The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 04, 1978, Image 12

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    Page 12 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1978
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Although “Dollar Matinee” was the first song of Lyle Lovett’s
performance, his “matinee”, sponsored by the MSG Base
ment Coffee House, was free. Lovett, a senior journalism
major at Texas A&M University, sang and played guitai
harmonica by the Rudder Fountain Friday afternoon
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Anyone who has paid for the book may pick up his or her copy
at Building G (second barracks off Ireland Street, adjacent to University
Drive) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Emission tester to aid research
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No one will be allowed to pickup a book other than his own
EXCEPT for members of the immediate family, and even then, the
person making the pickup MUST have the Student ID card of the
person who has paid for the book. There will be no other exceptions.
A vehicle emission test system will
be acquired for the Texas Transpor
tation Institute’s research facilities at
Texas A&M University.
The system is to aid teaching and
research and will be one of three
such units in the state. Research will
include work for the Federal High
way Administration and National
Highway Traffic Safety Administra
tion.
“The system will expand our
capabilities and make TTI more re
sponsive to research proposals,” ex
plained Richard D. Tonda, principle
investigator on the system. Tonda is
also a TTI research associate who
taught in the College of Engineer-
ing.
“If the state decided to adopt
Several industries are interested
in its research potential. The
possibility exists of testing
foreign vehicles coming into the
United States through the Port of
Houston.
emission standards such as Califor
nia’s, enforcement might depend on
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steady-state testing equipment car
ried by highway patrol units," Tonda
said. “The TTI emission test system
could be used to calibrate and test
the less expensive equipment.”
The system will serve education
through Texas A&M’s Mechanical
Engineering Department.
Several industries are interested
in its research potential. The possi
bility exists of testing foreign vehi
cles coming into the United States
through the Port of Houston.
“Ours will be an Environmental
Protection Agency-certified lab, we
hope,” remarked Tonda, “in which
case only EPA-certified technicians
may operate the system.”
It’s approximate $300,000 cost in
cludes renovation of a building at the
Texas A&M Research and Extension
Center at Bryan to contain the sys
tem.
The system, which consists of
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chassis dynamometer on which a test
vehicle’s wheels are driven, a con
stant volume sampler (CVS), and an
analytical bench and computer, will
pollutants regulated by the EPA.
These are unburned hy
drocarbons, carbon monoxide and
oxides of nitrogen produced by every
internal combustion engine, Tonda
said. When combined with sunlight,
they tend to form an eye-, nose- and
throat-burning, visibility-reducing
substance known as photochemical
smog.
This is the well-known Los
Angeles smog. Houston’s growth
and vehicular increases make the
brown LA haze” a similar problem
under certain atmospheric condi
tions.
EPA-prescribed test procedures
measure pollutants as an amount of
grams per mile per “car run.”
Tonda, who studied at General
Motors Institute and Michigan State
University, noted that vehicle emis
sion tests consist of three 707-second
runs of a car by a human driver, fol
lowing second-by-second EPA stipu
lations. One is with the car cold. Two
are done after the car iswj
Test preparation includes
the car or letting it adjustti
building’s temperature
Bagged gasses from the
pipe are run through ai
the bench. Outside air is
pled and tested, to prevenl
ing a vehicle for matteraln
air.
The TTI system, Tonda
feature eight analyzers and L. ncen ,
be used for continuous ^ f or
monitoring. Jrli»n
“This is one of our P n B a tj on
search interests for the im s j a ,
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do modal analysis, 1 we (« v j s j ve J
second-by-second output. .V | s ()n ^
number 303, for example,» s unt jj
able to ascertain that at ace ( t 0 g 0 t
locity, a certain volumeofei I5
being produced includi[|i e sj n g a
amounts of pollutants. |om th<
Tonda said it will also be jj s ^
to test all eight injectors e | na tj on
injection system and at li* se 0 rig
time- monitor the inject 10;fissent fi
brain box for most efficiei
tion.
“We could run before
tests on catalytic convei
ties th
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EPA-prescribed (e,t «up ers c
dures measure pollutam s ^ ew3
amount of grams per i» nmuni
“car run. ”
ciency,” Tonda remarked, j cu
with car mileage. We cool unc j er
driver to put 4,000 miles 01
cle. Analysis of zero milwj
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provements. ”
Two other emission tests; s p 0 | jt j
Texas are located in San At 8 y to p
the Southwest Research yit con |
and at Automotive Res° pent
sociates Corporation. <ommuni
Both are completely I’ IDs and 0
the next year, a cording to#
A&M p u rchas i ng agent bar
TTI emission test system01
405 University Drive,
College Station
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