Evaluation of the impacts of biodiesel and second generation biofuels on NOx emissions for CARB diesel fuels

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 9163-9173

  Hajbabaei, Maryam ^a   Johnson, Kent C ^a   Okamoto, Robert A ^b   Mitchell, Alexander ^b   Pullman, Marcie ^b   Durbin, Thomas D ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL BLENDS; CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD; DI-TERT BUTYL PEROXIDE; DIESEL PARTICLES; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT; GAS TO LIQUIDS; HEAVY DUTY ENGINES; RENEWABLE DIESELS; SECOND GENERATION; TEST CYCLES;

ANIMALS; BLENDING; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINES; FUELS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

BIODIESEL;

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL; DIESEL FUEL; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFUEL; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION INVENTORY; EXHAUST EMISSION; MITIGATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIESEL ENGINE; DIESEL PARTICLE FILTER; DYNAMOMETER; EXHAUST GAS; FILTER; GAS; GAS TO LIQUID FUEL; HUMAN; LIQUID; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; NONHUMAN; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOYBEAN;

BIOFUELS; CALIFORNIA; NITROGEN OXIDES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84865503234     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300739r     Document Type: Article

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