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Emission System Upgrades for Older Vehicles
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Thirteen 1975-1980 model year vehicles were equipped with a set of components to upgrade their emission control systems. Each vehicle was tested before maintenance (as-received), after tune-up and correction of original equipment emission system defects (baseline), and after installation of the emission upgrade system (upgrade). Average emissions of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen oxides (NOx) with the emission upgrade system installed were reduced more than 60% from the baseline immediately after upgrade.
Six of the vehicles accumulated 48,000 kilometers with the upgrade system. After 48,000 kilometers, average emissions of NMHC and NOx were still reduced approximately 50% compared to the baseline and average emissions of CO were reduced approximately 20%.
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Carlson, R., Finkenbiner, K., and Sommerville, R., "Emission System Upgrades for Older Vehicles," SAE Technical Paper 960062, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/960062.Also In
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