Description / Abstract:
This SAE Recommended Practice describes instrumentation for
determining the amount of methane in air and exhaust gas.
Purpose—This document provides a means for a
batch measurement of the methane concentration in light-duty
vehicle exhaust samples. Nonmethane hydrocarbon concentration can
be obtained by subtracting the methane concentration from the total
hydrocarbon concentration obtained by a separate measurement made
in accordance with accepted practices such as SAE J1094, J254, or a
current Federal Test Procedure.1
1 See Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40
Protection of Environment, Part 86, Subpart B, Emission Regulations
for 1977 and Later Model Year New Light-Duty Vehicles and New
Light-Duty Trucks; Test Procedures (40 CFR 86.101 et seq.) (as
possibly amended by the Federal Register).