Analysis of the mass transfer controlled regime in automotive catalytic converters

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 41-51

  Santos, H ^a   Costa, M ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Experimental correlation; Mass transfer; Sherwood number; Three way catalytic converter

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SHERWOOD NUMBER; THREE-WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTER;

MASS TRANSFER;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 36849032947     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.04.044     Document Type: Article

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