Evaluating Particulate Emissions from a Flexible Fuel Vehicle with Direct Injection when Operated on Ethanol and Iso-butanol Blends

Authors

• Leonidas Ntziachristos - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• Stavros Amanatidis - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• Alexander Bergmann - Instrumentation and Control Systems
• George Karavalakis - University of California
• Daniel Short - University of California
• Vincent Chen - University of California
• Carlos Espinoza - University of California
• Tyler Berte - University of California
• Thomas Durbin - University of California
• Akua Asa-Awuku - University of California
• Heejung Jung - University of California

Topic

• Ethanol
• Particulate matter (PM)
• Emissions measurement
• Gasohol
• Gasoline
• Emissions
• Test procedures
• Fuel systems
• Downsizing

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