Flow maldistribution measurements in wall-flow diesel filters

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

Volumn 218, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 995-1009

  Stratakis, G A ^a   Stamatelos, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diesel exhaust emissions; Diesel particulate filters; Flow maldistribution

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUELS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; SOOT; STEADY FLOW; VELOCITY; WALL FLOW;

DIESEL EXHAUST EMISSIONS; DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC FRACTION;

FUEL FILTERS;

EID: 4944247406     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954407041856854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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