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Automobile Industry / Government Emissions Research. Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

Background of AIGER CRADA

The current Automobile Industry/Government Emissions Research (AIGER) Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) began on October 15, 2003 and has been extended until 2013. This CRADA was a follow-on to an earlier CRADA that ran for eleven years from October 1992 to October 2003. The current five-year Agreement and the ones that preceded it were made possible by the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.

Members of the AIGER CRADA are the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), California Air Resources Board (CARB) and USCAR (US Council for Automotive Research, which includes Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation).

The purpose of the AIGER CRADA is to identify, encourage, evaluate and develop the instrumentation and techniques to accurately and efficiently measure emissions from motor vehicles as required by the Federal Clean Air Act and the California Health and Safety Code. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure that such technologies are commercialized and are readily available to emission testing facilities, programs and personnel worldwide. The strategies employed are based on openness, sharing and teamwork. Efforts of the group are focused on technical challenges rather than on regulatory issues.

Statement of Vision

"By the end of the five-year term of this agreement, the equipment, facilities, procedures and supplies to measure exhaust and evaporative emissions from motor vehicles in an accurate, efficient and economical manner will be readily available from a number of commercial sources."

Members of the AIGER CRADA Advisory Board

Chrysler LLC: Mahmoud Yassine; Allen White
Ford Motor Company: Mark Guenther, Mike Sherman
General Motors Corporation: Steve Swarin; Don Nagy
Environmental Technical Leadership Council: David Schrumpf; Jim Spearot
California Air Resources Board: Ed Sun; Wayne McMahon
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (NVFEL): Michael Sabourin; Dan McBryde

 

AIGER Relationships

 AIGER Relationships

AIGER Projects

  • Development of Measurement Technologies for Diesel Vehicles

    • - Diesel vehicle TP protocol

  • Development of Measurement Technologies for New Vehicle Concepts

    • - Compare instrumentation and methods (4WD Dyno Team)

  • Development of Measurement Technologies for "New" Species

    • - Investigate methods to measure "new" and unregulated species (Innova Team)

  • Evaporative Testing Development

    • - Test protocol and acceptance criteria

  • Development of Measurement Technologies/QC for Current Vehicles

    • - US06, zero contamination check, background check procedures (Sampling System Development)

  • Analyzer Development (bench) FID issues

    • - Improve/Develop NMHC analysis to SULEV levels
    - Investigate Alternatives to Helium with FID Fuel

  • Gas Panel

    • - Handle NIST issues

For further information or assistance regarding this page, contact Dan McBryde by phone at (734) 214-4328 or by email at mcbryde.dan@epa.gov.

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