Martini G., McArragher S., Boggio F. Effects of Gasoline Vapour Pressure and Ethanol Content on Evaporative Emissions from Modern Cars

Edited by G. Martini. — Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2007. — 87 p. — ISBN: 978-92-79-05249-1.Executive summaryBackgroundObjectivesScope of test programme
Test vehicles
Fuels
Programme structure
Test protocol
Issues not coveredTest results
Test facility correlation (Phase 1)
Main test programme (Phase 2-3)
Total Evaporative Emissions
Evaporative VOCs Speciation and Ethanol Content
Exhaust Emissions and Fuel Consumption
Aldehyde Emissions
Extra tests
Tests performed with the canister vented out of the VT SHED
Consecutive multiple tests on the same fuelDiscussion of the results
Evaporative emissions
Results of the extra tests
Effect of ethanol on canister efficiency
VOC Speciation dataConclusions from EUCAR/CONCAWE/JRC evaporative emissions test ProgrammeAppendix
Evaporative emissions: overview
Fuel analytical data
Details of test procedure
Evaporative emissions and test protocol related effects
Evaporative emissions voc speciation and ethanol content: analytical method
Exhaust emissions results
Aldehyde emissions: analytical method and statistical analysis