Natural gas as a promising alternative fuel for passenger cars

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-196

  Shakour, Alia A ^a   El Abssawy, Ahmed A ^a   Ibrahim, Yasser H ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cairo; CNG; Emissions reductions; Petrol; Vehicle exhaust

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FUEL INJECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; NATURAL GAS VEHICLES; POLLUTION;

CAIRO; COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES (CNG); ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTIONS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; EXHAUST AIR POLLUTANTS; PETROL; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS;

COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS;

EID: 0842345416     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2003.003326     Document Type: Article

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