Kent Salo

Senior Lecturer at Maritime Studies

Kent Salo holds a Ph.D. in natural science with orientation towards chemistry at the department of mechanics and maritime sciences. Kent’s research focuses on emissions to the atmosphere from shipping and the impact on health, climate and environment from these emissions. This research is performed utilizing engine lab studies and measurements onboard ships.

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Publications (31)
Projects (16)

Showing 31 publications

2024

Marine Fuel Regulations and Engine Emissions: Impacts on Physicochemical Properties, Cloud Activity and Emission Factors

Luis F.E.d. Santos, Kent Salo, X. Kong et al

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. Vol. 129 (5)

Journal article

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2024

Sampling strategy, quantification, characterization and hazard potential assessment of greywater from ships in the Baltic Sea

Jenette Mujingni, Erik Ytreberg, Ida-Maja Hassellöv et al

Marine Pollution Bulletin. Vol. 208

Journal article

2023

Perspectives on shipping emissions and their impacts on the surface ocean and lower atmosphere: An environmental-social-economic dimension

Zongbo Shi, Sonja Endres, A. Rutgersson et al

Elementa. Vol. 11 (1)

Review article

2023

Ship aerosol emissions and marine fuel regulations: Impacts on physicochemical properties, cloud activity and emission factors

Luis Santos, Erik S Thomson, Kent Salo et al

Preprint

2023

Characterization of scrubber water discharges from ships using comprehensive suspect screening strategies based on GC-APCI-HRMS

Elisa García-Gómez, G. Gkotsis, M. C. Nika et al

Chemosphere. Vol. 343

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2022

Changes in CCN activity of ship exhaust particles induced by fuel sulfur content reduction and wet scrubbing

Luis F.E.d. Santos, Kent Salo, Xiangrui Kong et al

Environmental Science: Atmospheres. Vol. 3 (1), p. 182-195

Journal article

2022

Quantification and physical analysis of nanoparticle emissions from a marine engine using different fuels and a laboratory wet scrubber

Luis F. E. D. Santos, Kent Salo, Erik S. Thomson

Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts. Vol. 24 (10), p. 1769-1781

Journal article

2021

A Novel Approach to Reduce the Environmental Footprint of Maritime Shipping

Domenico Flagiello, Martina Esposito, Francesco Di Natale et al

Journal of Marine Science and Application. Vol. 20 (2), p. 229-247

Journal article

2021

Effects of seawater scrubbing on a microplanktonic community during a summer-bloom in the Baltic Sea

Erik Ytreberg, Maria Karlberg, Ida-Maja Hassellöv et al

Environmental Pollution. Vol. 291

Journal article

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2021

Effect of seawater alkalinity on the performances of a marine diesel engine desulphurization scrubber

Domenico Flagiello, Francesco Di Natale, Amedeo Lancia et al

Chemical Engineering Transactions. Vol. 86, p. 505-510

Journal article

2021

Measurements of Emissions to Air from a Marine Engine Fueled by Methanol

Erik Fridell, Håkan Salberg, Kent Salo

Journal of Marine Science and Application. Vol. 20 (1), p. 38-143

Journal article

2017

Impact of aromatic concentration in marine fuels on particle emissions

Maria Zetterdahl, Kent Salo, Erik Fridell et al

Journal of Marine Science and Application. Vol. 16 (3), p. 352-361

Journal article

2016

The natural environment and human impacts

Fredrik Lindgren, Kent Salo, Selma Brynolf et al

Shipping and the Environment: Improving Environmental Performance in Marine Transportation, p. 29-74

Book chapter

2016

Emissions to the air

Kent Salo, Maria Zetterdahl, Hannes Johnson et al

Shipping and the Environment: Improving Environmental Performance in Marine Transportation, p. 169-227

Book chapter

2016

Measures to reduce discharges and emissions

Magda Wilewska-Bien, Fredrik Lindgren, M. Magnusson et al

Shipping and the Environment: Improving Environmental Performance in Marine Transportation, p. 341-396

Book chapter

2016

Measurements of abatement of particles and exhaust gases in a marine gas scrubber

Erik Fridell, Kent Salo

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment. Vol. 230 (1), p. 154-162

Journal article

2016

Particulate emissions from aromatic containing fuels

Jonas Sjöblom, Kent Salo, Maria Zetterdahl

20th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles

Paper in proceeding

2015

Emission factors of SO2, NOx and particles from ships in Neva Bay from ground-based and helicopter-borne measurements and AIS-based modeling

Jörg Beecken, Johan Mellqvist, Kent Salo et al

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 15 (9), p. 5229-5241

Journal article

2015

Characterization of particles from a marine engine operating at low loads

Maria Anderson, Kent Salo, A. M. Hallquist et al

Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 101, p. 65-71

Journal article

2015

Particle- and Gaseous Emissions from an LNG Powered Ship

Maria Anderson, Kent Salo, Erik Fridell

Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 49 (20), p. 12568-12575

Journal article

2015

Saturation Vapor Pressures and Transition Enthalpies of Low-Volatility Organic Molecules of Atmospheric Relevance: From Dicarboxylic Acids to Complex Mixtures

M. Bilde, K. Barsanti, M. Booth et al

Chemical Reviews. Vol. 115 (10), p. 4115-4156

Review article

2014

Airborne emission measurements of SO2, NOx and particles from individual ships using a sniffer technique

Jörg Beecken, Johan Mellqvist, Kent Salo et al

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Vol. 7 (7), p. 1957-1968

Journal article

2014

Identification of Gross Polluting Ships to Promote a Level Playing Field within the Shipping Sector

Johan Mellqvist, Johan Ekholm, Kent Salo et al

Report

2012

Influence of Ozone and Radical Chemistry on Limonene Organic Aerosol Production and Thermal Characteristics

Ravi Kant Pathak, Kent Salo, Eva U. Emanuelsson et al

Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 46 (21), p. 11660-11669

Journal article

2012

Aging of biogenic secondary organic aerosol via gas-phase OH radical reactions

N. M. Donahue, K. M. Henry, Th. F. Mentel et al

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 109 (34), p. 13503-13508

Journal article

2011

Volatility of secondary organic aerosol during OH radical induced ageing

Kent Salo, Mattias Hallquist, Åsa M. Jonsson et al

Atmos. Chem. Phys. Vol. 11, p. 11055-11067

Journal article

2011

Physical properties and processes of secondary organic aerosol and its constituents

Kent Salo

Doctoral thesis

2011

Thermal characterization of aminium nitrate nanoparticles.

Kent Salo, Jonathan Westerlund, Patrik U Andersson et al

Journal of Physical Chemistry A. Vol. 115 (42), p. 11671-7

Journal article

2010

Aerosol volatility and enthalpy of sublimation of carboxylic acids.

Kent Salo, Åsa M. Jonsson, Patrik U Andersson et al

Journal of Physical Chemistry A. Vol. 114 (13), p. 4586-94

Journal article

2006

(3-acetylpyridine-kappa N)chlorobis(triphenylphosphine-kappa P) copper(I): a suitable candidate for absolute asymmetric synthesis?

Anders Lennartsson, Kent Salo, Mikael Håkansson

Acta Crystallographica Section E-Structure Reports Online. Vol. 62, p. M1569-M1571

Journal article

2005

catena-Poly[[(3-acetylpyridine)copper(I)]mu(3)-chloro]

Anders Lennartsson, Kent Salo, Mikael Håkansson

Acta Crystallographica Section E-Structure Reports Online. Vol. 61, p. M1261-M1263

Journal article

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Showing 16 research projects

2022–2024

Characterization of grey water, external environmental costs and cost-effective measures for reduced environmental impact

Erik Ytreberg Maritime Environmental Sciences

Ida-Maja Hassellöv Maritime Environmental Sciences

Kent Salo Maritime Environmental Sciences

Swedish Transport Agency

2020–2023

Global Shipping: Linking policy and economics to biogeochemical cycling and air-sea interaction - ShipTRASE

Kent Salo Maritime Environmental Sciences

Formas

2020–2024

Evaluation, control and Mitigation of the EnviRonmental impacts of shippinG Emissions (EMERGE)

Ida-Maja Hassellöv Maritime Environmental Sciences

Kent Salo Maritime Environmental Sciences

Anna Lunde Hermansson Maritime Environmental Sciences

Erik Ytreberg Maritime Environmental Sciences

Amanda Nylund Maritime Environmental Sciences

European Commission (EC)

18 publications exist

2019–2020

Effects of ship emissions on plankton communities

Ida-Maja Hassellöv Maritime Environmental Sciences

Amanda Nylund Maritime Environmental Sciences

Kent Salo Maritime Environmental Sciences

University of California at Irvine (UCI)

1 publication exists

2019–2019

Studies of emissions of organic particles from shipping

Johan Mellqvist Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing

Alexander Vladimir Conde Jacobo Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing

Kent Salo Maritime Environmental Sciences

Chalmers

2018–

Characterize and understand the chemical and fluid dynamic: experimental marine exhaust gas scrubber

Kent Salo Maritime Environmental Sciences

Chalmers

2018–2018

Characterize and understand the chemical and fluid dynamic parameters in an experimental marine exhaust gas scrubber.

Kent Salo Optical Remote Sensing

Chalmers

2018–2020

Human influence on Nordic and Arctic Climate and Air: shipping, mixed-phase clouds, and particles

Kent Salo Optical Remote Sensing

Formas

2 publications exist

2017–

Characterisation of exhaust gas emissions from a pilot vessel using renewable methanol for propulsion

Kent Salo Maritime Environmental Sciences

Chalmers

2017–2017

Karaktärisering av av utsläpp til atmosfaären från en lotsbåt som använder förnyelsebar metanol som bränsle

Kent Salo Optical Remote Sensing

Bengt Ramne Marine Technology

Chalmers

2016–2017

Characterisation of aerosol emissions from alternative marine fuel by on-board and engine lab measurements

Jonas Sjöblom Combustion and Propulsion Systems

Kent Salo Optical Remote Sensing

Chalmers

2015–2016

Particle emissions from marine engines

Maria Zetterdahl Maritime Environmental Sciences

Kent Salo Optical Remote Sensing

Jonas Sjöblom Combustion and Propulsion Systems

Chalmers

2015–2018

Sustainable Shipping and Environment of the Baltic Sea region (SHEBA)

Lena Granhag Maritime Environmental Sciences

Erik Ytreberg Maritime Environmental Sciences

Rickard Bensow Marine Technology

Ida-Maja Hassellöv Maritime Environmental Sciences

Kent Salo Maritime Environmental Sciences

Martin Eriksson Maritime Environmental Sciences

Magda Wilewska-Bien Maritime Environmental Sciences

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Baltic Organisations' Network for Funding Science EEIG (BONUS)

4 publications exist

2013–2016

Chalmers Ship emission measurements. Properties of particles related to fuel type and quality

Karin Andersson Maritime Environmental Sciences

Maria Zetterdahl Maritime Environmental Sciences

Kent Salo Maritime Environmental Sciences

The Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA)

2013–2016

Commercial shipping as a source of acidification in the Baltic Sea (SHipH)

Ida-Maja Hassellöv Maritime Environmental Sciences

Erik Ytreberg Maritime Environmental Sciences

Kent Salo Maritime Environmental Sciences

Formas

2 publications exist

2012–2014

Partikelmätningar på gasmotorer för fartygsdrift

Karin Andersson Maritime Environmental Sciences

Selma Brynolf Maritime Environmental Sciences

Maria Zetterdahl Maritime Environmental Sciences

Kent Salo Maritime Environmental Sciences

Erik Fridell Maritime Environmental Sciences

Göteborg Energi, Foundation for Research and Developmen

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