A case study of real-world tailpipe emissions for school buses using a 20% biodiesel blend

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 385, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 146-159

  Mazzoleni, Claudio ^a   Kuhns, Hampden D ^a   Moosmüller, Hans ^a   Witt, Jay ^b   Nussbaum, Nicholas J ^a   Oliver Chang, M C ^a   Parthasarathy, Gayathri ^a   Nathagoundenpalayam, Suresh Kumar K ^a   Nikolich, George ^a   Watson, John G ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Diesel; Fuel standard, Aerosols, Biofuels; Particulate; Pollution; Real world emissions; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL BLEND; REAL-WORLD EMISSIONS;

BIODIESEL; DIESEL FUELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; REMOTE SENSING;

EMISSION CONTROL;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BIODIESEL; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIESEL FUEL; GLYCEROL; HYDROCARBON; IRON; LEAD; NITROGEN OXIDE; PETROLEUM; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM;

AUTOMOBILE; BIOFUEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL; EMISSION; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PIPE; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; STANDARDIZATION;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; SCHOOL BUS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSMISSOMETER SYSTEM; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; IDAHO; MOTOR VEHICLES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT OILS; SEASONS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548454936     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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