THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COLORADO'S AIR PROGRAM ON PRINCIPAL EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES: MODEL YEARS 1968-1982

Automobiles and other mobile sources are a major contributor to precursors of ozone and to carbon monoxide in urban area air pollution inventories. In a typical urban area, over fifty (50) percent of the emissions of hydrocarbons (HC) and of oxides of nitrogen (NOx), which react in the presence of sunlight to form ozone, are derived from vehicular sources. Over ninety (90) percent of carbon monoxide emissions in these areas are also attributable to mobile sources. This problem is accentuated in the Front Range Region of Colorado, due to the higher altitude. The Colorado Automobile Inspection and Readjustment (AIR) Program was designed and implemented in an effort to reduce the contributions to ambient air pollution from mobile sources. The intent of this study is to evaluate whether there is a difference in the effectiveness of the Colorado AIR Program on the major technological groups of emissions control configurations.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Fuels and Lubricants Meeting, San Francisco, California, October 31-November 3, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Gallagher, J
  • O'Toole, M J
  • Branch, M C
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Exhaust gases; Inspection; Measures of effectiveness; Motor vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Old TRIS Terms: Exhaust emission control
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389460
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 831699, HS-036 815
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM