Effect of an economical oxidation catalyst formulation on regulated and unregulated pollutants from natural gas fueled heavy duty transit buses

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 469-473

  Thiruvengadam, Arvind ^a   Carder, Daniel K ^a   Krishnamurthy, Mohan ^a   Oshinuga, Adewale ^b   Gautam, Mridul ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural gas transit bus; Oxidation catalyst; Regulated emissions; Unregulated emissions

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL GAS; OXIDATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HEAVY DUTY; HIGH LIGHTS; OXIDATION CATALYSTS; PAH EMISSIONS; REGULATED EMISSIONS; TRANSIT BUS; UNREGULATED EMISSIONS; VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

BUS TRANSPORT; CARBONYL COMPOUND; CATALYST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; NATURAL GAS; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 79957931386     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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