Assessing methods for comparing emissions from gasoline and diesel light-duty vehicles based on microscale measurements

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-99

  Coelho, Margarida C ^a   Frey, H Christopher ^b   Rouphail, Nagui M ^b   Zhai, Haibo ^c   Pelkmans, Luc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diesel vehicles; Emissions; On board measurements; Vehicle specific power

Indexed keywords

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES; FUELS; GASOLINE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ASSESSING METHOD; DIESEL VEHICLES; LIGHT DUTY GASOLINE VEHICLES; LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES; MICROSCALE MEASUREMENT; ON-BOARD MEASUREMENTS; VEHICLE ACTIVITY; VEHICLE SPECIFIC POWER;

VEHICLES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST EMISSION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 58849133274     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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