On-board generation of a highly volatile starting fuel to reduce automobile cold-start emissions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 5770-5777

  Ashford, Marcus D ^a   Matthews, Ronald D ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FUEL RATIO; DISTILLATE QUALITY; EMISSION REDUCTIONS;

CATALYSTS; DISTILLATION; GASOLINE; IGNITION; MIXTURES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON MONOXIDE; FUEL; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN OXIDE; VOLATILE AGENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CATALYSTS; DISTILLATION; GASOLINE; IGNITION; MIXTURES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

DISTILLATION; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CATALYST; COMBUSTION; DISTILLATION; EXHAUST GAS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ON BOARD DISTILLATION SYSTEM; STOICHIOMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AUTOMOBILES; FUEL OILS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33748757954     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051950t     Document Type: Article

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