
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Abstract

The experimental test was conducted for a heavy-duty DME bus in JE-05 exhaust gas test mode using a chassis dynamometer, exhaust gas analyzers, and a PM measurement system. The heavy-duty DME bus was not equipped with after-treatment systems such as DOC or DPF. The dynamic behavior, emission characteristics, and fuel economy of the bus were investigated with an 8.0-liter, 6-cylinder conventional diesel engine. The results showed that the dynamic behavior in DME mode was almost the same as in diesel mode. However, there was little difference among the two operation modes for $NO_x$ and CO emissions. THC emissions were lower for DME mode than for diesel mode. Also, the amount of PM emissions was remarkably lower than for the diesel mode because DME contains a greater amount of oxygen than diesel. The data showed that $CO_2$ emissions were almost similar in the two modes but fuel economy (calculated using heating value) was lower for DME mode than for diesel mode.

본 연구에서는 대형버스 배기가스 테스트 모드인 JE-05 에서 DME와 디젤을 연료로 사용하는 대형 DME버스를 차대동력계, 배기가스 분석기 그리고 PM 측정시스템을 이용하여 대형 DME버스의 연비, 배기가 스특성 그리고 동적 특성에 대해 알아보았다. 대형 DME버스에는 6기통 8,071cc 디젤엔진이 장착되었으며, 현재 운행되고 있는 상용 디젤버스와는 달리 DOC, DPF와 같은 후처리 장치가 없다. 실험 결과, 각 부하에 따른 차량의 속도를 통하여 차량의 동적 특성은 DME와 디젤을 사용했을 때 거의 비슷한 것을 알 수 있었다. NOx, CO와 THC는 DME를 연료로 사용 시 디젤연료에 비해 더 적게 배출되는 것을 확인하였다. 하지만 PM은 DME연료를 사용 시 거의 발생하지 않았는데, 이는 DME가 함산소연료이고 분자구조상 탄소-탄소 결합이 없기 때문이라고 생각된다. $CO_2$는 각 연료 사용 시 비슷하게 발생하였으며, 저위발열량 베이스로 계산된 연비는 DME연료 사용 시 디젤연료보다 약 6.7% 더 낮게 나왔다.

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