Federal Test Procedure Emissions Test Results from Ethanol Variable-Fuel Vehicle Chevrolet Luminas
Date Published: 1996-05-01
Paper Number:961092
DOI: 10.4271/961092
Citation:
Kelly, K., Bailey, B., Coburn, T., Clark, W. et al., "Federal Test Procedure Emissions Test Results from Ethanol Variable-Fuel Vehicle Chevrolet Luminas," SAE Technical Paper 961092, 1996, doi:10.4271/961092.
Author(s):
Kenneth J. Kelly - National Renewable Energy Lab.
Brent K. Bailey - National Renewable Energy Lab.
Timothy Coburn - National Renewable Energy Lab.
Wendy Clark - Automotive Testing Labs.
Peter Lissiuk - Environmental Research and Development Corp.
The first round of Federal Test Procedure (FTP) emissions testing of variable-fuel ethanol vehicles from the U.S. Federal fleet was recently completed. The vehicles tested include 21 variable-fuel E85 1992 and 1993 Chevrolet Lumina sedans and an equal number of standard gasoline Luminas. Results presented include a comparison of regulated exhaust and evaporative emissions and a discussion of the levels of air toxics, as well as the calculated ozone-forming potential of the measured emissions.
Two private emissions laboratories tested vehicles taken from the general population of Federal fleet vehicles in the Washington, D.C., and Chicago metropolitan regions. Testing followed the standard U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's FTP and detailed fuel changeover procedures as developed in the Auto/Oil Air Quality Improvement Research Program. Variable-fuel vehicles were tested on single respective batches of E85, E50, and California Phase 2 reformulated gasoline (RFG) blended specifically for this test program.
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