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RFG Property and Performance Averages for Sussex County, DE

Summer Years & Standards:
Simple Model
Phase I
Complex
Phase II
Complex
 Data 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005** 2006
Number of surveys 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2
Average of oxygen (w%) 2.09 1.98 2.01 2.14 2.29 2.25 2.09 1.82 1.82 3.13
Average of benzene (v%) 0.628       0.513 0.730 0.543 0.600 0.636 0.738 0.918 0.924 0.879
Average of rvp (psi) 7.82 7.91 6.43 6.54 6.39 6.50 6.50 6.57 7.06 6.67
Average of aromatics (v%) 22.46 25.79 24.87 24.00 23.32 21.04 25.05 23.85 19.31 22.50
Average of sulfur (ppm) 200 134 127 116 145 88 96 166 59
Average of olefins (v%) 11.41 11.04 11.72 11.32 10.99 9.23 10.79 14.65 10.59
Average of E200 (%) 49.1 45.5 46.4 46.7 48.6 48.0 44.5 53.6 46.0
Average of E300 (%) 81.2 81.6 81.7 82.0 82.3 80.5 81.5 86.1 81.5
Average of T50 (F) 202.6 210.7 208.6 207.3 203.2 204.9 213.6 192.5 210.7
Average of T90 (F) 330.8 327.6 329.2 328.6 331.8 335.3 333.0 319.3 334.6
Average of MTBE (w%) 9.63 8.05 9.11 9.74 10.19 11.51 11.46 9.99 10.00 0.05
Average of ethanol (w%) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.99
Average of TAME (w%) 1.84 3.21 2.12 2.34 2.75 0.86 0.08 0.01 0.04 0.00
Average of ETBE (w%) 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of TPA (w%) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of IPA (w%) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of NBA (w%) 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of TBA (w%) 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of NPA (w%) 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of SBA (w%) 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of DIPE (w%) 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of IBA (w%) 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of methanol (w%) 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Avg Ethanol Volume% 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.48
Avg Specific Gravity 0.749 0.750 0.737 0.748
Phase I Complex Model VOC Reduction (%) 21.24
Phase I Complex Model Toxics Reduction (%) 35.34
Phase I Complex Model NOx Reduction (%) 4.00
Phase II Complex Model VOC Reduction (%)   15.58 27.70 28.03 28.97 29.19 27.92 27.87 28.23
Phase II Complex Model Toxics Reduction (%)   29.90 29.72 32.52 33.05 33.35 31.04 28.49 27.91
Phase II Complex Model NOx Reduction (%)   3.91 7.50 7.31 8.36 7.96 9.97 9.55 11.72

*Click on a data value hyperlink to see a graph comparing this area to other areas for the particular RFG parameter.

**These surveys conducted between 9/2/05 and 9/15/05 are not included in the adjacent column averages.
EPA allowed early use of winter gasoline in a Hurricane Katrina-related waiver issued August 31, 2005.

RFG Property and Performance Averages for Sussex County, DE

Winter Years & Standards:
Simple Model
Phase I
Complex
Phase II
Complex
 Data 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of surveys 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Average of oxygen (w%) 2.11 1.89 2.00 1.98 1.96 1.87 1.80 1.77 2.42
Average of benzene (v%) 0.516       0.559 0.652 0.523 0.556 0.752 0.747 0.704 0.752
Average of rvp (psi)
Average of aromatics (v%) 24.07 22.59 20.33 20.46 20.95 21.43 22.74 20.95 23.35
Average of sulfur (ppm) 273 225 221 179 199 141 123 65
Average of olefins (v%) 13.77 12.03 12.73 12.03 12.31 10.14 11.35 12.72
Average of E200 (%) 55.1 53.5 54.1 54.6 55.6 57.2 57.3 54.1
Average of E300 (%) 82.4 82.8 84.0 83.0 83.3 82.8 83.6 81.8
Average of T50 (F) 186.4 190.8 188.9 187.6 184.4 179.6 179.3 184.1
Average of T90 (F) 328.9 328.5 322.8 328.1 327.7 330.1 329.4 334.0
Average of MTBE (w%) 9.78 8.90 8.12 8.04 8.80 10.05 9.87 9.76 4.80
Average of ethanol (w%) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.46
Average of TAME (w%) 1.41 1.71 3.21 3.12 2.03 0.16 0.05 0.01 0.00
Average of ETBE (w%) 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of TPA (w%) 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of IPA (w%) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of NBA (w%) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of TBA (w%) 0.04 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.00
Average of NPA (w%) 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of SBA (w%) 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of DIPE (w%) 0.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of IBA (w%) 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average of methanol (w%) 0.10 0.01 0.04 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00
Avg Ethanol Volume% 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.17
Avg Specific Gravity 0.732 0.728 0.735
Phase I Complex Model VOC Reduction (%) 4.66
Phase I Complex Model Toxics Reduction (%) 21.87
Phase I Complex Model NOx Reduction (%) 1.29
Phase II Complex Model VOC Reduction (%)
Phase II Complex Model Toxics Reduction (%)   22.41 24.78 25.69 26.16 23.58 24.71 26.30 23.17
Phase II Complex Model NOx Reduction (%)   1.40 5.02 4.43 6.36 4.69 7.84 8.38 9.77

*Click on a data value hyperlink to see a graph comparing this area to other areas for the particular RFG parameter.

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