Carbon dioxide emissions from diesel and compressed natural gas buses during acceleration

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 247-253

  Jayaratne, E R ^a   Ristovski, Z D ^a   Morawska, L ^a   Meyer, N K ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bus emissions; Carbon dioxide; Greenhouse gas emissions; Traffic congestion

Indexed keywords

BUSES; CARBON DIOXIDE; DYNAMOMETERS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL GAS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CHASSIS DYNAMOMETERS; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; INSTANTANEOUS SPEED; MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS; POWER-LAW EXPRESSION; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; URBAN DRIVING CYCLES;

COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS;

BUS TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DIESEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; NATURAL GAS; POWER LAW; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 77952287844     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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