The In-Plume Emission Test Stand: An instrument platform for the real-time characterization of fuel-based combustion emissions

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1437-1445

  Nussbaum, Nicholas J ^a   Zhu, Dongzi ^a   Kuhns, Hampden D ^a   Mazzoleni, Claudio ^a   Chang, M C Oliver ^a   Moosmüller, Hans ^a   Watson, John G ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; DIESEL ENGINES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUELS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRICAL LOW-PRESSURE IMPACTOR; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER; LIGHT-SCATTERING PARTICLES; MOBILE EMISSIONS LABORATORIES; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS; REAL-TIME CHARACTERIZATIONS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; VOLATILE AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; GASOLINE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; FLOWMETER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; WATER VAPOR; AIR POLLUTANT; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; GASOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 76549091389     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.12.1437     Document Type: Article

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