Analysis of volatile organic compound emission control methods to reduce urban ozone concentrations
The U.S. Congress is currently attempting to reauthorize the Clean Air Act, the major federal air quality law. One of the major issues is the widespread failure of many cities to meet the 1987 deadline for compliance with federal air quality standard for ozone. Several new control methods to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions may be included in future legislation. In this dissertation I (1) identify VOC emission sources and estimate future emissions given the regulations in place as of 1987, (2) analyze the VOC emissions reduction potential and associated costs of 10 broad mobile- and stationary-source VOC emission control methods that are currently available given today's technologies, and (3) determine the extent to which these controls can reduce urban ozone concentrations in cities which violate the ozone standard. In 1985, about two-thirds of the 11 million tons per year of VOCs emitted in ozone nonattainment cities came from mobile sources, paints, and other organic solvent evaporation sources; highway vehicles alone accounted for about 40 percent of the total. Although mobile source emissions are expected to decline by about 25 percent between 1985 and 2004 due to existing regulations in place as of 1987, total VOC emissions are expected to stay constant over the 15-year period due to the competing influence of small stationary source emissions growth.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7065216
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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