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Code of Federal Regulations Title 40. Protection of Environment § 40.1065.303 Summary of required calibration and verifications

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The following table summarizes the required and recommended calibrations and verifications described in this subpart and indicates when these have to be performed:

Table 1 of § 1065.303—Summary of Required Calibration and Verifications

Type of calibration or verification

Minimum frequency a

§ 1065.305: Accuracy, repeatability and noise

Accuracy: Not required, but recommended for initial installation. Repeatability: Not required, but recommended for initial installation.

Noise: Not required, but recommended for initial installation.

§ 1065.307: Linearity verification

Speed: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing and after major maintenance.

Torque: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing and after major maintenance.

Electrical power, current, and voltage: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing and after major maintenance. b

Fuel mass flow rate: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing, and after major maintenance.

Fuel mass scale: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing, and after major maintenance.

DEF mass flow rate: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing, and after major maintenance. c

DEF mass scale: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing, and after major maintenance.

Intake-air, dilution air, diluted exhaust, and batch sampler flow rates: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing and after major maintenance. d

Raw exhaust flow rate: Upon initial installation, within 185 days before testing and after major maintenance. d

Gas dividers: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing, and after major maintenance.

Gas analyzers (unless otherwise noted): Upon initial installation, within 35 days before testing and after major maintenance.

FTIR and photoacoustic analyzers: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing and after major maintenance.

GC-ECD: Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

PM balance: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing and after major maintenance.

Pressure, temperature, and dewpoint: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.308: Continuous gas analyzer system response and updating-recording verification—for gas analyzers not continuously compensated for other gas species

Upon initial installation or after system modification that would affect response.

§ 1065.309: Continuous gas analyzer system-response and updating-recording verification—for gas analyzers continuously compensated for other gas species

Upon initial installation or after system modification that would affect response.

§ 1065.310: Torque

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.315: Pressure, temperature, dewpoint

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.320: Fuel flow

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.325: Intake flow

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.330: Exhaust flow

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.340: Diluted exhaust flow (CVS)

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.341: CVS and PFD flow verification (propane check)

Upon initial installation, within 35 days before testing, and after major maintenance. e

§ 1065.342 Sample dryer verification

For thermal chillers: Upon installation and after major maintenance. For osmotic membranes; upon installation, within 35 days of testing, and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.345: Vacuum leak

For laboratory testing: Upon initial installation of the sampling system, within 8 hours before the start of the first test interval of each duty-cycle sequence, and after maintenance such as pre-filter changes.

For field testing: After each installation of the sampling system on the vehicle, prior to the start of the field test, and after maintenance such as pre-filter changes.

§ 1065.350: CO2 NDIR H2O interference

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.355: CO NDIR CO2 and H2O interference

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.360: FID calibration THC FID optimization, and THC FID verification

Calibrate all FID analyzers: upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

Optimize and determine CH4 response for THC FID analyzers: upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

Verify CH4 response for THC FID analyzers: upon initial installation, within 185 days before testing, and after major maintenance.

Verify C2H6 response for THC FID analyzers if used for NMNEHC determination: upon initial installation, within 185 days before testing, and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.362: Raw exhaust FID O2 interference

For all FID analyzers: upon initial installation, and after major maintenance.

For THC FID analyzers: upon initial installation, after major maintenance, and after FID optimization according to § 1065.360.

§ 1065.365: Nonmethane cutter penetration

Upon initial installation, within 185 days before testing, and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.366: Interference verification for FTIR analyzers

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.369: H2O, CO, and CO2 interference verification for ethanol photoacoustic analyzers

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.370: CLD CO2 and H2O quench

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.372: NDUV HC and H2O interference

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.375: N2O analyzer interference

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.376: Chiller NO2 penetration

Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.378: NO2-to-NO converter conversion

Upon initial installation, within 35 days before testing, and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.390: PM balance and weighing

Independent verification: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing, and after major maintenance.

Zero, span, and reference sample verifications: Within 12 hours of weighing, and after major maintenance.

§ 1065.395: Inertial PM balance and weighing

Independent verification: Upon initial installation, within 370 days before testing, and after major maintenance.

Other verifications: Upon initial installation and after major maintenance.

a Perform calibrations and verifications more frequently than we specify, according to measurement system manufacturer instructions and good engineering judgment.

b Perform linearity verification either for electrical power or for current and voltage.

c Linearity verification is not required if DEF flow rate comes directly from the ECM signal as described in § 1065.247(b).

d Linearity verification is not required if the flow signal's accuracy is verified by carbon balance error verification as described in § 1065.307(e)(5) or a propane check as described in § 1065.341.

e CVS and PFD flow verification (propane check) is not required for measurement systems verified by linearity verification as described in § 1065.307 or carbon balance error verification as described in § 1065.341(h).

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