Dilution rates for tailpipe emissions: Effects of vehicle shape, tailpipe position, and exhaust velocity

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 715-724

  Chang, Victor Wei Chung ^a,c,d   Hildemann, Lynn M ^a   Chang, Cheng Hisn ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACTORS (TRUCK); WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

DOWNSTREAM DISTANCES; EXHAUST FLOW RATES; HEAVY-DUTY TRACTORS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; NONDIMENSIONALIZATION; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

DILUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CAR; DILUTION; EXHAUST GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOTOR VEHICLE;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOTOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 67651094303     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.6.715     Document Type: Article

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