United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 Series

By Farmer, J. R.

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Title:	United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 Series
Author:	Farmer, J. R.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago R. Farme, B. J. (n.d.). United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 Series. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: This protocol describes the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program’s considerations and requirements for verification of emissions reduction provided by fuel and lubricant technologies. For purposes of this protocol, all such technologies will be identified as fuel modifications (FMs). The basis of the verification will be comparison of the emissions and performance of well-maintained, conventionally fueled (or lubricated) engines or vehicles to the same engines or vehicles with FMs. The protocol applies to diesel- and gasoline-fueled engines and light-duty vehicles in mobile source applications and describes the requirements for a single engine or vehicle ETV having narrow application and for a multiple engine or vehicle ETV to evaluate fleet-wide emissions reductions.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents Section Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Environmental Technology Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Air Pollution Control Technology Verification Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.3 The APCTVC Mobile Sources Verification Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4 Quality Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.0 OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.3 Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.3.1 Applicability of ETV Results to Other Engines and Engine Families . . . . . . . . 6 2.3.2 Relationship of ETV Program to EPA-OTAQ VDRP Verified Technology List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.3.3 Assignment of Emissions Benefits to FMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.4 Data Quality Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.0 ETV RESPONSIBILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.0 APPLICATION AND TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1 Manufacturer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.2 Fuel Modification Descriptive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.3 Test Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.4 Component Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.0 ETV TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.1 Test Design and Data Analysis for ETV of FMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.1.1 Overview of Testing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.1.2 Test Design Requirement for Single Engine Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.1.3 Analysis of Combined Emissions Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5.2 ETV Testing for Diesel FMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5.2.1 Diesel Base Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5.2.2 Selection of Engines for ETV Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5.2.3 Test Procedures—General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5.2.4 ETV of Diesel FMs Delivering Immediate Emission Reductions . . . . . . . . . . 19 5.2.5 FMs Delivering Cumulative Emission Reductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22