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Title: Motor vehicle fuel economy, the forgotten HC control stragegy. [Hydrocarbon (HC)]

Abstract

Emissions of hydrocarbons from motor vehicles are recognized as major contributors to ozone pollution in urban areas. Petroleum-based motor fuels contain volatile organic compounds (VOC) which, together with oxides of nitrogen, promote the formation of ozone in the troposphere via complex photochemical reactions. VOC emissions from the tailpipe and evaporation from the fuel and engine systems of highway vehicles are believed to account for about 40% of total VOC emissions in any region. But motor fuels also generate emissions throughout the fuel cycle, from crude oil production to refining, storage, transportation, and handling, that can make significant contributions to the total inventory of VOC emissions. Many of these sources of emissions are directly related to the quantity of fuel produced and handled throughout the fuel cycle. It is, therefore, reasonable to expect that a reduction in total fuel throughput might result in a reduction of VOC emissions. In particular, reducing vehicle fuel consumption by increasing vehicle fuel economy should reduce total fuel throughput, thereby cutting total emissions of VOCS. In this report we identify the sources of VOC emissions throughout the motor fuel cycle, quantify them to the extent possible, and describe their dependence on automobile and light truck fuelmore » economy.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
7295170
Report Number(s):
ORNL-6715
ON: DE92019064
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 02 PETROLEUM; AUTOMOBILES; EXHAUST GASES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HYDROCARBONS; EMISSION; VOLATILE MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; POLLUTION SOURCES; PRODUCTION; STORAGE; TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GASEOUS WASTES; GASES; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRY; LIQUID FUELS; MATTER; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; VEHICLES; WASTES; 330704* - Emission Control- Hydrocarbons; 320203 - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Transportation- Land & Roadway; 540120 - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-); 020900 - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects

Citation Formats

Deluchi, M, Wang, Quanlu, and Greene, D L. Motor vehicle fuel economy, the forgotten HC control stragegy. [Hydrocarbon (HC)]. United States: N. p., 1992. Web. doi:10.2172/7295170.
Deluchi, M, Wang, Quanlu, & Greene, D L. Motor vehicle fuel economy, the forgotten HC control stragegy. [Hydrocarbon (HC)]. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/7295170
Deluchi, M, Wang, Quanlu, and Greene, D L. 1992. "Motor vehicle fuel economy, the forgotten HC control stragegy. [Hydrocarbon (HC)]". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/7295170. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7295170.
@article{osti_7295170,
title = {Motor vehicle fuel economy, the forgotten HC control stragegy. [Hydrocarbon (HC)]},
author = {Deluchi, M and Wang, Quanlu and Greene, D L},
abstractNote = {Emissions of hydrocarbons from motor vehicles are recognized as major contributors to ozone pollution in urban areas. Petroleum-based motor fuels contain volatile organic compounds (VOC) which, together with oxides of nitrogen, promote the formation of ozone in the troposphere via complex photochemical reactions. VOC emissions from the tailpipe and evaporation from the fuel and engine systems of highway vehicles are believed to account for about 40% of total VOC emissions in any region. But motor fuels also generate emissions throughout the fuel cycle, from crude oil production to refining, storage, transportation, and handling, that can make significant contributions to the total inventory of VOC emissions. Many of these sources of emissions are directly related to the quantity of fuel produced and handled throughout the fuel cycle. It is, therefore, reasonable to expect that a reduction in total fuel throughput might result in a reduction of VOC emissions. In particular, reducing vehicle fuel consumption by increasing vehicle fuel economy should reduce total fuel throughput, thereby cutting total emissions of VOCS. In this report we identify the sources of VOC emissions throughout the motor fuel cycle, quantify them to the extent possible, and describe their dependence on automobile and light truck fuel economy.},
doi = {10.2172/7295170},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7295170}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992},
month = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992}
}