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American Chemical Society, Environmental Science and Technology, 19(46), p. 10812-10819, 2012

DOI: 10.1021/es301899s

American Chemical Society, Environmental Science and Technology, 19(46), p. 10805-10811, 2012

DOI: 10.1021/es301898u

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Impact of Alternative Fuels on Emissions Characteristics of a Gas Turbine Engine – Part 2: Volatile and Semivolatile Particulate Matter Emissions

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Abstract

The work characterizes the changes in volatile and semivolatile PM emissions from a gas turbine engine resulting from burning alternative fuels, specifically gas-to-liquid (GTL), coal-to-liquid (CTL), a blend of Jet A-1 and GTL, biodiesel, and diesel, to the standard Jet A-1. The data presented here, compares the mass spectral fingerprints of the different fuels as measured by the Aerodyne high resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer. There were three sample points, two at the exhaust exit plane with dilution added at different locations and another probe located 10 m downstream. For emissions measured at the downstream probe when the engine was operating at high power, all fuels produced chemically similar organic PM, dominated by CxHy fragments, suggesting the presence of long chain alkanes. The second largest contribution came from CxHyOz fragments, possibly from carbonyls or alcohols. For the nondiesel fuels, the highest loadings of organic PM were from the downstream probe at high power. Conversely, the diesel based fuels produced more organic material at low power from one of the exit plane probes. Differences in the composition of the PM for certain fuels were observed as the engine power decreased to idle and the measurements were made closer to the exit plane. ; 015FG Times Cited:4 Cited References Count:23