Science Inventory

MOVES2014: Evaporative Emissions Report

Citation:

MOVES2014: Evaporative Emissions Report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

Impact/Purpose:

The report documents updates made to EPA’s MOVES model evaporative emission methodology: vapor leak prevalence rates; cold soak/multi-day diurnal emission rates; running loss fuel volatility/ambient temperature effects; a vapor generation algorithm for altitude effects; and new I/M program credits. MOVES hot/cold soak emission rates are updated with new test data.

Description:

Vehicle evaporative emissions are now modeled in EPA’s MOVES according to physical processes, permeation, tank vapor venting, liquid leaks, and refueling emissions. With this update, the following improvements are being incorporated into MOVES evaporative emissions methodology, adding: vapor leak prevalence rates; cold soak emission rates (including multi-day diurnals); fuel volatility/ambient temperature effects for running loss emissions; an altitude effects algorithm for tank vapor generation; and I/M program credits for recent model updates. The report updates MOVES hot and cold (i.e., diurnal) soak vehicle evaporative emission rates with new field/laboratory test data.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( PUBLISHED REPORT/ REPORT)
Product Published Date:09/30/2014
Record Last Revised:12/01/2022
OMB Category:Other
Record ID: 263651