On board measurement of carbon dioxide exhaust car emissions using a mid-infrared optical based fibre

Author

Clifford, J. ; Mulrooney, J. ; Dooly, G. ; Fitzpatrick, C. ; Lewis, E. ; Merlone-Borla, E. ; Flavia, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Limerick, Limerick

fYear

2008

fDate

26-29 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

914

Lastpage

918

Abstract

This paper describes the investigation of an optical sensor system for the online measurement of carbon dioxide emissions in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle. Current anti-pollution technology installed in motor vehicles fail to meet monitoring requirements as specified by the European Commission. A robust sensor design and construction have made it suitable for installation on the exhaust of a motor vehicle. Results are presented for the sensor output when calibrated to carbon dioxide supplied from a cylinder at the Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF) research laboratory initially and in-situ in the exhaust of a Fiat Croma (diesel engine) during full scale tests on a roller test bench also at CRF.

Keywords

air pollution measurement; diesel engines; exhaust systems; optical sensors; Centro Ricerche Fiat research laboratory; European Commission; Fiat Croma; antipollution technology; carbon dioxide onboard measurement; diesel engine; exhaust system; midinfrared optical based fibre; motor vehicle; optical sensor system; Carbon dioxide; Condition monitoring; Exhaust systems; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Robustness; Stimulated emission; Testing; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Lecce

ISSN

1930-0395

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2580-8

Electronic_ISBN

1930-0395

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716590

Filename

4716590