Effects of mid-level ethanol blends on conventional vehicle emissions

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Knoll, Keith ^a   West, Brian ^b   Huff, Shean ^b   Thomas, John ^b   Orban, John ^c   Cooper, Cynthia ^c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; ETHANOL; FLEET OPERATIONS; FUELING; POWERTRAINS; TESTING;

ACCELERATION RATES; CERTIFICATION TESTING; ENGINE DISPLACEMENT; FEDERAL TEST PROCEDURES; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS; POWER-TO-WEIGHT RATIOS; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; VEHICLE EMISSION;

ETHANOL FUELS;

EID: 85072476213     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2009-01-2723     Document Type: Conference Paper

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