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Diurnal emissions from in-use vehicles. CRC project E-9

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:676207
One hundred fifty-one vehicles were recruited from the I/M lane in Mesa, AZ during the summer of 1996, and their 24 hour diurnal emissions were measured in a variable temperature SHED (VT-SHED). The fleet selection included the earliest applications of evaporative emission control, and later technologies that has at least 5 years of exposure. Model years 1971 through 1991 were tested. `Resting Losses` were estimated for the fleet using the last 6 hours of the diurnal. Analysis of the closed bottom canisters against the open bottom design indicated a 2 gram per day difference between the two designs. An I/M purge and pressure check identified the majority of the major failures, but often for the wrong reasons.
Research Organization:
General Motors Powertrain, Pontiac, MI (United States); Coordinating Research Council, Inc., Atlanta, GA (United States)
OSTI ID:
676207
Report Number(s):
PB--99-107278/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English