Impact of alternative fuels on emissions characteristics of a gas turbine engine - Part 1: Gaseous and particulate matter emissions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 10805-10811

  Lobo, Prem ^a,b   Rye, Lucas ^c   Williams, Paul I ^d   Christie, Simon ^b   Uryga Bugajska, Ilona ^e   Wilson, Christopher W ^c   Hagen, Donald E ^a   Whitefield, Philip D ^a   Blakey, Simon ^c   Coe, Hugh ^d   Raper, David ^b   Pourkashanian, Mohamed ^e  

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

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT OPERATIONS; AUXILIARY POWER UNITS; CO EMISSIONS; EXHAUST PLUMES; EXIT PLANES; FUEL SUPPLY; GASPHASE; JET A-1; ORGANIC SPECIES; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS; PM EMISSIONS; SYNTHETIC JETS;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; AUXILIARY POWER SYSTEMS; GAS TURBINES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; FUEL; HYDROCARBON; NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; AIRPORT; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONDENSATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; MITIGATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TURBINE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; GAS TURBINE POWER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIRCRAFT; CARBON MONOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84867034291     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301898u     Document Type: Article

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