The effect of natural gas composition on the regulated emissions, gaseous toxic pollutants, and ultrafine particle number emissions from a refuse hauler vehicle

Energy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 280-291

  Karavalakis, Georgios ^a   Hajbabaei, Maryam ^a   Durbin, Thomas D ^a   Johnson, Kent C ^a   Zheng, Zhongqing ^a   Miller, Wayne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions; Heavy duty vehicles; Natural gas composition; Particle number

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DAIRIES; DYNAMOMETERS; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; GAS ENGINES; GASES; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; CHASSIS DYNAMOMETERS; ENERGY CONTENT; EXHAUST EMISSION; FUEL COMPOSITIONS; FUEL GAS; HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES; HIGHER HYDROCARBONS; IGNITED NATURAL GAS ENGINES; LEAN BURN; LIGHT HYDROCARBON; METHANE NUMBER; NATURAL GAS COMPOSITION; OXIDATION CATALYSTS; PARTICLE NUMBER EMISSION; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REFUSE TRUCK; REGULATED EMISSIONS; TOTAL HYDROCARBONS; TOXIC POLLUTANTS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE NUMBER; WASTE HAULERS; WOBBE NUMBER;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMISSION CONTROL; EXHAUST EMISSION; NATURAL GAS; OXIDATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 84873112854     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.10.044     Document Type: Article

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