Designing a Fast-Igniting Catalytic Converter System

AIChE Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 650-663

  Keith, Jason M ^a,b   Chang, Hsueh Chia ^a   Leighton Jr , David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IGNITION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PREHEATING;

ELECTRIC PREHEATERS;

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS;

CATALYTIC CONVERTER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CAR; CATALYSIS; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ENERGY; ENGINEERING; EXHAUST GAS; FLOW RATE; GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0035265681     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690470313     Document Type: Article

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