This book is organized into 14 chapters and contains 53 technical papers. Each chapter begins with an overview of the chapter topic authored by an expert in the subject field, followed by the related SAE technical papers.

Chapters:

• Transient Engine Start-Up and Shut-Down Processes
  
• Mixture Formation Process
  
• Cold-Start Hydrocarbon Emission Mechanisms
  
• Characterization of Cold Engine Processes
  
• Spark Retardation for Improving Catalyst Light-Off Performance
  
• Secondary Air Injection for Improving Cold-Start Performance
  
• Effect of Fuels and Fuel Reforming on Cold-Start Performance
  
• Advanced Catalyst Design
  
• Hydrocarbon Trap
  
• Catalytic Converter System Modeling
  
• Evaporative Emissions Reduction
  
• On Board Diagnostics
  
• Certification of Ultra-Clean Vehicles
  
• Ultra-Clean Vehicle Systems

This book will serve as an excellent resource for someone who either just started in the field, or for someone who has already been very familiar with the area and want to hear opinions on certain issues from other experts in the field and for those seeking a general idea about the recent technological developments in ultra-clean gasoline-powered vehicles.

Papers in: PT-104

• 1999-01-0220 Emissions and Fuel Utilization After Cold Starting Spark Ignition Engines
  
• 1999-01-0308 Improvements in Pd:Rh and Pt:Rh Three Way Catalysts
  
• 1999-01-0771 Reduction Technologies for Evaporative Emissions in Zero- Level Emission Vehicle
  
• 1999-01-1107 Cycle-By-Cycle Mixture Strength and Residual-Gas Measurements During Cold Starting
  
• 1999-01-1504 The Autoignition Behavior of Surrogate Diesel Fuel Mixtures and the Chemical Effects of 2-Ethylhexyl Nitrate (2-Ehn) Cetane Improver
  
• 1999-01-3661 Further Experiments on the Effects of In-Cylinder Wall Wetting on Hc Emissions From Direct-Injection Gasoline Engines
  
• 2000-01-0551 A Quick Warm-Up System During Engine Start-Up Period Using Adaptive Control of Intake Air and Ignition Timing
  
• 2000-01-0793 Evaluation of the Bag Mini-Diluter and Direct Vehicle Exhaust Volume System for Low-Level Emissions Measurement
  
• 2000-01-0887 L4-Engine Development for a Super-Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle
  
• 2000-01-0890 Development of New Technologies Targeting Zero Emissions for Gasoline Engines
  
• 2000-01-0892 In-Line Hydrocarbon (Hc) Adsorber System for Reducing Cold-Start Emissions
  
• 2000-01-1844 Ultrathin Wall Catalyst Solutions At Similar Restriction and Precious Metal Loading
  
• 2000-01-1884 The Effects of Driveability on Emissions in European Gasoline Vehicles
  
• 2000-01-2926 Development of a Gasoline-Fueled Vehicle With Zero Evaporative Emissions
  
• 2001-01-0660 Development of the Automotive Exhaust Hydrocarbon Adsorbent
  
• 2001-01-0729 Development of Vapor Reducing Fuel Tank System
  
• 2001-01-1193 Feasibility Study of An Online Gasoline Fractionating System for Use in Spark-Ignition Engines
  
• 2001-01-3587 Contribution of Liquid Fuel to Hydrocarbon Emissions in Spark Ignition Engines
  
• 2001-01-3840 Pushing the Envelope to Near-Zero Emissions on Light- Duty Gasoline Vehicles
  
• 2002-01-0046 Advanced Emissions Test Site for Confident Pzev Measurements
  
• 2002-01-0048 Studies on Enhanced Cvs Technology to Achieve Sulev Certification
  
• 2002-01-0349 Utilization of Advanced Three-Way Catalyst Formulations on Ceramic Ultra-Thin-Wall Substrates for Future Legislation
  
• 2002-01-0744 Investigation of Post-Oxidation and Its Dependency on Engine Combustion and Exhaust Manifold Design
  
• 2002-01-1011 Fast Start-Up On-Board Gasoline Reformer for Near-Zero Emissions in Spark-Ignition Engines
  
• 2002-01-1667 Estimation of Air-Fuel Ratio of a SI Engine From Exhaust Gas Temperature At Cold-Start Condition
  
• 2002-01-2751 Lif Characterization of Intake Valve Fuel Films During Cold Start in a Pfi Engine
  
• 2002-01-2803 Application of Secondary Air Injection for Simultaneously Reducing Converter-In Emissions and Improving Catalyst Light-Off Performance
  
• 2002-01-2804 Spark Ignition Engine Hydrocarbon Emissions Behaviors in Stopping and Restarting
  
• 2002-01-2805 Mixture Preparation and Hydrocarbon Emissions Behaviors in the First Cycle of SI Engine Cranking
  
• 2003-01-0719 The Development and Implementation of An Engine-Off Natural Vacuum Test for Diagnosing Small Leaks in Evaporative Emissions Systems
  
• 2003-01-0817 Development of Pzev Exhaust Emission Control System
  
• 2003-01-3239 An On-Board Distillation System to Reduce Cold-Start Hydrocarbon Emissions
  
• 880282 A Three-Dimensional Model for the Analysis of Transient Thermal and Conversion Characteristics of Monolithic Catalytic Converters
  
• 920096 Modeling Current Generation Catalytic Converters: Laboratory Experiments and Kinetic Parameter Optimization--Steady State Kinetics
  
• 930711 Effects of Port-Injection Timing and Fuel Droplet Size on Total and Speciated Exhaust Hydrocarbon Emissions
  
• 940963 Time-Resolved Measurement of Speciated Hydrocarbon Emissions During Cold Start of a Spark-Ignited Engine
  
• 941872 Liquid Gasoline Behavior in the Engine Cylinder of a SI Engine
  
• 950074 Mixture Preparation and Hc Emissions of a 4-Valve Engine During Cold Starting and Warm-Up
  
• 950678 Analysis of Fuel Behavior in the Spark-Ignition Engine Start- Up Process
  
• 960343 By-Pass Hydrocarbon Adsorber System for Ulev
  
• 960347 Hydrocarbon Adsorber System for Cold-Start Emissions
  
• 961153 Flames and Liquid Fuel in An SI Engine Cylinder During Cold Start
  
• 971639 Quantitative Analysis of Fuel Behavior in Port-Injection Gasoline Engines
  
• 980043 Development and Benchmarking of Leak Detection Methods for Automobile Evaporation Control Systems to Meet Obdii Emission Requirements
  
• 980665 Obd-Ii Performance of Three-Way Catalysts
  
• 982555 A Study of a Gasoline-Fueled, Near-Zero-Emission Vehicle Using An Improved Emission Measurement System