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The article studies the impact on both the pollution and climate change generated by the vehicles themselves, covering results generated by their engines, and starting from the end user’s demands up to the final results. The first part refers to statistics and covers the differences of market needs, in terms of types of vehicles and their number, based on several countries across Europe and the impact they have on the environment. The analysis consists in measuring and interpretation of main characteristics of a Diesel engine (classified euro 3) equipped vehicle, still very common in the East European countries, with both an opacimeter and a gas analyzer. The purpose is to obtain base values for comparison with further improvements to be proposed and achieved on a Diesel engine, and get a better understanding on the resulted influences towards pollution.
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The first author expresses his gratitude to the teaching staff of the Politehnica University of Timisoara (Romania) and University of Aurel Vlaicu (Romania), where he studied. This paper marks the beginning of a journey into researching for finding ways to keep the diesel engine alive. The research is part of the PhD program of the first author at the Politehnica University of Timisoara. The authors acknowledge also the Romanian Automotive Register for the substantial support.
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Suciu, C.C., Ostoia, D., Lontis, N.S., Vetres, I., Igret, S.V., Ionel, I. (2022). Preliminary Research Concerning the Pollution Generated by a Diesel Engine in Order to Higher Its Performance. In: Rackov, M., Mitrović, R., Čavić, M. (eds) Machine and Industrial Design in Mechanical Engineering. KOD 2021. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 109. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88465-9_68
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