To obtain real-world motor vehicle emission rates for the hydrocarbon ozone precursors, a series of experiments was conducted in the Fort McHenry Tunnel, Baltimore, Maryland and in the Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel, Pennsylvania. Air samples collected in the tunnels were analyzed for approximately 200 non-methane hydrocarbon (NMHC) species up to C20, and formaldehyde. Emission rates were determined from tunnel inlet and outlet fluxes. Traffic composition analysis allowed emissions to be split into light-duty (LD; mostly spark-ignition) and heavy-duty (HD; mostly diesel) contributions. LD emissions of NMHC at Tuscarora were 293 mg/veh-mile, with paraflins constituting 35%, olefins 23%, aromatics 42%, and 6 mg/veh-mile of formaldehyde. At Fort McHenry, LD hydrocarbon emissions were 615 mg/veh-mile, with 38% paraffins, 18% olefins, and 44% aromatics, and 7 mg/veh-mile of formaldehyde. In both tunnels, HD emissions were approximately double LD emissions, but with higher percent paraffins, lower percent olefins, and an order of magnitude more formaldehyde. Through use of reactivity adjustment factors, the reactivity of the NMHC emissions with respect to ozone formation was assessed. Reactivity followed emissions, with HD emissions approximately twice the reactivity of LD emissions (on a per vehicle-mile basis). The mass specific reactivity (g-O3/g-emission) was nearly constant among all vehicles. The effect of grade (assessed at Fort McHenry) was approximately a factor of 2 for both emissions and reactivity. However, since fuel-specific emissions (g-emission/gallon fuel consumed for LD and HD vehicles were nearly independent of grade at Fort McHenry, the fuel-specific ozone reactivity (g-O3/gallon fuel consumed) was also nearly constant over the down- and up-grades.
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