Coagulation of organic carbon nanoparticles in exhaust conditions

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1365-1377

  Lanzuolo, Gianluca ^a   Sgro, Lee Anne ^a   Filippo, Andrea De ^a   Barone, Alberto C ^b   Borghese, Antonio ^c   D'Alessio, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO MOTORI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coagulation rate; Emissions; Lifetime; Organic nanoparticles; Size distributions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS; BIMODAL PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CARBON NANO PARTICLES; COAGULATION RATE; COMBUSTION CONDITIONS; DETECTION LIMITS; EMISSIONS; ENGINE EXHAUSTS; EXHAUST CONDITIONS; EXHAUST PLUMES; GRAPHITIC SOOTS; HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS; IN VEHICLES; LIFE-TIMES; LIFETIME; NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC SPECIES; PARTICLE COAGULATIONS; PARTICLE MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SOOT PARTICLES; THEORETICAL MODELS; URBAN AIRS; URBAN ATMOSPHERES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAGULATION; COMBUSTION; DUST; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FIRE HAZARDS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE; SOOT; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149235127     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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