An application of CFD to improve warm-up performance of the 3-way auto-catalyst by high surface area and low thermal mass

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-268

  Jeong, Soo Jin ^a   Kim, Woo Seung ^a   Kim, Taehun ^a  

^a Donghae University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Catalytic converter; CFD (computational fluid dynamics); Conversion performance; GSA (geometric surface area); Kinetics; Light off

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TURBULENT FLOW;

GEOMETRIC SURFACE AREA (GSA);

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 0036204076     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2002.002012     Document Type: Article

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