GENERAL MOTORS ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER FOR VEHICLE EMISSION TESTING

General Motors has built an environmental chamber at its Milford Proving Ground to run emission tests at controlled atmospheric conditions. This chamber was designed using constant speed fans and dampers to simulate altitudes between sea level and Denver, which is approximately 5000 ft above sea level. The chamber can also control temperatures within a range of 45-100 deg F at humidities of 9-100 gr H2O/lb dry air. Within this chamber, environmental conditions can be changed to desired levels very quickly to measure the vehicle sensitivity to the change. It is also possible to hold the environment constant and run controlled comparison studies on emission-related components.

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers

  485 Lexington Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Tysver, J A
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dampers; Environmental control; Exhaust gases; Pollutants; Temperature control (Structures); Test facilities
• Old TRIS Terms: Control conditions
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083991
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE Paper No. 741003
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 1975 12:00AM