Methanol fuel utilization has been proposed as a way to reduce ozone levels in urban areas experiencing concentrations in excess of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard. Since methanol is less reactive than the complex mixture of organic compounds emitted by gasoline engines, emissions from methanol fueled engines may form less ozone. A three-tiered modeling study has been developed to quantify the reduction in ozone attainable with methanol fuel utilization. The results of the final tier of the modeling program, use of an airshed model to calculate changes in basinwide ozone levels, are presented here. Results indicate that methanol fuel utilization reduces ozone levels to a graeter extent than conventional control scenarios do, but the amount of reduction is somewhat sensitive to the amount of formaldehyde in the vehicle emissions.
Air quality implications of methanol fuel utilization
Einfluss der Anwendung von Methanolbrennstoff auf die Luftqualitaet
SAE-Papers ; Aug ; 1-23
1988
23 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 3 Tabellen, 20 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Air Quality Implications of Methanol Fuel Utilization
SAE Technical Papers | 1988
|Air quality implications of methanol fuel utilization
Kraftfahrwesen | 1988
|Influence of Methanol Crossover on the Fuel Utilization of Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Online Contents | 2008
|Utilization Of Methanol As A Fuel For Diesel Powered Mining Operations
Kraftfahrwesen | 1984
|Utilization of methanol for polymer electrolyte fuel cells in mobile systems
Online Contents | 1994
|