Modeling of a future year emissions control strategy for the lower Fraser Valley: Impact of liquid propane gas technology
- Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
The MC2-CALGRID photochemical modeling system is used to simulate the impact of a future year emissions control scenario on an ozone episode. The control scenario involves replacing the entire light duty gasoline car and truck fleet in the Lower Fraser Valley with liquid propane gas technology in a future year. A set of exposure related measures is used to evaluate the net impact of the fuel substitution compared to the future year base case simulation and a similar compressed natural gas control scenario. The simulation suggests that the benefits of switching to liquid propane gas are relatively small for the Lower Fraser Valley, especially when compared against the compressed natural gas scenario. The sensitivity of the model results to changes in the NO{sub x} to VOC ratio of the light duty vehicle fleet emissions demonstrates that the modeled future year base case is VOC limited, thus explaining the small impact of the liquid propane gas substitution.
- OSTI ID:
- 466217
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606185-; TRN: 96:005931-0168
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. international conference on atmospheric sciences and applications to air quality, Seattle, WA (United States), 18-20 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of The 5th international atmospheric sciences and applications to air quality conference; PB: 322 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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