Will Euro 6 reduce the NO x emissions of new diesel cars? - Insights from on-road tests with Portable Emissions Measurement Systems (PEMS)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 657-665

  Weiss, Martin ^a   Bonnel, Pierre ^a   Kühlwein, Jörg ^a   Provenza, Alessio ^a   Lambrecht, Udo ^b   Alessandrini, Stefano ^a   Carriero, Massimo ^a   Colombo, Rinaldo ^a   Forni, Fausto ^a   Lanappe, Gaston ^a   Le Lijour, Philippe ^a   Manfredi, Urbano ^a   Montigny, Francois ^a   Sculati, Mirco ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b IFEU Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Euro 6 emissions standards; Nitrogen oxides (NO x); On road emissions; Passenger cars; Portable Emissions Measurement System (PEMS)

Indexed keywords

DIESEL CARS; EMISSIONS MEASUREMENTS; GASOLINE CARS; MARKET PENETRATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; ON-ROAD DRIVING; ON-ROAD EMISSIONS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEMS; TEST PROCEDURES; URBAN AREAS;

MEASUREMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PASSENGER CARS; ROADS AND STREETS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; STANDARDS; TESTING;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

EMISSION CONTROL; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MARKET SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; DIESEL ENGINE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST GAS; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; PORTABLE EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUROPE;

EID: 84867123427     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.08.056     Document Type: Article

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