Analysis of on-road remote sensing as a tool for automobile emissions control. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6811629

Stedman, D H; Bishop, G A

The goal of the project was to demonstrate the ability of remote sensing to determine, and potentially lead to control of mobile source emissions in the Chicago metropolitan area. A remote sensor for on-road carbon monoxide motor vehicle emissions was used in conjunction with a video freeze-frame system which allows the instantaneous carbon monoxide emissions measurements obtained from passing vehicles to be superimposed on a picture of the vehicle and its license plate. The license plates can then be recorded and identified through state records and the emissions linked to that vehicle. The remote sensor for on-road carbon monoxide (CO) emissions has been developed at the University of Denver. The results have been verified by comparison to on-road and to on-dynamometer vehicle emissions readings.

• Research Organization: Denver Univ., CO (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
• OSTI ID: 6811629
• Report Number(s): PB-90-220229/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AIR QUALITY
AUTOMOBILES
CALIBRATION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHICAGO
CONTROL
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXHAUST GASES
FEDERAL REGION V
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
ILLINOIS
NORTH AMERICA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
PROGRESS REPORT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
REMOTE SENSING
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
USA
VEHICLES
WASTES