Effects of a diesel oxidation catalyst on gaseous pollutants and fine particles from an engine operating on diesel and biodiesel

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 463-469

  Shi, Xiaoyan ^a,b   He, Kebin ^a   Song, Weiwei ^a   Wang, Xingtong ^a   Tan, Jihua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

biodiesel; diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC); diesel particulate matters; elemental carbon (EC); organic carbon (OC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865554313     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-011-0317-3     Document Type: Article

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