Application of multicriteria decision making methods to compression ignition engine efficiency and gaseous, particulate, and greenhouse gas emissions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1904-1912

  Surawski, Nicholas C ^a,b   Miljevic, Branka ^a   Bodisco, Timothy A ^a   Brown, Richard J ^a   Ristovski, Zoran D ^a   Ayoko, Godwin A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE INJECTION; BIO-DIESEL FUEL; CI ENGINE; COMMON RAIL INJECTION; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES; ENGINE DESIGN; ENRICHMENT EVALUATION; FUMIGATION SYSTEMS; GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN HEALTH; INJECTION TECHNOLOGY; LIFE-CYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; MEDIAN DIAMETERS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; PREFERENCE RANKING; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SYNTHETIC DIESEL; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

BIODIESEL; DIESEL ENGINES; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MACHINE DESIGN; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SYNTHETIC FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

ALCOHOL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODIESEL; HYDROCARBON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SULFUR;

AIR QUALITY; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; COMBUSTION; DECISION MAKING; ENGINE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ETHANOL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANKING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMBUSTION; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; FUMIGATION; HEATING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOFUELS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHANOL; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84874061562     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3035208     Document Type: Article

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