Emission comparison of urban bus engine fueled with diesel oil and 'biodiesel' blend

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 327, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 147-162

  Turrio Baldassarri, Luigi ^a   Battistelli, Chiara L ^a   Conti, Luigi ^a   Crebelli, Riccardo ^a   De Berardis, Barbara ^a   Iamiceli, Anna Laura ^a   Gambino, Michele ^b   Iannaccone, Sabato ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO MOTORI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiesel emissions; Diesel emissions; Diesel exhaust mutagenicity; Heavy duty engine; Polycyclic aromatic compounds

Indexed keywords

DIESEL ENGINES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXHAUST GASES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION CONTROL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIODIESEL BLENDS; GRANULOMETRIC SPECTRUM;

GAS EMISSIONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN; DIESEL FUEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFUEL; DIESEL; EXHAUST EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIESEL ENGINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXHAUST GAS; GENOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSOME; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MUTAGENICITY; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEADY STATE; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FORMALDEHYDE; GASOLINE; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSOMES; MOTOR VEHICLES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT OILS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

MAMMALIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 2542545751     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.10.033     Document Type: Article

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