Particulate emissions from tailpipe during idling of public transit buses fueled with alternative fuels

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1134-1142

  Shandilya, Kaushik ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

elemental analysis; exhaust particulate matter; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; tailpipe idling emission

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; BUSES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS; MINERAL OILS; OIL TANKS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ENGINE OPERATIONS; EXHAUST PARTICULATE MATTER; OXIDATION REACTIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH); TAILPIPE EMISSION; ULTRA-LOW SULFUR DIESEL;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84886250582     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.11696     Document Type: Article

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