Application to Control of Mobile Source Emissions

There has been extensive work on quantitatively assigning reactivities to individual organics in auto ex- 

The TLEV, LEV, and ULEV standards incorporate the concept of reactivity-weighted mass emissions of VOC, concurrent with increasingly strict NOx control. The intent is to regulate based on equal ozone-forming potentials of the VOC emissions rather than simply on their total mass. That is, the emission standards for organics are set in terms of the amount of ozone formed in the atmosphere per mile traveled by a given vehicle/fuel combination rather than in terms of the simple total mass of VOC emitted per mile. 

TABLE 16.7 California s Low-Emission Vehicle Standards for Passenger Cars and Light-Duty Trucks Introduction of Ozone Reactivity Adjustment Factors  

Does not include power generation emissions, which are equivalent to 0.004, 0.02, and 0.017 g/niol for NMOG, NOv, and CO, respectively, based on South Coast air basin power plant emissions associated with electric vehicles. 

Specific reactivity of emissions with test fuel Specific reactivity of emissions with base fuel 

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