Particle and NOx emissions of a non-road diesel engine with an SCR unit: The effect of fuel

Renewable Energy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 377-385

  Pietikäinen, Mari ^a   Väliheikki, Ari ^a   Oravisjärvi, Kati ^a   Kolli, Tanja ^a   Huuhtanen, Mika ^a   Niemi, Seppo ^b   Virtanen, Sampo ^c   Karhu, Toomas ^c   Keiski, Riitta L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Diesel engine; Diesel fuel oil; Nanoparticles; Nitrogen oxides; Untreated rape seed oil

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DIESEL FUELS; EMISSION CONTROL; FUEL OILS; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OILS AND FATS; OILSEEDS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DIESEL EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAPESEED OIL; RENEWABLE FUELS; SCR CATALYSTS;

DIESEL ENGINES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION CONTROL; FUEL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROUS OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 84920122360     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.12.031     Document Type: Article

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