Nitrogen Isotope Composition of Thermally Produced NOx from Various Fossil-Fuel Combustion Sources

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 11363-11371

  Walters, Wendell W ^a   Tharp, Bruce D ^b   Fang, Huan ^a   Kozak, Brian J ^c   Michalski, Greg ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GAS PLANTS; ISOTOPES; NATURAL GAS VEHICLES; NATURAL GASOLINE PLANTS; NITROGEN; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; VEHICLES;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS; NATURAL GAS FIRED POWER PLANTS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; THREE WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTER;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

FOSSIL FUEL; GASOLINE; ISOTOPE; NATURAL GAS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; AIR POLLUTANT; COAL; EXHAUST GAS; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CATALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CORRELATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOSSIL FUEL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTITIONING; REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; THERMAL ALTERATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEASON;

UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; GASOLINE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN OXIDES; POWER PLANTS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84943565402     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02769     Document Type: Article

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