Modelling three-way catalytic converters: An effort to predict the effect of precious metal loading

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-373

  Konstantas, G ^a   Stamatelos, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Automotive exhaust emissions; Kinetic parameter estimation; Mathematical modelling; Three way catalytic converters

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; KINETIC PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AUTOMOTIVE EXHAUST EMISSIONS; EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEMS; KINETIC PARAMETER ESTIMATION; METAL LOADING; THREE-WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS;

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 34748863754     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO329     Document Type: Article

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