Three-way catalytic converter modeling as a modern engineering design tool

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 906-923

  Pontikakis, G N ^a   Konstantas, G S ^a   Stamatelos, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VEHICLES;

CATALYTIC CONVERTER MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; ULTRA LOW EMITTING VEHICLES;

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS;

CATALYTIC CONVERTER;

EID: 11244297789     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1787506     Document Type: Article

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