STUDY OF AUTOMOTIVE EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY: EMISSIONS FROM FUTURE IN-USE VEHICLES, 1980-1985. INTERIM REPORT 6

This is an interim report in a study to evaluate the factors which cause vehicles to fail to meet emission standards in-use, determine how adequately the EPA motor vehicle emission factors characterize actual in-use emission levels of vehicles, and determine appropriate adjustments, if any, that should be made to the EPA emission factors. This report provides an overview of the emission control technologies that will be used on 1980 - 1985 vehicles, an analysis of the types of failures and failure rates emission control system components will most probably experience, and projects the in-use emission levels of these vehicles under several scenarios.

• Corporate Authors:

  Falcon Research and Development

  1 American Drive
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14225

  Energy and Environmental Analysis, Incorporated

  1111 North 19th Street
  Arlington, VA  United States  22209

  National Commission on Air Quality

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1980-7-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 255 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Automobiles; Catalytic converters; Equipment; Exhaust gases; Failure; Fuel systems; Ignition systems; Standards; Technology assessment
• Old TRIS Terms: Air pollution control devices
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00326209
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: AQ-7243-2F Intrm Rpt., HS-030 865
• Contract Numbers: 2-AQ-7243
• Files: HSL
• Created Date: Nov 19 1983 12:00AM