What fuel properties enable higher thermal efficiency in spark-ignited engines?

JP Szybist, S Busch, RL McCormick, JA Pihl… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative from the US
Department of Energy aims to co-develop fuels and engines in an effort to maximize energy …

An overview of small unmanned aerial vehicles for air quality measurements: Present applications and future prospectives

TF Villa, F Gonzalez, B Miljievic, ZD Ristovski… - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
Assessment of air quality has been traditionally conducted by ground based monitoring, and
more recently by manned aircrafts and satellites. However, performing fast, comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Real world emissions performance of heavy-duty Euro VI diesel vehicles

T Grigoratos, G Fontaras, B Giechaskiel… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Despite that Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDVs) represent a small part of the overall
vehicle population they have been identified as one of the most important contributors to air …

Review of motor vehicle particulate emissions sampling and measurement: From smoke and filter mass to particle number

B Giechaskiel, M Maricq, L Ntziachristos… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2014 - Elsevier
Particulate emissions from motor vehicles have received increased attention over the past
two decades owing to associations observed between ambient particulate matter (PM) …

[HTML][HTML] On-road emissions of passenger cars beyond the boundary conditions of the real-driving emissions test

R Suarez-Bertoa, V Valverde, M Clairotte… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Passenger cars are an important source of air pollution, especially in urban areas. Recently,
real-driving emissions (RDE) test procedures have been introduced in the EU aiming to …

European regulatory framework and particulate matter emissions of gasoline light-duty vehicles: A review

B Giechaskiel, A Joshi, L Ntziachristos, P Dilara - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
The particulate matter (PM) emissions of gasoline vehicles were much lower than those of
diesel vehicles until the introduction of diesel particulate filters (DPFs) in the early 2000s. At …

Particle number (PN) emissions from gasoline, diesel, LPG, CNG and hybrid-electric light-duty vehicles under real-world driving conditions

A Kontses, G Triantafyllopoulos, L Ntziachristos… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
The current experimental study presents solid (non-volatile) particle number emissions with
a size cut-off at 23 nm (SPN23, referred to as PN hereinafter) under real-world driving …

Overview of sources and characteristics of nanoparticles in urban traffic-influenced areas

T Rönkkö, H Timonen - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Atmospheric nanoparticles can be formed either via nucleation in atmosphere or be directly
emitted to the atmosphere. In urban areas, several combustion sources (engines, biomass …

Pollution characteristics, mechanism of toxicity and health effects of the ultrafine particles in the indoor environment: Current status and future perspectives

MU Ali, S Lin, B Yousaf, Q Abbas… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Ultrafine particles (UFPs) with an aerodynamic diameter of< 0.1 µm are emerging as the
most dominant and abundant particulate matter. Human exposure to these particles has …

Overview of vehicle exhaust particle number regulations

B Giechaskiel, A Melas, G Martini, P Dilara - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vehicle emissions are a significant source of air pollution in cities. Particulate matter (PM) is
a pollutant with adverse health effects. Regulations worldwide determine the PM exhaust …