Monitoring and analysis of combustion aerosol emissions from fast moving diesel trains

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 985-993

  Burchill, Michael J ^a   Gramotnev, Dmitri K ^b   Gramotnev, Galina ^c   Davison, Brian M ^d   Flegg, Mark B ^e  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Nanophotonics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combustion aerosols; Condensation; Fast moving trains; Nanoparticles; Thermal fragmentation; Total number concentration; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; COMBUSTION EMISSIONS; EFFICIENT MONITORING; FIXED POINTS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MIXING ZONES; MONITORING AND ANALYSIS; MOVING TRAIN; RAIL NETWORKS; SOLID NANOPARTICLES; STATISTICAL ERRORS; THERMAL FRAGMENTATION; TOTAL NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONDENSATION; LOCOMOTIVES; MIXING; NANOPARTICLES; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

MONITORING;

NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST EMISSION; FRAGMENTATION; TRAIN; TURBULENCE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; RAILWAY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TURBULENT FLOW;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; RAILROADS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 78651435229     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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