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Papers by David Checkel

Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, 2011

ABSTRACT A Flare efficiency estimator (FEE) is as part of a Water Environment Research Foundation... more ABSTRACT A Flare efficiency estimator (FEE) is as part of a Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) project U2R08 entitled “Methane Evolution from Wastewater Treatment and Conveyance” under WERF's Climate Change Program. The FEE is developed based on the work of the Flare Research Group at the University of Alberta (UOA) and it will help estimate the fugitive green house gas (CH4) emissions from the unprotected ‘candlestick’ flares for digester gas and landfill gas flares. WERF is planning to make the FEE available online for free for its subscribers as an online tool.Details of the FEE are discussed in this paper including a brief overview of prior research on flares, WERF's approach for this research study, the calculation methodology, and a description of the user interface for the estimator tool. The FEE can be used to predict flaring efficiencies in variable operating conditions. Calculation method used for the FEE uses the gas composition, flare jet velocity, wind velocity and ambient temperature and pressure as some of the key input parameters.The most widely accepted reference to estimate flaring efficiency, EPA's Emissions Factors and AP–42, recommends using a value between 98 to 100 percent (99 percent as a default) as flaring efficiency for the candlestick flares operating on landfill or digester gas. However, simply assuming 99 percent combustion efficiency can significantly underestimate the GHG emissions.To demonstrate the use of the FEE to estimate fugitive GHG emissions, data from two wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), one from Georgia and another from Tennessee are presented as case studies. The FEE estimated flaring efficiencies of 94.5 percent and 96.6 percent for the WWTP in Georgia (80 mgd average daily flow) and the WWTP in Tennessee (100 mgd average daily flow), respectively. These lower efficiencies compared to the 99 percent flaring efficiency recommendations per EPA AP–42 amounted to approximately 522 MT CO2e/year and 488 MT CO2e/year of underreported GHG emissions for the WWTPs in Georgia and Tennessee, respectively.

SAE Technical Paper Series, Mar 6, 2000

... Kolaczkowski ST, Thomas WJ, Titiloye J. and Worth DJ, Catalytic combustion of methane in a m... more ... Kolaczkowski ST, Thomas WJ, Titiloye J. and Worth DJ, Catalytic combustion of methane in a monolith reactor: heat and mass transfer under laminar flow ... Liu B., Hayes RE, Checkel MD, Zheng M. and Mirosh E., Transient simulation of a catalytic converter for a dual fuel engine ...

Mass transfer analogies have long been used to experimentally determine the distribution of cooli... more Mass transfer analogies have long been used to experimentally determine the distribution of cooling fluid through pointwise sampling for turbine blade, nozzle or combustor film cooling. The behavior of a turbulent jet or plume flowing into its surroundings cannot be fully understood from point measurements alone, however. Full-field meas- urement of the instantaneous distribution of cooling fluid can reveal the structure and mechanisms governing cooling performance. This paper describes an improved dual light sheet PLIF (Planar Laser In- duced Fluorescence) technique developed for full field concentration measurements. An analytical model of laser light sheet / fluorescent dye interaction was formulated and used to evaluate the light sheet attenuation corrections. With the more common single light sheet technique, these corrections lead to substantial concentration uncer- tainty which can be substantially reduced by using a dual light sheet. The dual light sheet technique was used to study the time-varying position and area of concentration isopleths for a round jet issuing into quiescent surroundings. Results show that, although concentrations at any point vary widely with time, the area within a given concentration isopleth remains virtually constant.

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$Research paper thumbnail of Particle number emission factors and volatile fraction of particles emitted from on-road gasoline direct injection passenger vehicles$

Atmospheric Environment, Feb 1, 2015

h i g h l i g h t s Particle emission rates are proposed for on-road gasoline direct injection ve... more h i g h l i g h t s Particle emission rates are proposed for on-road gasoline direct injection vehicles. More semi-volatile particles are produced during initial stages of the acceleration. The emission factor is higher in urban driving cycles compared to highway cycles. Emission rates increase as tractive power increases for the entire range of speed.

Computers & Chemical Engineering, Feb 1, 2007

... Checkel, Zheng, and Mirosh (2001), Matros, Bunimovich, Strots, and Mirosh (1999) and Strots, ... more ... Checkel, Zheng, and Mirosh (2001), Matros, Bunimovich, Strots, and Mirosh (1999) and Strots, Bunimovich, Matros, Zheng, and Mirosh (1998). ... Single channel monolith reactor models (eg Hayes, Kolaczkowski, & Thomas, 1992; Leclerc & Schweich, 1993) are discrete models. ...

SAE technical paper series, Sep 1, 1986

There are several methods for determining the knock intensity using cylinder pressure data, evalu... more There are several methods for determining the knock intensity using cylinder pressure data, evaluation and development of these methods by analyzing test bench datasets is the basic issue of this study. At first, the methods for knock intensity determination are investigated and optimal methods are introduced by comparing test results in the fixed conditions. After determining the knock intensity by an appropriate method, threshold values must be determined for identifying knock borderline. Several methods for determining threshold values in individual cycles or statistical parameters of multiple cycles are introduced. Two methods for determining knock intensity can be compared by assuming one of them as the reference method, the way for comparison and selection of optimal parameters for second method are represented. Note that important parameters for analyzing of transducers› data, such as digital filtering and Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT), are introduced. FFT determines the main oscillation frequencies and digital filtering omits undesired frequencies. Investigations of the test results show that knock is occurred in special frequencies because of acoustic vibration modes, some methods for determining of these frequencies are introduced. It should be mentioned that the main oscillation frequency due to knock is about 8 kHz. Exact determination of these frequencies is important for investigation of filtering and optimal transducer location.

SAE technical paper series, Mar 1, 1999

SAE technical paper series, Mar 1, 1986

Utilisation de l'ordinateur pour detecter le cliquetis d'un moteur a partir des enregistr... more Utilisation de l'ordinateur pour detecter le cliquetis d'un moteur a partir des enregistrements de la pression

Review of Scientific Instruments, May 1, 2007

Acoustic "phase shift" methods have been used in the past to accurately measure the sound speed o... more Acoustic "phase shift" methods have been used in the past to accurately measure the sound speed of gases. In this work, a phase shift method for measuring the sound speed of gases over small path lengths is presented. We have called this method the discrete acoustic wave and phase detection ͑DAWPD͒ method. Experimental results show that the DAWPD method gives accurate ͑±3.2 m / s͒ and predictable measurements that closely match theory. The sources of uncertainty in the DAWPD method are examined and it is found that ultrasonic reflections and changes in the frequency ratio of the transducers ͑the ratio of driving frequency to resonant frequency͒ can be major sources of error. Experimentally, it is shown how these sources of uncertainty can be minimized.

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers have been investigated using finite element analy... more Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers have been investigated using finite element analysis. Three ANSYS models have been developed to illustrate the collapse voltage and operating frequency of CMUTs. A 2D axisymmetric model is used to illustrate the relationship between collapse voltage and electrode radius. The model agrees with past results for electrode radius sizes between full membrane radius and half membrane

International Journal of Automotive Technology, Jan 29, 2013

ABSTRACT Nanoparticle and gas-phase emission factors are presented for a liquefied petroleum gas ... more ABSTRACT Nanoparticle and gas-phase emission factors are presented for a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) passenger vehicle and are compared to gasoline operation. A bi-fuel LPG-gasoline vehicle certified for use on either fuel was used as the test vehicle so that a direct comparison of the emissions could be made based on fuel choice. These values were considered along with previous studies to determine the relative change in particulate emissions due to fuel choice over a wide range of vehicles and operating conditions. The vehicle examined in this study was tested on a chassis dynamometer for both steadystate and transient conditions. Transient test cycles included the US FTP72 driving cycle, Japanese driving cycle and modified Indian driving cycle while steady-state tests were done at vehicle speeds ranging from 10–90 km/hr in various transmission gears. Exhaust particle size distributions were measured in real-time using a differential mobility spectrometer (DMS50), and particle number and particle mass emission factors were calculated. For both fuels, the majority of the particles ranged from 5 to 160 nm in terms of particle diameter, with typically more than 85% of the particles in the nucleation mode (between 5–50 nm). In most cases, the vehicle produced a greater fraction of larger (accumulation mode) particles when fuelled on LPG. Using the data in the literature as well as the data in the current study, gasoline fuel produces 4.6 times more particles in terms of number and 2.1 times more particles in terms of mass.

This paper describes a Matlab-based emissions and fuel consumption model customized for the City ... more This paper describes a Matlab-based emissions and fuel consumption model customized for the City of Edmonton. The City needs a tool to quantify the environmental effects of planned transportation control and urban development measures. The CALMOB6 program calculates emissions and fuel consumption effects of proposed developments or regulations before they are implemented, aiding in selecting the most suitable project. The program handles the criteria air pollutants (carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons and particulates) and greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide and methane), as well as fuel consumption rates for vehicles operating in an urban region. CALMOB6 uses the output of urban travel forecasting models (such as EMME/2 or VISSIM) to describe vehicle movements. With this as a base, the model develops a second-by-second speed trace for each vehicle type in a particular traffic situation based on both the traffic model output and local parameters such as road grade and ambient weather conditions. The vehicle speed trace matches the specified average speed while incorporating stops, idling times, permissible speeds and realistic acceleration rates for each vehicle class. A class-specific vehicle dynamic model is applied to this speed trace to calculate a tractive power trace which is then applied to emissions and fuel consumption functions developed at the University of Alberta. The emissions functions for each vehicle class are calibrated against emission rates embodied in the US EPA's MOBILE6, (hence CALMOB6) as a standard for vehicles driving EPA test cycles. Similarly, fuel consumption is calibrated against past fleet fuel economy and extended with future fuel economy trends obtained from technical literature.

Topics in Catalysis, Apr 1, 2006

ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of a series of simulations of the light-off of carbon mo... more ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of a series of simulations of the light-off of carbon monoxide in excess oxygen in a single channel monolith reactor. The catalytic washcoat geometry is tested for its effect on the light-off position and shape. The simulations used a combination of two and three-dimensional modelling with non-linear oxidation kinetics. Different temperature ramp rates were employed. It is seen that the shape of the washcoat has an influence on the shape of the light-off curve, especially for high values of gas hourly space velocity and larger temperature ramp rates. The washcoat geometry that gives the fastest rise to complete conversion is the one that is the most non-uniform in shape; that is, the one that has thin sections.

International Journal of Automotive Technology, 2014

Two wheel vehicles (scooters and motorcycles) make up 74% of the vehicle population in India. An ... more Two wheel vehicles (scooters and motorcycles) make up 74% of the vehicle population in India. An experimental study has been conducted to assess and compare the particulate emissions from several two wheelers and passenger car in a typical Indian fleet. The vehicles, including four 4-stroke, two 2-stroke two-wheelers, and one gasoline-LPG bi-fuel passenger cars, were tested on a chassis dynamometer using the Indian Driving Cycle. A differential mobility spectrometer was employed to measure the particle size distribution in real-time in the range of 5 nm to 560 nm. Particulate size distributions from the two-wheelers were typically bi-modal. The count median diameter with 4-stroke two wheelers was observed in the range of 26 nm to 48 nm. The number and mass emission factors ranged between 9.5 × 1012 km−1 to 1.3 × 1013 km−1 and 0.80 mg/km to 40 mg/km; respectively. In the case of 2-stroke two wheelers, it was observed that not only the count median diameter is 3 times larger compared to 4-strokes, but also 2-stroke vehicles produce 5 times more particles in term of number and about 60 times more particles in terms of mass. The 2-stroke and 4-stroke two wheelers produced particulate emissions (both in terms of number and mass), which were higher than a gasoline and a LPG passenger vehicle operating on the same driving cycle.

SAE Technical Paper Series, 2009

SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems, 2008

SAE Technical Paper Series, 1989

This paper describes a study in which a spark-plug-mounted pressure transducer and an in-cylinder... more This paper describes a study in which a spark-plug-mounted pressure transducer and an in-cylinder flush mounted pressure transducer were used to monitor the combustion pressure in a modern four cylinder engine during knocking and normal full load operation over a speed range of 1800 RPM to 4000 RPM. This engine features paid combustion and small knock pressure peaks. Pressure trace knock detection algorithms are compared with the output of the standard knock sensor (accelerometer) mounted on the intake manifold of the engine.

SAE Technical Paper Series, 1991

SAE Technical Paper Series, 2007