IS POLLUTION REDUCTION REALLY NECESSARY?

THE PROBLEM OF AIR POLLUTION BY MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE PROCESSES BY WHICH POLLUTANTS ARE PRODUCED BY THE ENGINE DURING COMBUSTION ARE DISCRIBED. THE VARIOUS METHODS OF EMISSION CONTROL ARE DESCRIBED, AND ATTENTION IS ALSO DRAWN TO CRANKCASE FUMES AND EVAPORATIVE LOSSES FROM THE FUEL TANK AND FLOAT CHAMBER. FUTURE METHODS OF DEALING WITH AIR POLLUTION ARE CONSIDERED, INCLUDING THE USE OF AFTERBURNERS, MODIFICATIONS TO THE FUEL AND THE CYLINDER HEAD, AND THE USE OF LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS. OTHER APPROACHES INCLUDE THE FITTING OF AN ADDITIONAL ATOMIZING DEVICE, SUCH AS A PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE WANKEL ENGINE. EMISSION CONTROL REGULATIONS IN THE U.S.A. AND EUROPE ARE TABULATED, TEST RESULTS ARE GIVEN OF A BRITISH CAR FITTED WITH AN ENGINE COMPLYING WITH AMERICAN FEDERAL REGULATIONS. /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 3559, pp 30-35, 10 FIG, 3 TAB, 2 PHOT, 3 REF
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Motor /UK/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Afterburners; Air quality management; Combustion; Cylinder heads; Engines; Exhaust gases; Fuel tanks; Fuels; Fumes; Piezoelectricity; Pollution; Regulations; Sprayers; Vibration devices; Wankel engines
• Old TRIS Terms: Atomizers; Crankcase fumes; Vibrators
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222819
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 1971 12:00AM