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Measuring the Effect of Fuel Chemical Structure on Particulate and Gaseous Emissions using Isotope Tracing

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: Using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), a technique initially developed for radiocarbon dating and recently applied to internal combustion engines, carbon atoms within specific fuel molecules can be labeled and followed in particulate or gaseous emissions. In addition to examining the effect of fuel chemical structure on emissions, the specific source of carbon for PM can be identified if an isotope label exists in the appropriate fuel source. Existing work has focused on diesel engines, but the samples (soot collected on quartz filters or combustion gases captured in bombs or bags) are readily collected from large industrial combustors as well.

Source: University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas)

Authors: Bruce A. Buchholz, Charles J. Mueller, Glen C. Martin, A Upatnicks, Robert W. Dibble, Shuiyuan Cheng

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies

Subfield: Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

Field: Chemical Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories

Awards: G1101028137, G1702950523, G3177268909, G6445123630

OpenAlex ID: W1558814844

FWCI: 0.402

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