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India Tries to Improve Its Air & Fuel Quality Author: chinamotor - Source:CHINAMOTOR     Font size: A A A India made the quality standard on the transport fuel which is protected through the environmental protection law and is also classified by the Indian Standardisation Bureau. The Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas State Department put this standard into practice with the assistance from the Petroleum industry.   Under normal circumstances, India's fuel demands copy that of the European Plan and are satisfied through Bharat (petrol company). The new plan is usually divided into two phases: it'll be put into practice in 13 major cities firstly, and is then brought into force nationwide.   India as a whole began to use unleaded petrol in 2000. There are four grades of petrol altogether: the 88#, the 91#, the 93# and the 95# petrol; the 88# and the 93# petrol are the nationally supplied ordinary and high standard grades respectively; the 91# and the 95# petrol are the specially supplied ordinary and high class grades for outstanding cities only in India; currently, the key petrol standards are the nationally effective Bharat III phase (equivalent to Euro III) and the Bharat IV phase (equivalent to Euro IV) put into force in India's 13 major cities.   The Indian Government decided to affect the Bharat IV in its major cities and Bharat III in other areas on April 1 of 2010. In order to meet the above standards, the petrol company had agreed to supply qualified Bharat III fuel nationwide and supply qualified Bharat IV fuel for India's 13 major cities. It's likely for Indian cities to have sufficient Bharat IV fuel within schedule but the delivery for Bharat III fuel nationwide is facing difficulties. So, the task of replacing the high sulphur content Bharat II fuel with the Bharat III fuel will have to be prolonged.   India has stipulated the nationwide ethanol fuel mixing ratio to be 5vol%(E5) apart from the 6 undeliverable states; India has also promised to make further studies on the compatibility of the ethanol fuel mixture E10 with motor vehicles.   The Air Quality Standards Get Stricter The Indian Environment & Forest Department released the national environment air quality standard 2009 (NAAQS) revised version at the end of 2009; this standard is stricter than the former standard which was effective since 1994. The new standard provides a legal framework for controlling air pollution and improving public health protection.   The above mentioned NAAQS new standard is jointly examined and approved by the Indian Central Pollution Control Committee and the Indian Technical College located in Kanpur of India. The final public notice was given based on the 1986 environment protection law so as to ensure the effective implementation of the new standard.   The NAAQS revised version meets the world's best practice and is developed based on the latest achievements of technology and research. The key features of the new standard include: The industrial area adopts the same standard as the residential area. (Different standards on different regions are eliminated).   The unification for the standard implementation, it doesn't include the NO2 and SO2 standards implemented on the ecologically sensitive areas. The consistent implementation of the PM10 and Carbon Monoxide standards; stricter NO2 and SO2 standards are adopted for residential areas. The former suspended substance standard is replaced by the PM2.5 standard so as to better protect the public health.   NAAQS includes restriction standards on ozone, benzene and other poisonous matters in air; these standards are made based on the research findings of the Indian Central Pollution Control Committee, the guidelines of the WHO and other international standards and practices. The Indian Central Pollution Control Committee is making plans for the procedures (the construction of data base, the construction of air supervision facilities) and agreements of finishing the standard. The National Environmental Protection Agency and the National Green Management Committee have also made related compulsory execution procedures.   (Source: the National Motorcycle Quality Supervision & Inspection Center (Tianjin))