Emission comparison of light-duty in-use flexible-fuel vehicles fuelled with gasoline and compressed natural gas based on the ECE 15 driving cycle

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-98

  Zhang, C H ^a   Xie, Y L ^a   Wang, F S ^a   Ma, Z Y ^a   Qi, D H ^a   Qiu, Z W ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CNG gasoline flexible fuel; ECE 15 driving cycle; emission comparison; light duty in use vehicle

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; GASOLINE; NATURAL GAS VEHICLES; NITROGEN OXIDES;

COMPARISON OF LIGHTS; COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES (CNG); DRIVING CYCLE; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; FLEXIBLE FUEL VEHICLES; GASOLINE VEHICLE; LIGHT-DUTY;

COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS;

EID: 78651396708     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO1510     Document Type: Article

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