This section describes how to determine deterioration factors, either with pre-existing test data or with new emission measurements. Apply these deterioration factors to determine whether your engines will meet the duty-cycle emission standards throughout the useful life as described in § 1036.240 . The provisions of this section and the verification provisions of § 1036.246 apply for all engine families starting in model year 2027; you may optionally use these provisions to determine and verify deterioration factors for earlier model years.
Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(2) of § 1036.245 -Minimum Required Engine Dynamometer Aging Hours by Primary Intended Service Class
Primary intended service class | Minimum engine dynamometer hours |
Spark-ignition HDE | 300 |
Light HDE | 1,250 |
Medium HDE | 1,500 |
Heavy HDE | 1,500 |
Where:
UL = useful life mileage from § 1036.104(e) .
k = 1.15 for Heavy HDE and 1.0 for all other primary intended service classes.
vagingcycle = average speed of aging cycle in paragraph (c)(3) of this section. Use 40.26 mi/hr for duty-cycle sequence 1 and 44.48 mi/hr for duty-cycle sequence 2.
Example for Heavy HDE for Duty-Cycle Sequence 1:
UL = 650,000 miles
k = 1.15
vagingcycle = 40.26 mi/hr
ttotal = 18,567 hr
40 C.F.R. §1036.245