Draft regulatory impact analysis: control of gasoline volatility and evaporative hydrocarbon emissions from new motor vehicles

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5314366

Contents include: in-use motor vehicle-related hydrocarbon emissions (ozone noncompliance situation, effect of volatility on hc emission factors, benzene emission from gasoline-fueled vehicles as a function of fuel parameters); environmental impacts (description of model and inputs, nationwide and nonattainment area inventory projections, ozone air-quality analysis, benzene emissions and incidence analysis); vehicle controls (technology, costs, conclusions); technological feasibility and cost of in-use volatility control (refinery control of gasoline volatility, the Bonner and Moore studies, refinery costs of volatility control, effect of rvp control on the butane market); analysis of alternatives: gasoline; analysis of alternatives: alcohol blends (industry economics and blend rvp, emission effects of blend usage, effect of rvp control on alcohol blends, gasohol control options, methanol-blend control options).

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Ann Arbor, MI (USA). Office of Mobile Sources
• OSTI ID: 5314366
• Report Number(s): PB-88-172952/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
GASOHOL
GASOLINE
HYDROCARBONS
LIQUID FUELS
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PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
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POLLUTION REGULATIONS
REGULATIONS
VEHICLES
VOLATILE MATTER
VOLATILITY
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