Criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions from CNG transit buses equipped with three-way catalysts compared to lean-burn engines and oxidation catalyst technologies

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 926-933

  Yoon, Seungju ^a   Collins, John ^a   Thiruvengadam, Arvind ^b   Gautam, Mridul ^b   Herner, Jorn ^a   Ayala, Alberto ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; DYNAMOMETERS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FLEET OPERATIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OXIDATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CERTIFICATION STANDARDS; COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES (CNG); EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; OXIDATION CATALYST TECHNOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; URBAN DYNAMOMETER DRIVING SCHEDULES;

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATALYST; COMBUSTION; DYNAMOMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84882238828     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2013.800170     Document Type: Article

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