| Title: | Physicochemical and toxicological characteristics of particulate matter emitted from a non-road diesel engine: comparative evaluation of biodiesel-diesel and butanol-diesel blends |
| Author(s): | Zhang ZH; Balasubramanian R; |
| Address: | "Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, E1A 02-19, Singapore 117576, Singapore. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, E1A 02-19, Singapore 117576, Singapore. Electronic address: ceerbala@nus.edu.sg" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.11.033 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-3336 (Electronic) 0304-3894 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Combustion experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of using blends of ultralow sulfur diesel (ULSD) with biodiesel or n-butanol on physicochemical and toxicological characteristics of particulate emissions from a non-road diesel engine. The results indicated that compared to ULSD, both the blended fuels could effectively reduce the particulate mass and elemental carbon emissions, with butanol being more effective than biodiesel. The proportion of organic carbon and volatile organic compounds in particles increased for both blended fuels. However, biodiesel blended fuels showed lower total particle-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) emissions. The total number emissions of particles |
| Keywords: | Biofuels Butanols Cell Line Cell Survival Gasoline Humans Oxidation-Reduction Particulate Matter/chemistry/*toxicity Thermogravimetry Vehicle Emissions/*toxicity Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis Diesel particles PAHs Particle oxidation Physicochemical; |
| Notes: | "MedlineZhang, Zhi-Hui Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar eng Comparative Study Netherlands 2013/12/10 J Hazard Mater. 2014 Jan 15; 264:395-402. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.11.033. Epub 2013 Nov 22" |
