Estimation of carbon-oxide emissions of tractors during operation and correlation with the not-to-exceed zone
| Autor: | Aušra Čiplienė, Algirdas Janulevičius, Antanas Juostas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Tractor
Engineering business.product_category Agricultural machinery business.industry 020209 energy Fossil fuel Global warming Environmental engineering Soil Science Environmental pollution 02 engineering and technology Work (electrical) Control and Systems Engineering Not-To-Exceed 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Fuel efficiency business Agronomy and Crop Science Simulation Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Biosystems Engineering. 147:117-129 |
| ISSN: | 1537-5110 |
| Popis: | The continuing rise in fossil fuel use significantly aggravates global warming problems because of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This article shows a procedure to indirectly obtain data concerning the environmental pollution of a tractor by starting from direct data. The research confirms that qualitative indicators of a tractor's work for an operational period could be identified from a database compiled from engine processors. The average work rate of tractors measured under field conditions, together with the operating time in an engine's work mode, fuel consumption, and CO2 and CO emissions, have been measured. Correlations between CO2 and CO emissions and the NTE (not-to-exceed) zones during a tractor's operational period have also been determined. The study showed that the tractors worked, on average, 51% of the operational period with the engine working modes within the NTE zone. While working in these modes, the tractors consumed approximately 73.4% of the fuel used for the whole operational period, and emitted into the environment approximately 76% of the CO2 and 9.7% of the CO of the emissions of the whole operational period. It was found that there are possibilities to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 and CO emissions during tractor operational periods by improving the tractor's operation by choosing engine work modes in a more rational way. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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