Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in exhaust emissions from diesel engines powered by rapeseed oil methylester and heated non-esterified rapeseed oil

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-261

  Vojtisek Lom, Michal ^a,b   Czerwinski, Jan ^b   Leníček, Jan ^c   Sekyra, Milan ^c   Topinka, Jan ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c Health Institute   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

BaP; Biodiesel; Biofuels; CDPF; Diesel emissions; Diesel engine; Diesel particle filter; DOC; DPF; ESC; Exhaust aftertreatment; HPLC; PAH; PAHs; Particulate matter; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Rapeseed oil; SCR; TEF; TEQ; WHSC

Indexed keywords

BAP; CDPF; DIESEL EMISSION; DIESEL PARTICLES; DOC; DPF; ESC; EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT; HPLC; PAHS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RAPESEED OIL; TEF; TEQ; WHSC;

BIOFUELS; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HYDROCARBONS; NONLINEAR FILTERING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; QUARTZ; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; TARGET TRACKING; THYRISTORS; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIESEL;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[J]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BIODIESEL; CHRYSENE; CORONENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; FLUOROCARBON; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYURETHAN FOAM; PYRENE; RAPESEED OIL; RAPESEED OIL METHYL ESTER; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFUEL; CANOLA; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL ENGINE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EMISSION INVENTORY; ESTER; EXHAUST EMISSION; FILTER; HEATING; LABORATORY METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; REDUCTION; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; HEATING; MEMBRANE FILTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 84864033857     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.035     Document Type: Article

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