Measurements of toxic exhaust emissions from gasoline-powered light-duty vehicles. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6799969

Warner-Selph, M A

Exhaust emission rates of selected toxic substances were determined for two gasoline-powered passenger cars. These substances, which have appeared on California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant list or have been candidates for the lists, include volatile and semi-volatile halogenated hydrocarbons, 1,3-butadiene, acrolein, phenols, nitrobenzene, dialkylnitrosamines, and a number of other unregulated emissions. Regulated gaseous emissions and fuel economy were also measured. A literature search was performed to determine if any of these compounds had previously been measured in the exhaust of gasoline-powered vehicles and if appropriate analytical procedures were available. When unavailable, procedures were developed for sampling and analyzing the unregulated toxic emissions compounds. The two vehicles were then tested to determine the emission rates of the targeted compounds. In the tests, a 1987 Ford Taurus equipped with a 3-way plus oxidation catalyst and a 1986 Toyota Camry equipped with a 3-way catalyst only were operated over the Federal Test Procedure, the Highway Fuel Economy Test, and the New York City Cycle. The test fuel was a regular unleaded gasoline without ethanol or methanol, and was obtained from California.

• Research Organization: Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6799969
• Report Number(s): PB-90-259649/XAB; CNN: ARB-A6-198-32
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACROLEIN
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AMINES
AUTOMOBILES
EXHAUST GASES
BUTADIENE
GAS ANALYSIS
NITROBENZENE
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PHENOLS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COMBUSTION
EMISSION
ETHANOL
FUEL ECONOMY
GASOHOL
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PROGRESS REPORT
TOXICITY
UNLEADED GASOLINE
ALCOHOLS
ALDEHYDES
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DIENES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
GASOLINE
HEAT ENGINES
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
LIQUID FUELS
NITRO COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POLYENES
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VEHICLES
WASTES
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Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)