Particle emissions from domestic gas cookers

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1511-1527

  Wagner, Ayten Yilmaz ^a   Livbjerg, Hans ^a   Kristensen, Per Gravers ^b   Glarborg, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Danish Gas Technology Centre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Gas cooker; Indoor air; Partially premixed flames; Soot

Indexed keywords

INDOOR AIR; MEAN VALUES; NON-PREMIXED FLAME; PARTIALLY PREMIXED FLAMES; PARTICLE EMISSIONS; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SOURCE; PRIMARY AIR; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES; SULPHUR CONTENT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FUELS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; SOOT; SULFUR;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 77957785877     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2010.486015     Document Type: Article

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