Emissions of toxic pollutants from compressed natural gas and low sulfur diesel-fueled heavy-duty transit buses tested over multiple driving cycles

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7638-7649

  Kado, Norman Y ^a,b   Okamoto, Robert A ^a   Kuzmicky, Paul A ^b   Kobayashi, Reiko ^b   Ayala, Alberto ^a   Gebel, Michael E ^a   Rieger, Paul L ^a   Maddox, Christine ^a   Zafonte, Leo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHARACTERIZATION; DIESEL FUELS; FORMALDEHYDE; GROUND VEHICLES; MUTAGENESIS; NATURAL GAS; OXIDATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SULFUR; SYNTHETIC FUELS; TOXIC MATERIALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; OXIDATIVE CATALYSTS (OC);

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

1,3 BUTADIENE; BENZENE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; DIESEL FUEL; FORMALDEHYDE; LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUEL; NATURAL GAS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFUR; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; FOSSIL FUEL;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NATURAL GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DIESEL ENGINE; DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER; DYNAMOMETRY; EXHAUST GAS; FILTER; MOTOR VEHICLE; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVERTANT; STEADY STATE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTOR VEHICLES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 26044480637     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0491127     Document Type: Article

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