Army Pilot Emission Monitoring Program and Updating of State Emission Regulation Summary.

Abstract

This report covers a one-year program of periodic exhaust emission tests on a fleet of 286 commercial design, light-duty, military vehicles and 84 light-duty tactical (M151 and M880) vehicles. The program was conducted at three U.S. Army installations (Ft. Sam Houston, Tx; Pine Bluff Arsenal, AR; and Ft. Lewis, WA) by Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX. Vehicles at each installation were divided into two groups (Test and Control), and commercially available exhaust emission analyzers were then used to check carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbon emissions. Vehicles in the Control groups were checked, but no adjustments were made--whereas those vehicles in the test groups were adjusted after measurements to the lowest possible unburned hydrcarbon and carbon monoxide level. Generally, this method of adjustment resulted in dramatic reduction in carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons for both tactical and nontactical vehicles as well as fuel economy increases for nontactical vehicles. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA068426

Entities

People

  • John A. Russell
  • John D. Tosh

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calibration
  • California
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Emission
  • Emission Control
  • Fuels
  • Heavy Duty
  • Maintenance
  • Military Vehicles
  • Passengers
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Tactical Vehicles
  • Test Vehicles
  • United States
  • Vehicles

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  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.