Black carbon emissions reductions from combustion of alternative jet fuels

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-42

  Speth, Raymond L ^a   Rojo, Carolina ^a   Malina, Robert ^a   Barrett, Steven R H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft emissions; Alternative fuels; Black carbon

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS TURBINES; JET ENGINES; JET FUEL; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS; ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATION; AROMATIC CONTENTS; BLACK CARBON; BLACK CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FREE PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

BLACK CARBON; FUEL;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BLACK CARBON; CARBON EMISSION; COMBUSTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; THRUST; TURBINE;

AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BLACK CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE; COMBUSTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

EID: 84922675094     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.040     Document Type: Article

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