Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions from the combustion of alternative fuels in a gas turbine engine

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6393-6400

  Christie, Simon ^a   Raper, David ^a   Lee, David S ^a   Williams, Paul I ^b   Rye, Lucas ^c   Blakey, Simon ^c   Wilson, Chris W ^c   Lobo, Prem ^d   Hagen, Donald ^d   Whitefield, Philip D ^d  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION FUEL; BENZO [A] PYRENE; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EMISSION SOURCES; EXHAUST EMISSION; FUEL BLENDS; JET A-1; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MARKER COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR RELATIONS; PAH COMPOUNDS; SYNTHETIC JETS;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; COMBUSTION; GAS TURBINES; KEROSENE;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 METHYLANTHRACENE; 1 METHYLPHENANTHRENE; 5 METHYLCHRYSENE; 9 METHYLANTHRACENE; ACENAPTHENE; ACENAPTHYLENE; ANTHANTHRENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BIPHENYL; CHOLANTHRENE; CHRYSENE; CORONENE; CYCLOPENTA[C,D]PYRENE; DIBENZO[AE]PYRENE; DIBENZO[AH]PYRENE; DIBENZO[AI]PYRENE; DIBENZO[AL]PYRENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; KEROSENE; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RETENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; CORRELATION; EXHAUST EMISSION; PAH; TURBINE; VOLUME;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; GAS; GAS TURBINE POWER; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROCARBONS; KEROSENE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84861868594     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300301k     Document Type: Article

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