Investigation of emission rates of ammonia, nitrous oxide and other exhaust compounds from alternativefuel vehicles using a chassis dynamometer

International Journal of Automotive Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-19

  Huai, T ^a   Durbin, T D ^a   Rhee, S H ^a   Norbeck, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative fuel vehicles (afvs); Ammonia (nh3); Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ftir); Nitrous oxide (n2o); Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES; CALIFORNIA; CHASSIS DYNAMOMETERS; COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES (CNG); EMISSION RATES; EXHAUST EMISSION; GAS SPECIES; INITIAL STAGES; LIGHT-OFF; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG); NITROUS OXIDE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PHASE 2; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REGULATED EMISSIONS; SPECIATION MEASUREMENTS; VEHICLE EMISSION; VEHICLE FLEETS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AMMONIA; CATALYSTS; DYNAMOMETERS; FLEET OPERATIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; METHANE; METHANOL; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROPANE; VEHICLES;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 7444243573     PISSN: 12299138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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