Chemical and toxicological properties of emissions from CNG transit buses equipped with three-way catalysts compared to lean-burn engines and oxidation catalyst technologies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 220-228

  Yoon, Seungju ^a   Hu, Shaohua ^a   Kado, Norman Y ^a,b   Thiruvengadam, Arvind ^c   Collins, John F ^a   Gautam, Mridul ^c   Herner, Jorn D ^a   Ayala, Alberto ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical characteristics; CNG bus emissions; Particulate matter; Toxicological properties; Unregulated emissions

Indexed keywords

BUSES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES (CNG); ELEMENTAL AND ORGANIC CARBONS; OXIDATION CATALYST TECHNOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TOXICOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; UNREGULATED EMISSIONS;

ENGINES;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CARBON EMISSION; CATALYSIS; ENGINE; EXHAUST EMISSION; MUTAGENICITY; OXIDATION; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIESEL ENGINE; DYNAMOMETER; EXHAUST GAS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MUTAGENICITY; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 84889563990     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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