European type-approval test procedure for evaporative emissions from passenger cars against real-world mobility data from two Italian provinces

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 506-520

  Martini, Giorgio ^a   Paffumi, Elena ^a   De Gennaro, Michele ^a   Mellios, Giorgos ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EMISIA SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

European type approval test procedure; Evaporative emissions; Passenger cars; Real world mobility data

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; PASSENGER CARS;

CONVENTIONAL FUEL; DRIVING PATTERN; EVAPORATIVE EMISSION; LARGE DATABASE; MOBILITY DATUM; SIMULATION MODEL; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; TEST PROCEDURES;

VEHICLES;

FUEL; HYDROCARBON;

DATABASE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; GPS; OPTIMIZATION; TESTING METHOD; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE EMISSION TEST; EXHAUST GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ITALY; LAW; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; ITALY; MODENA; TUSCANY;

EUROPEAN TYPE-APPROVAL TEST PROCEDURE; EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS; PASSENGER CARS; REAL-WORLD MOBILITY DATA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ITALY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84899891154     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.053     Document Type: Article

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