Title Cleaner cars : the history and technology of emission control since the 1960s / J. Robert Mondt

Published Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale PA USA) : Society of Automotive Engineers, ©2000

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Description 1 electronic text (xvii, 262 pages) : illustrations, digital file Series Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications Contents California Crusade to Control Emissions -- The Air We Breathe -- What is Smog? -- Hydrocarbons, Carbon Monoxide, and Oxides of Nitrogen -- 1989 Study to Understand Ozone Chemistry -- National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) 1970 -- Clean Air Act Classification for Urban Areas -- Automotive Emissions Identified -- Hydrocarbons -- Carbon Monoxide -- Oxides of Nitrogen -- Particulates -- A Word on Diesel Engines -- The Role of Industry and the Role of Government -- Clean Air Act Legislation -- U.S. Driving Test Procedures -- European Emissions Test Procedures -- Japanese Emissions Test Procedures -- The Role of Industry -- Inter-Industry Emission Control (IIEC) Program -- A Final Word on the Roles of Industry and Government -- U.S. Emission Controls Prior to Catalytic Converters -- Emission Controls in the 1960s -- 1971 Emission Controls -- Inter-Industry Emission Control One (IIEC1) -- U.S. Emission Controls and the Catalytic Converter -- Chronology of the Development of Catalytic Converters for Automobiles -- 1966 California Emissions Requirements -- Inter-Industry Emission Control Two (IIEC2) -- Catalysts and Lead in Gasoline -- Dual Converter Systems -- Catalyst Elements -- Alternative Catalyst Elements -- The Contributions by Catalyst Companies -- Catalyst Aging -- Development of Catalytic Converters by the Auto Industry -- The Ceramic Monolith Catalytic Converter -- Catalyst Processes -- 1975 Catalytic Converter Emission Control System -- Catalysts for Diesel Engines -- Temperature Effects Summary Cleaner Cars chronicles a 35-year success story - the technology that was developed and the progress that was made to achieve the goal of reducing air pollution from automobiles Mondt covers both the technological and political aspects of this effort, from the early environmental concerns in California to the Clean Air Acts of the 1960s to the introduction of catalytic converters in 1975. He also covers the revised Clean Air Act of 1990 and today's computerized engine controls, exhaust aftertreatment systems, and alternative fuels Notes Title from PDF title page (SAE Web site, 08/15/2012) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Also available in print Subject Automobiles -- Pollution control devices -- History TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automotive. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Pollution Control. Automobiles -- Pollution control devices Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 99057250 ISBN 9780768028577 0768028574

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