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Main Title Clean Air Car Race - 1970.
CORP Author Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge.
Year Published 1971
Report Number EPA-CPA-70-169; 0680;
Stock Number PB-199 479
Additional Subjects ( Air pollution ; Exhaust gases) ; ( Automobile engines ; Air pollution) ; ( Air pollution control equipment ; Automobile engines) ; Automotive fuels ; Rankine cycle ; Brayton cycle ; Electric vehicles ; Gas turbine engines ; Economic analysis ; Spark ignition engines ; Liquefied natural gas ; Methanols ; Antiknock additives ; Diesel fuels ; Kerosene ; Standards ; Design ; Clean Air Car Race 1970 ; Automobile exhaust ; Hybrid vehicular propulsion ; Catalytic reactors(Exhaust system) ; Thermal reactors(Exhaust systems)
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NTIS  PB-199 479 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
A summary report of the 1970 Clean Air Car Race (CACR) is presented. The report begins with a brief discussion of sources and health effects of air pollution and of current control procedures for internal engine combustion exhaust. A synopsis of events leading to the CACR, and a summary of achievements and impacts of the race are presented. The report includes a discussion of the winners of the CACR; the classification of their vehicle power plants, selection procedure for the winners and other pertinent facts about the class winners and the overall winner. The performance test procedures for CACR vehicles are outlined, followed by a detailed discussion of the exhaust emission standards and CACR test procedures. The report also includes a discussion of the automotive fuel used in the race and the actual costs of the race. (Author)