Reducing exhaust emissions in ethanol-fueled engines during cold start

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1535-1550

  Sales, Luis Carlos Monteiro ^a   Sodré, José Ricardo ^b  

^a FA Powertrain   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aldehyde emissions; Cold start; Ethanol fuel; Internal combustion engine

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHANOL; FUEL INJECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; REDUCTION;

COLD START; FUEL INJECTORS;

EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE);

EID: 0345306271     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200302353     Document Type: Article

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