Effect of Tampering on On-Road and Off-Road Diesel Vehicle Emissions

Illegal manipulation (i.e., tampering) of vehicles is a severe problem because vehicle emissions increase orders of magnitude and significantly impact the environment and human health. This study measured the emissions before and after representative approaches of tampering of two Euro 6 Diesel light-duty passenger cars, two Euro VI Diesel heavy...

Changes in power plant NOx emissions over northwest greece using a data assimilation technique (preprint)

In this work, we investigate the ability of a data assimilation technique and space-borne observations to quantify and monitor changes in nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions over North-Western Greece for the summers of 2018 and 2019. In this region, four lignite-burning power plants are located. The data assimilation technique, based on the Ensemble...

Improving evaluation of NO2 emission from ships using spatial association on TROPOMI satellite data

Emission compliance over the lifespan of a vehicle

With a lifetime of 15 years and more, many vehicles on the European roads no longer have to satisfy durability and in-service conformity requirements. If new cars satisfy stringent on-road emission standard, the risk of significant increase in emissions due to aging, malfunctions, poor maintenance and tampering will be substantial. Even a few...

Implications of diesel emissions control failures to emission factors and road transport NOx evolution

Diesel NOx emissions have been at the forefront of research and regulation scrutiny as a result of failures of late vehicle technologies to deliver on-road emissions reductions. The current study aims at identifying the actual emissions levels of late light duty vehicle technologies, including Euro 5 and Euro 6 ones. Mean NOx emission factor...