Simple method of measuring nitrogen oxide in running vehicles
US6619107B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 12, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A50/20
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a simple method of measuring NOx in a running vehicle. While running on an actual road surface, the weight of NOx emitted from an engine of the running vehicle can be found more simply and accurately. The present invention comprises mounting a NOx analyzer, an air-fuel ratio sensor, and a data collection device on a vehicle, allowing the vehicle to run on the actual road surface, introducing the exhaust gas emitted while running on the actual road surface to a NOx analyzer to determine the concentration of NOx contained in the exhaust gas, determining a flow rate of the exhaust gas by using a fuel injection quantity based on a fuel injection pulse output from an electronic control unit mounted on the vehicle and an output from the air-fuel ratio sensor, and determining the weight of NOx emitted from the engine from the flow rate of the exhaust gas and the concentration of NOx.
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