LOS ANGELES GASOLINE MODIFICATION: ITS POTENTIAL AS AN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURE

A JOINT PROJECT OF GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY PEOPLE WHO STUDIED THE POSSIBLE EFFECT UPON AIR POLLUTION IN LOS ANGELES OF VARIATIONS IN THE COMPOSITION OF GASOLINE SOLD IN LOS ANGELES IS DISCUSSED. NO EXPERIMENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TEST WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN. HOWEVER, PROTOTYPE FUEL BLENDS WERE MADE AND ANALYZED IN ORDER TO SIMULATE THE EFFECTS CERTAIN CHANGES WOULD HAVE UPON PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG FORMATION. THE POTENTIAL OF REDUCING SMOG IN LOS ANGELES BY FUEL MODIFICATIONS IS QUITE SMALL, EVEN IN THE YEAR OF MAXIMUM EFFECT. THIS POTENTIAL DECREASES TO A NEGLIGIBLE LEVEL DUE TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MECHANICAL CONTROL OF EVAPORATIVE LOSSES REQUIRED IN CALIFORNIA STARTING WITH THE 1970 MODEL CARS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 21, No 2, PP 76-80
• Authors:
  • Daily, J W
• Publication Date: 1971-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Air Pollution Control Association, Journal of
  • Publisher: Air Pollution Control Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Fuels; Gasoline; Photochemistry; Smog
• Uncontrolled Terms: Change
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223435
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 1971 12:00AM