A compact particulate dilution tunnel for the characterization of diesel exhaust

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-310

  Chan, S H ^a   Sun, J H ^a   Low, S C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Particulate dilution tunnel; Particulate mass concentration; Psychrometric mixing; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EXHAUST GASES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

COMPACT PARTICULATE DILUTION TUNNEL; PARTICULATE MASS CONCENTRATION; PSYCHROMETRIC MIXING;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 0032315316     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954407981525975     Document Type: Article

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