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ETH YL CORPORATION Inter-O ffice C orrespondence N ovem ber 20, 1961 TO: J. E . B o u d r e a u s. F o r b e s H. J. G ibson J. G ill H. E. H esselb erg D. A. H irschler L. L . Huxtable -k T A . K eh oe G. F . K irby W. B . L ig e tt M. P . M urdock C. M N e h e r R. J. O str a n d e r F. P rinci S. T . P r u itt B. B. Turner T. W. W arren \ Gentlem en: You w ill r ec a ll that at the m eetin g held in D etroit on O ctober 24 to review the status of our com pany-w ide a c tiv ities to com bat an ti-T E L le g isla tio n on the W est C oast, I reported m y con versation s with the auto m otive ind ustry with regard to th eir program s to develop engine m o d ifica tions and design changes to m in im ize exhaust e m issio n s. I a lso stated that we w ere settin g up a program at the D etroit L ab oratories to develop som e b a sic inform ation in th is field w hich we hoped to rep ort, eith er in the form of a paper or a d iscu ssio n of som eone e ls e 's paper, at the M arch 1962 SAE P a ssen g er Car M eeting. It w as a g reed that we w ould reco m m en d to D r. K irby that our party lin e b e - ( l ) We planned to continue our w ork on exhaust c a ta ly s ts . (2) We w ere confident that a ca ta ly st could be developed which would operate s a tis fa c to r ily on lead ed g a so lin e s. (3) We planned a p rogram , u tilizin g our background and exp erien ce in working with autom otive en gin es, to develop som e b a sic inform ation as to engine m od ification s and design changes which cou ld be e x p e cted to red u ce ex h a u st h yd rocarb on e m is s io n s . In the s u b s e quent d iscu ssio n s with D r. K irby and M r. T urner this party line w as approved. P relim in a ry plans have been m ade by SAE for a fu ll-fled ged sm og se s sio n at the M arch M eeting. I attach a lis t of papers which have been suggested. You w ill note that papers are proposed covering both exhaust d evices and engine design m odifications. The various com panies have not as y et o fficia lly approved the p resen tation of th ese p ap ers. It is , th erefo re, p o ssib le that som e of the papers m ay have to be d eleted . On the other hand the lis t does show that the autom otive industry is about to speak up on th is w hole broad subject and this m eeting w ill be, as we had planned, the V 0004896 - 2- N ovem ber 20, 1961 appropriate tim e for us to rep ort on our work on engine d esign as w ell as our work on catalytic d ev ices. We w ill decide later w hether our p resen ta tion should be a paper or a d iscu ssio n of som eone e lse 's paper. Since it w as agreed that we would w ait until th is m eeting to publicize the fact that we w ere w orking on engine design, as w ell as on ca ta ly sts, the above is ju st to keep you inform ed on w here this m atter stands. R K S/dl A tt. 0 0 0 4S9 7  -'-V ' ' "' '' ' *" .;...... . . . N o v a u ^ f i4* 1961 SiSG G M STZU SAE PA PER S FO R MARCH i% PASSENGER CAR M EETING IN DETROIT ' V- Single and M ulti-C ylinder Engla Operating and D esign Variable (Effects on Exhaust Gas Composition} M. v ,. Jackson and J . T. Wentworth R esearch Laboratories* G.M.-C. Single Cylinder Engine Studies of Exhaust P ro cess J , T . Wentworth and V i , A , Daniel R esea rch L aboratories G. M. C. Single Cylinder Engine Studies of the M echanism of Hydrocarbon E m issions V . a Darnell R esearch Laboratories G.M.C. Tem perature and Concentration Studies of the Automobile Exhaust Stream A . iv; ,, Sm ith and A. C. hchaldenbr&nd, E ngineering Staff, Ford Motor Co. D evelopm ent of General Motors Catalytic Converter Johnson Kolbe. Steiahagea* Holmfield Engineering Staff* G. M. --. the .Development and Evaluation of Catalytic co n verters for Automobile Exhausts J . H. Struck, and ii. Schalden brand* E ngineering Staff, Ford Motor wo. The Evaluation of Oxidation C atalysts for Automobile Exhausts Studebaker- Packard Corporation Development of a Catalytic Flam e Type Afterburner Chrysler Corporation . KT 0004S9S U /A 4/61 . - Z- - D evelopm ent f Flaw Type A fte r b u r n e r s Chrysle r Corporation T ho m eo n -A am o - Wo&ridge M innesota M ining an d M&nufa c tu rin g Development of a Sim plified A fterburner A csearch L aboratories ) ) Engineering Stall ) ; G.M..*** / E v alu atio n o A utom obile E x h au st A fte rb u rn e r Jr%> Idi S m ith a n d J , H, Struck E n g in e e rin g S ta ff, so rd M o to r S o , An Im proved D eceleration Device Asearch la b o ra to rie s ) C ad illac ) D eleo-K em y ) G M . >, * lifei T h e rm a l C o n sid e ra tio n s in E x h au st E m issio n c o n tr o l C hrysler Corporation T herm al C onsiderations of Autom obile Exhaust G ases A m erican ivioters C orporation '5. M aintenance a n a th e A utom obile E x h a u s t--II C hrysler Corporation 6. The E ffects of Engine cpe rating and Design V ariables an Exhaust E m issions D, F . Hagen and G. W. Holiday* E ngineering Staff. F o rd M otor Co. 00C4S99