Critical analysis of high particle number emissions from accelerating compressed natural gas buses

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3724-3731

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

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CNG BUS; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS ENGINE; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DIESEL BUS; DYNAMOMETER STUDIES; ENGINE POWER; HEAVY LOADS; HIGH-POWER; MAXIMUM POWER; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PARTICLE EMISSIONS; PARTICLE NUMBER EMISSION; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS;

BUSES; DIESEL ENGINES; ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS EMISSIONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NATURAL GAS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

NATURAL GAS;

ACCELERATION; BUS TRANSPORT; COMPRESSED AIR; DATA; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION; NATURAL GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; DIESEL ENGINE; DYNAMOMETER; EXHAUST GAS;

FOSSIL FUELS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 77952496618     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1003186     Document Type: Article

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