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Appendix 5

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Gaseous pollutant emissions calculations

1.

Calculation of the instantaneous gaseous pollutant emissions

The instantaneous mass of the gaseous pollutant emissions shall be calculated on the basis of the instantaneous concentration of the gaseous pollutant emissions measured during the in-service monitoring test and in accordance with the procedure set out in Section 2 or Section 3 of Annex VII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/654.

2.

Determination of averaging windows' gaseous pollutant emissions and conformity factors

2.1.

Averaging window method

Averaging window is the sub-set of the complete calculated data set during the in-service monitoring test whose CO2 mass or work is equal to the engine CO2 mass or work measured over the reference laboratory NRTC.

The mass of the gaseous pollutant emissions and the conformity factors shall be calculated using the moving averaging window method, based on the reference work (procedure set out point 2.2) and the reference CO2 mass (procedure set out in point 2.3) measured over the reference laboratory NRTC.

The calculations shall be conducted in accordance with the following general requirements:

2.1.1.

Any data excluded, under the terms of Appendix 4, shall not be considered for the calculations of the work or CO2 mass and the gaseous pollutant emissions and conformity factors of the averaging windows.

2.1.2.

The moving averaging window calculations shall be conducted with a time increment Δt equal to the data sampling period.

2.1.3.

The mass of the gaseous pollutant emissions for each averaging window (mg/averaging window) shall be obtained by integrating the mass of the instantaneous gaseous pollutant emissions in the averaging window.

2.1.4.

The calculations shall be conducted and presented for both procedures: the reference CO2 mass and the reference work.

F12.1.5.

The reference work and reference CO 2 mass of an engine type, or for all engine types within the same engine family, shall be those specified in points 11.3.1 and 11.3.2 of the addendum to the EU type approval certificate of the engine type or the engine family, as set out in Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/656 f1 .

Figure 1

Engine power versus time and averaging window gaseous pollutant emissions, starting from the first averaging window, versus time

2.2.

Work based method

Figure 2

Work based method

The duration (t 2, i – t 1, i ) of the ith averaging window is determined by:

W(t 2,i ) – W(t 1,i ) ≥ Wref

Where:

  • W(tj,i ) is the engine work measured between the start and time tj,i , kWh,

  • Wref is the engine work for the NRTC, kWh,

  • t 2, i shall be selected such that:

    W(t 2,i – Δt) – W(t 1,i ) < Wref ≤ W(t 2,i ) – W(t 1,i )

Where Δt is the data sampling period, equal to 1 second or less.

F22.2.1.

Calculations of the brake specific gaseous pollutant emissions

The brake-specific gaseous pollutant emissions e gas (g/kWh) shall be calculated for each averaging window and each gaseous pollutant in the following way:

e gas = m i W t 2, i − W t 1, i

Where:

  • m i is the mass emission of the gaseous pollutant during the i th averaging window, g/averaging window,

  • W ( t 2, i ) – W ( t 1, i ) is the engine work during the i th averaging window, kWh.

2.2.2.

Selection of valid averaging windows

The valid averaging windows are the averaging windows whose average power exceeds the power threshold of 20 % of the maximum engine power. The percentage of valid averaging windows shall be equal or greater than 50 %.

2.2.2.1.

The test shall be considered void if the percentage of valid averaging windows is less than 50 %.

2.2.3.

Calculations of the conformity factors

The conformity factors shall be calculated for each individual valid averaging window and each individual gaseous pollutant in the following way:

CF = e gas L

Where:

  • e gas is the brake-specific emission of the gaseous pollutant, g/kWh;

  • L is the applicable limit, g/kWh.

2.3.

CO2 mass based method

Figure 3

CO2 mass based method

The duration (t 2, i – t 1, i ) of the ith averaging window is determined by:

m CO 2 t 2, i − m CO 2 t 1, i ≥ m CO 2, ref

Where:

  • m CO 2 t j,i is the CO 2 mass measured between the test start and time t j,i , g;

  • m CO 2, ref is the CO 2 mass determined for the NRTC, g;

  • t 2, i shall be selected such as:

    m CO 2 t 2, i − Δ t − m CO 2 t 1, i < m CO 2, ref ≤ m CO 2 t 2, i − m CO 2 t 1, i

Where Δt is the data sampling period, equal to 1 second or less.

The CO2 masses are calculated in the averaging windows by integrating the instantaneous gaseous pollutant emissions calculated according to the requirements introduced in point 1.

2.3.1.

Selection of valid averaging windows

The valid averaging windows shall be those whose duration does not exceed the maximum duration calculated from:

D max = 3600 × W ref 0,2 × P max

Where:

  • Dmax is the maximum averaging window duration, s,

  • P max is the maximum net power, as defined in Article 3(28) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, kW.

The percentage of valid averaging windows shall be equal or greater than 50 per cent.

2.3.2.

Calculations of the conformity factors

The conformity factors shall be calculated for each individual averaging window and each individual pollutant in the following way:

CF = CF I CF C

With

  • CF I = m i m CO 2 t 2, i − m CO 2 t 1, i (in service ratio) and

  • CF C = m L m CO 2, ref (certification ratio)

Where:

  • m i is the mass emission of the gaseous pollutant during the i th averaging window, g/averaging window,

  • m CO 2 t 2, i − m CO 2 t 1, i is the CO 2 mass during the i th averaging window, g,

  • m CO 2, ref is the engine CO 2 mass determined for the NRTC, g,

  • m L is the mass emission of gaseous pollutant corresponding to the applicable limit on the NRTC, g.

3.

Rounding of gaseous pollutant emissions calculations

In accordance with Standard ASTM E 29-06b (Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications), the final test results shall be rounded in one step to the number of places to the right of the decimal point indicated by the applicable exhaust emissions limit values set out in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 plus one additional significant figure.

4.

Gaseous pollutant emission results

The following results shall be reported in accordance with point 10 of this Annex:

  1. (a)

    the instantaneous concentration of the gaseous pollutant emissions measured during the in-service monitoring test;

  2. (b)

    the average of the concentration of the gaseous pollutant emissions for the whole in-service monitoring test;

  3. (c)

    the instantaneous mass of the gaseous pollutant emissions calculated in accordance to point 1;

  4. (d)

    the integrated mass of the gaseous pollutant emissions for the whole in-service monitoring test, calculated as the addition of the mass of the instantaneous gaseous pollutant emissions calculated in accordance to point 1;

  5. (e)

    the distribution of the conformity factors for the valid windows, calculated in accordance with points 2.2.3 and 2.3.2 (minimum, maximum and 90th cumulative percentile);

  6. (f)

    the distribution of the conformity factors for all windows, calculated in accordance with points 2.2.3 and 2.3.2 without the determination of the valid data in accordance with Appendix 4 and without the determination of the valid windows set out in points 2.2.2 and 2.3.1 (minimum, maximum and 90th cumulative percentile).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/987 of 27 April 2018 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions from in-service internal combustion engines installed in non-road mobile machinery (Text with EEA relevance).

F2

Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/987 of 27 April 2018 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions from in-service internal combustion engines installed in non-road mobile machinery (Text with EEA relevance).

Footnotes

f1

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/656 of 19 December 2016 laying down the administrative requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval of internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 102, 13.4.2017, p. 364 ).