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Comparison of Primary and Secondary Emissions from an Internal Combustion Engine

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Diesel engines are among the most efficient power sources. Diesel engine emit relatively lower amounts of CO and HC emissions as compared to the gasoline engines but higher amounts of oxides of nitrogen (NO X ) and particulate matter (PM). NO X and PM are both associated with deleterious effects on human health. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and trace metals are two most toxic and harmful class of chemical species present in the engine exhaust. Diesel emission is composed of a complex mixture of many organic compounds (OC) or soluble organic fraction (SOF), nitrates, sulfate, metals, and irritants (such as acrolein, ammonia, PAHs) which are typically adsorbed over elemental carbon (EC) core.

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    Tarun Gupta, Avinash K. Agarwal & Pravesh Chandra Shukla

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Gupta, T., Agarwal, A.K., Shukla, P.C. (2014). Comparison of Primary and Secondary Emissions from an Internal Combustion Engine. In: Agarwal, A., Pandey, A., Gupta, A., Aggarwal, S., Kushari, A. (eds) Novel Combustion Concepts for Sustainable Energy Development. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2211-8_18

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