Impact of ethanol-gasoline implementation on vehicle emission based on remote sensing test

Abstract

Abstract The vehicle exhaust remote sensing system was used to quantify the carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), and nitrogen oxide (NO) concentrations of vehicles before and after the ethanol-gasoline implementation. The purpose was to investigate gasoline vehicle emissions for two distinct periods: before and after the ethanol-gasoline implementation. A comprehensive vehicle emission remote sensing data set collected in 2018 and 2019. The remote sensing test data was screened for duplicate vehicles in both two years. The average emission concentration of HC-CO-NO showed a continuous downward trend after ethanol-gasoline implementation. The three pollutant emission factors of small passenger cars are all lower than those of light trucks. Overall, the HC-CO-NO emission factors obtained through remote sensing tests have a small range of variation. From the results of the two-year test data, the emission levels of the 10% worst emission vehicles have shown a certain reduction compared with before the ethanol-gasoline implementation. Compared with random test errors of dynamometer emission test and portable emission measurement system, statistical results based on remote sensing test big data are more accurate.