First online measurements of sulfuric acid gas in modern heavy-duty diesel engine exhaust: Implications for nanoparticle formation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 11227-11234

  Arnold, F ^a,b   Pirjola, L ^c,d   Ronkko T ^e   Reichl, U ^a   Schlager, H ^b   Lahde T ^c,e   Heikkila J ^e   Keskinen, J ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL NATURE; DIESEL PARTICLES; DIESEL VEHICLES; DRIVING CONDITIONS; ENGINE OPERATIONS; EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; FUEL SULFUR; GASEOUS HYDROCARBON; HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL ENGINE; LUBRICANT OIL; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATION; NANOPARTICLE FORMATION; NUCLEATION PARTICLES; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SPECTROMETRIC METHODS; SULFUR FUELS;

BIOFUELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); HYDROCARBONS; NUCLEATION; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID; VAPORS;

EXHAUST GASES;

BIOFUEL; HYDROCARBON; LUBRICATING AGENT; NANOPARTICLE; SULFURIC ACID;

BIOFUEL; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST EMISSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SULFURIC ACID; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ARTICLE; ASH; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOOT; VAPOR PRESSURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFURIC ACIDS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84867903865     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302432s     Document Type: Article

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