Effect of operating and sampling conditions on the exhaust gas composition of small-scale power generators

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Smits, Marianne ^a   Vanpachtenbeke, Floris ^a,b   Horemans, Benjamin ^a   de Wael, Karolien ^a   Hauchecorne, Birger ^a   van Langenhove, Herman ^b   Demeestere, Kristof ^b   Lenaerts, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CALCIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM; STRONTIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ZINC; METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORROSION; DIESEL ENGINE; DISSOCIATION; EXHAUST GAS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERATOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMALL SCALE POWER GENERATOR; ELECTRICITY;

ELECTRICITY; METALS; NITRATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84858599612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032825     Document Type: Article

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