Reid vapor-pressure regulation of gasoline, 1987-1990. Master's thesis

Technical Report · Sun Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6110100

Butters, R A

Although it is generally only a summertime problem, smog, as represented by its criteria pollutant, ozone, is currently the number one air pollution problem in the United States. Major contributors to smog formation are the various Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) which react with other chemicals in the atmosphere to form the ozone and other harmful chemicals known as smog. Gasoline is a major source of VOC's, not only as it is burned in car engines, but as it evaporates. Gasoline evaporates in storage tanks, as it is transferred during loading and refueling operations, and in automobiles, both while they are running and while parked in the driveway. In 1987, the United States Environmental Protection Agency began an almost unprecedented effort to reduce the evaporative quality of commercial gasolines by mandating reductions in its Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP).

• Research Organization: Army Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6110100
• Report Number(s): AD-A-227253/2/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
EVAPORATION
FUELS
GASOLINE
LIQUID FUELS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POLLUTION
SMOG
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
VAPOR PRESSURE
VEHICLES