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91.329—Catalyst thermal stress test.

(a) Oven characteristics. The oven used for termally stressing the test catalyst must be capable of maintaining a temperature of 500 ±5 °C and 1000 ±10 °C.
(b) Evaluation gas composition. (1) A synthetic exhaust gas mixture is used for evaluating the effect of thermal stress on catalyst conversion efficiency.
(2) The synthetic exhaust gas mixture must have the following composition:
Constituent Volume percent Parts per million
Carbon Monoxide 1 1
Oxygen 1.3
Carbon Dioxide 9
Water Vapor 10
Sulfur Dioxide 20
Oxides of Nitrogen 280
Hydrogen 3500
Hydrocarbon 1,2 4000
Nitrogen=Balance
1 Alternatively, the carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon proportions of the mixture may be changed to 1.2% and 4650 ppm, respectively (using on of these alternative concentrations requires that the other be used simultaneously).
2 Propylene/propane ratio=2/1.

Code of Federal Regulations

[61 FR 52102, Oct. 4, 1996; 62 FR 20066, Apr. 24, 1997]
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