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Main Title Modeling of Auto Exhaust Smog Chamber Data for Ekma Development.
Author Whitten, G. Z. ; Killus, J. P. ; Johnson, R. G. ;
CORP Author Systems Applications, Inc., San Rafael, CA.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Sciences Research Lab.
Year Published 1985
Report Number EPA-68-02-3735; EPA/600/3-85/025;
Stock Number PB85-186492
Additional Subjects Mathematical models ; Exhaust emissions ; Smog ; Ozone ; Air pollution ; Test chambers ; Nitrogen oxides ; Photochemical reactions ; Standards ; Aromatic hydrocarbons ; Urban area ; Chemical reactions ; Experimental design ; Chemical reaction mechanisms ; Air quality ; Atmospheric chemistry ; EKMA models ; Expanded carbon bond mechanisms ; National Ambient Air Quality Standard ; Volatile organic compounds
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NTIS  PB85-186492 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
A new generalized mechanism for photochemical smog has been developed. The mechanism is suitable for use in the Empirical Kinetics Modeling Approach (EKMA) to estimate the control of volatile organic compounds that is needed to achieve the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone. The mechanism developed is called the CBM-X, and it is the fourth lumped-parameter mechanism to be designed in accordance with the carbon-bond reaction concept. The principal features that distinguish the CBM-X from previous carbon-bond mechanisms include separating formaldehyde from the other oxygenates, treating toluene separately from the other aromatics and including a more detailed, up-to-date representation of aromatic hydrocarbons chemistry. The CBM-X was tested by comparing the predictions obtained with the mechanism against smog chamber data of dilute auto exhaust/oxides of nitrogen mixtures obtained in the outdoor smog chamber facility operated by the University of North Carolina.