Power-dependent speciation of volatile organic compounds in aircraft exhaust

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 275-282

  Beyersdorf, Andreas J ^a   Thornhill, K Lee ^a,b   Winstead, Edward L ^a,b   Ziemba, Luke D ^a   Blake, Donald R ^c   Timko, Michael T ^d   Anderson, Bruce E ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft emissions; Hydrocarbon emission indices; Oxygenated hydrocarbons; Turbine engine

Indexed keywords

2-BUTANONE; AIR SAMPLES; AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS; AIRCRAFT EXHAUSTS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; DOMINANT SPECIES; EMISSION INDEX; EMISSION RATES; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBON EMISSION; HYDROXYL RADICALS; LOW POWER; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; OXYGENATED COMPOUNDS; OXYGENATED HYDROCARBON; OZONE FORMATION POTENTIALS; PARTICLE EMISSIONS; POWER INCREASE; ROLLS-ROYCE; START-UPS; THERMAL CRACKING; TRANSIENT EMISSIONS;

ACETONE; AROMATIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); ETHYLENE; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FORMALDEHYDE; METHANE; NASA; OZONE; TURBINES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIRCRAFT;

2 BUTANONE; ACETONE; ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHYLENE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NON METHANE HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TURBINE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; OZONE LAYER; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOOT; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864821300     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.027     Document Type: Article

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