Appendix IV to Part 1039 - Steady-State Duty Cycles for Variable-Speed Engines With Maximum Power at or Above 19 kW]  


Latest version.
  • (a) The following duty cycle applies for discrete-mode testing of variable-speed engines with maximum power at or above 19 kW:

    C1 mode
  • number
  • Engine speed 1Observed torque
  • (percent) 2
  • Weighting
  • factors
  • 1Maximum test speed1000.152Maximum test speed750.153Maximum test speed500.154Maximum test speed100.105Intermediate test speed1000.106Intermediate test speed750.107Intermediate test speed500.108Idle00.151 Speed terms are defined in 40 CFR part 1065.2 The percent torque is relative to the maximum torque at the commanded test speed.

    (b) The following duty cycle applies for ramped-modal testing of variable-speed engines with maximum power at or above 19 kW:

    RMC ModeTime in mode
  • (seconds)
  • Engine
  • speed 1,3
  • Torque
  • (percent) 2,3
  • 1a Steady-state126Warm Idle0.1b Transition20Linear Transition 2Linear Transition.2a Steady-state159Intermediate Speed100.2b Transition20Intermediate SpeedLinear Transition.3a Steady-state160Intermediate Speed50.3b Transition20Intermediate SpeedLinear Transition.4a Steady-state162Intermediate Speed75.4b Transition20Linear TransitionLinear Transition.5a Steady-state246Maximum Test Speed100.5b Transition20Maximum Test SpeedLinear Transition.6a Steady-state164Maximum Test Speed10.6b Transition20Maximum Test SpeedLinear Transition.7a Steady-state248Maximum Test Speed75.7b Transition20Maximum Test SpeedLinear Transition.8a Steady-state247Maximum Test Speed50.8b Transition20Linear TransitionLinear Transition.9 Steady-state128Warm Idle0.1 Speed terms are defined in 40 CFR part 1065.2 The percent torque is relative to the maximum torque at the commanded engine speed.3 Advance from one mode to the next within a 20-second transition phase. During the transition phase, command a linear progression from the torque setting of the current mode to the torque setting of the next mode, and simultaneously command a similar linear progression for engine speed if there is a change in speed setting.
    Effective Date Note:

    At 73 FR 37243, June 30, 2008, Appendix IV to Part 1039 was removed, effective July 7, 2008.