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International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences Volume 2 (2017), Article ID 2:IJEES-131, 9 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2017/131
Original Article
Numerical Study on Reduction of Ambient NOx Concentration by a Flow-through ACF (Activated Carbon Fibers) Fences

Toshihiro Kitada1*, Makoto Nagano1, Takaaki Shimohara2, Masaaki Yoshikawa3 and Takao Kanzaki4

1Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
2Kyushu University, Japan
3Osaka Gas Co. Ltd., Japan
4Department of Mechanical Engineering, Daido University, Japan
Dr. Toshihiro Kitada, Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology, 1-1 Hibarigaoka, Tempakucho, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8580, Japan; E-mail: kitada@earth.ens.tut.ac.jp
20 March 2017; 08 May 2017; 10 May 2017
Kitada T, Nagano M, Shimohara T, Yoshikawa M, Kanzaki T (2017) Numerical Study on Reduction of Ambient NOx Concentration by a Flow-through ACF (Activated Carbon Fibers) Fences. Int J Earth Environ Sci 2: 131. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2017/131
This work was supported by Grant for Research and Development in Construction Technology, Grant No. 5102, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Japan, and in part by JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment.

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