Unsteady temperature fields of monoliths in catalytic converters

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 95-107

  Shuai, Shi Jin ^a   Wang, Jian Xin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic converter; Measurement; Modeling; Optimum design; Temperature field

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; THERMOCOUPLES; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HIGH FLOW VELOCITY; MONOLITHS; UNSTEADY TEMPERATURE FIELDS; WARM-UP BEHAVIOR;

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS;

FLOW ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONOLITH REACTOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 2442457850     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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