Vehicular exhaust gas-to-nanoparticle conversion and concentration distribution in the vehicle wake region

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 581-593

  Chan, T L ^a   Zhou, K ^a   Lin, J Z ^b,c   Liu, C H ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aerosol dynamics and dispersion model; Binary homogeneous nucleation; Large eddy simulation; Sulfur content in diesel fuel; Vehicle wake region; Vehicular exhaust jet particle

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649498662     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijnsns.2010.11.8.581     Document Type: Article

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