Brake particle emissions number (PN) and mass (PM) of a light-duty hybrid-electric vehicle have been assessed under realistic driving patterns on a chassis dynamometer. Therefore, the front-right disc brake was enclosed in a specifically designed casing featuring controlled high scavenging air ventilation. The WLTC cycle was chosen for most measurements. Different scavenging flow rates have been tested assessing their influence on the measured particles as well as on the temperature of the braking friction partners. Particle transport efficiencies have been assessed revealing scavenging flow rates with losses below 10%. During the performed cycle, most brake particle emissions occurred during braking. There were also isolated emission peaks during periods with no brakes in use, especially during vehicle accelerations. Sequential WLTC cycles showed a continuous decrease in the measured PN and PM emissions; however, size-number and size-mass distributions have been very similar. The measured PN emission factors (>23 nm) at the right front wheel over the WLTC cycle lie at 5.0 × 1010 1/km, whereas the PM emission factor lies at 3.71 mg/km for PM < 12 µm and 1.58 mg/km for PM < 2.5 µm. These values need to roughly triple in order to obtain the brake particle emission of all four brakes and wheels of the entire vehicle. Thus, the brake PN emissions factors have been in the same order of magnitude as the tailpipe PN of a Euro 6 light-duty vehicle equipped with a particle filter. Finally, differences between brake particle emissions in hybrid and all-electric operating modes have been assessed by a series of specific measurements, demonstrating the potential of all-electric vehicle operation in reducing brake particles by a factor of two.
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