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Comparison of Carbonyls and BTEX Emissions from a Light Duty Vehicle Fuelled with Gasoline and Ethanol-Gasoline Blend, and Operated without 3-Way Catalytic Converter

Keywords: Alternative Fuel, Ethanol, Unregulated Emissions, Carbonyls,Volatile Organic Compounds.

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 30 ,  Issue 4

Asad Naeem Shah , Ge Yun-Shan   , Muhammad Akram Shaikh ,

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