TY - JOUR
TI - The possibilities for measurement and characterization of diesel engine fine particles: A review
AU - Petrović Velimir S
AU - Janković Slobodan S
AU - Tomić Miroljub V
AU - Jovanović Zoran S
AU - Knežević Dragan M
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2011
VL - 15
IS - 4
SP - 915
EP - 938
PT - Article
AB - This review paper considers possible instrumentation for diesel engine fine  particles exhaust emission evaluation. The modern diesel engines have  extremely low particles emission almost at the level of measurement error of  existing gravimetric measurement method. Since coarse particles are  eliminated by new engine technologies, fine particles, with very negative  effects on human health, dominate in the emission of current diesel engine.  Therefore, it is necessary not only to measure mass of emitted particles but  also to investigate other important particle characteristics as: particles  number, particle size, particle number and mass distribution, particle  active surface, particle composition etc. Therefore, existing measurement  technologies used in aerosol science can be used also to study diesel engine  particles properties. This most common instrumentation in aerosol technique  is shortly reviewed in the paper with special attention on candidate  instruments included in EU program on portable emissions measurement systems  (PEMS).