Determining rate of refrigerant emissions from nonprofessional automotive service through a southern California field study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 362-368

  Zhan, Tao ^a   Clodic, Denis ^b   Palandre, Lionel ^b   Trémoulet, Arnaud ^b   Riachi, Youssef ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Do it yourself recharge; Emission factor; Greenhouse gas; HFC 134a; Motor vehicle air conditioning; Nonprofessional service

Indexed keywords

DO-IT-YOURSELF RECHARGE; EMISSION FACTORS; HFC-134A; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONPROFESSIONAL SERVICE;

CONTAINERS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; POLYOLS; REFRIGERANTS;

VEHICLES;

NORFLURANE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; EMISSION INVENTORY; FIELD SURVEY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROFLUOROCARBON;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; GREENHOUSE GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880931210     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.06.035     Document Type: Article

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