Assessing the real-world performance of modern pollutant abatement systems on motorcycles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1503-1509

  Alvarez, Robert ^a   Weilenmann, Martin ^a   Favez, Jean Yves ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emission; Motorcycle; Pollutant; Real world

Indexed keywords

CO EMISSIONS; DRIVING CONDITIONS; DRIVING CYCLES; DRIVING SITUATIONS; DYNAMIC VELOCITIES; EMISSION; EMISSION ABATEMENTS; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION LEVELS; EMISSION LIMITS; MOTORCYCLE; NEW SYSTEMS; PERSONAL TRANSPORTATIONS; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT ABATEMENTS; POLLUTANT EMISSIONS; REAL-WORLD; REAL-WORLD PERFORMANCE; REGULATED POLLUTANTS; SMALL DISPLACEMENTS; TEST BENCHES; THREE-WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; URBAN AREAS;

AUTOMOBILES; BICYCLES; CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; MOTORCYCLES; POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; MOTORWAY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 59449093665     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.11.046     Document Type: Article

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