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RFG Property and Performance Averages for Baltimore, MD
| Summer | Years & Standards: Simple Model |
Phase I Complex |
Phase II Complex |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2005** | 2006 |
| Number of surveys | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Average of oxygen (w%) | 2.07 | 1.87 | 1.94 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.06 | 2.01 | 2.06 | 2.07 | 2.12 | 2.03 | 1.99 | 3.54 |
| Average of benzene (v%) | 0.616 | 0.662 | 0.607 | 0.641 | 0.708 | 0.598 | 0.605 | 0.585 | 0.587 | 0.587 | 0.652 | 0.725 | 0.629 |
| Average of rvp (psi) | 7.06 | 7.09 | 7.10 | 7.04 | 7.10 | 6.80 | 6.74 | 6.68 | 6.81 | 6.81 | 6.90 | 6.98 | 6.88 |
| Average of aromatics (v%) | 25.73 | 25.86 | 27.12 | 27.91 | 25.96 | 20.27 | 20.60 | 21.21 | 19.10 | 21.74 | 20.70 | 20.86 | 20.31 |
| Average of sulfur (ppm) | 191 | 205 | 148 | 129 | 127 | 139 | 73 | 82 | 88 | 46 | |||
| Average of olefins (v%) | 10.71 | 11.13 | 10.27 | 10.76 | 11.04 | 11.43 | 11.77 | 12.14 | 11.55 | 9.79 | |||
| Average of E200 (%) | 47.4 | 48.9 | 48.7 | 47.4 | 47.3 | 49.6 | 48.8 | 50.0 | 49.9 | 48.3 | |||
| Average of E300 (%) | 81.4 | 82.3 | 84.2 | 83.9 | 83.9 | 84.1 | 82.1 | 83.3 | 84.4 | 84.4 | |||
| Average of T50 (F) | 206.5 | 202.5 | 202.6 | 205.1 | 205.3 | 200.6 | 202.5 | 199.8 | 200.2 | 204.6 | |||
| Average of T90 (F) | 338.5 | 336.4 | 330.3 | 330.4 | 329.6 | 330.7 | 339.2 | 333.0 | 327.6 | 328.7 | |||
| Average of MTBE (w%) | 10.43 | 9.02 | 9.31 | 9.55 | 9.51 | 10.12 | 9.73 | 10.30 | 10.33 | 10.76 | 10.46 | 9.87 | 0.39 |
| Average of ethanol (w%) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.97 |
| Average of TAME (w%) | 0.64 | 1.27 | 1.44 | 1.43 | 1.66 | 1.39 | 1.47 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 0.76 | 0.68 | 1.16 | 0.00 |
| Average of ETBE (w%) | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 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 | 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 | 0.01 | 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 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Average of TBA (w%) | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Average of NPA (w%) | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Average of SBA (w%) | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Average of DIPE (w%) | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Average of IBA (w%) | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Average of methanol (w%) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Avg Ethanol Volume% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.40 | ||||||
| Avg Specific Gravity | 0.747 | 0.744 | 0.744 | 0.749 | |||||||||
| Phase I Complex Model VOC Reduction (%) | 39.29 | 38.65 | |||||||||||
| Phase I Complex Model Toxics Reduction (%) | 35.02 | 35.03 | |||||||||||
| Phase I Complex Model NOx Reduction (%) | 4.83 | 4.27 | |||||||||||
| Phase II Complex Model VOC Reduction (%) | 24.28 | 24.81 | 29.26 | 29.56 | 29.96 | 29.81 | 29.44 | 29.41 | 29.68 | ||||
| Phase II Complex Model Toxics Reduction (%) | 28.20 | 28.55 | 34.40 | 34.17 | 34.11 | 35.09 | 34.74 | 34.39 | 32.56 | ||||
| Phase II Complex Model NOx Reduction (%) | 4.55 | 4.07 | 8.41 | 8.93 | 8.70 | 8.43 | 10.24 | 9.78 | 13.10 | ||||
**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.
*Click on a data value hyperlink to see a graph comparing this area to other areas for the particular RFG parameter.
RFG Property and Performance Averages for Baltimore, MD
| Winter | Years & Standards: Simple Model |
Phase I Complex |
Phase II Complex |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Number of surveys | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Average of oxygen (w%) | 2.30 | 1.83 | 1.93 | 1.90 | 1.95 | 1.98 | 1.98 | 1.92 | 1.96 | 1.98 | 1.88 | 3.21 |
| Average of benzene (v%) | 0.597 | 0.648 | 0.589 | 0.592 | 0.611 | 0.604 | 0.549 | 0.611 | 0.616 | 0.575 | 0.604 | 0.658 |
| Average of rvp (psi) | ||||||||||||
| Average of aromatics (v%) | 22.02 | 20.55 | 21.66 | 23.11 | 21.78 | 18.01 | 18.64 | 19.81 | 19.18 | 19.87 | 18.87 | 20.73 |
| Average of sulfur (ppm) | 211 | 241 | 211 | 196 | 211 | 182 | 110 | 106 | 49 | |||
| Average of olefins (v%) | 8.92 | 9.97 | 10.43 | 9.87 | 11.04 | 10.55 | 11.29 | 11.03 | 9.93 | |||
| Average of E200 (%) | 55.3 | 55.9 | 55.9 | 54.4 | 55.4 | 54.3 | 55.7 | 56.6 | 56.5 | |||
| Average of E300 (%) | 84.0 | 84.4 | 85.6 | 86.0 | 84.4 | 84.3 | 83.7 | 85.5 | 84.6 | |||
| Average of T50 (F) | 186.0 | 185.2 | 185.4 | 188.8 | 186.1 | 188.8 | 184.7 | 183.1 | 174.4 | |||
| Average of T90 (F) | 330.3 | 329.3 | 324.1 | 320.6 | 328.5 | 328.1 | 332.4 | 323.4 | 327.5 | |||
| Average of MTBE (w%) | 11.72 | 8.21 | 9.51 | 9.71 | 9.50 | 9.58 | 9.39 | 9.61 | 9.84 | 10.15 | 9.70 | 2.64 |
| Average of ethanol (w%) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.81 |
| Average of TAME (w%) | 0.70 | 1.66 | 1.21 | 0.88 | 1.41 | 1.43 | 1.69 | 1.08 | 0.98 | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.06 |
| Average of ETBE (w%) | 0.10 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.02 |
| Average of TPA (w%) | 0.00 | 0.01 | 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 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Average of NBA (w%) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Average of TBA (w%) | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Average of NPA (w%) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Average of SBA (w%) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Average of DIPE (w%) | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.03 |
| Average of IBA (w%) | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Average of methanol (w%) | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Avg Ethanol Volume% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.28 | ||||||
| Avg Specific Gravity | 0.732 | 0.731 | 0.738 | |||||||||
| Phase I Complex Model VOC Reduction (%) | 5.47 | 5.92 | ||||||||||
| Phase I Complex Model Toxics Reduction (%) | 24.15 | 24.29 | ||||||||||
| Phase I Complex Model NOx Reduction (%) | 5.72 | 4.58 | ||||||||||
| Phase II Complex Model VOC Reduction (%) | ||||||||||||
| Phase II Complex Model Toxics Reduction (%) | 24.62 | 24.69 | 27.57 | 27.91 | 26.02 | 26.95 | 28.05 | 28.93 | 26.08 | |||
| Phase II Complex Model NOx Reduction (%) | 5.84 | 4.75 | 6.81 | 7.63 | 5.87 | 7.45 | 9.43 | 10.08 | 12.63 | |||
**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.
*Click on a data value hyperlink to see a graph comparing this area to other areas for the particular RFG parameter.