Modeling of transport and chemistry in channel flows of automotive catalytic converters

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 812-826

  Mladenov, N ^a   Koop, J ^a   Tischer, S ^a   Deutschmann, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Exhaust gas cleaning; Mass transfer; Modeling; Numerical simulation; Pt; Washcoat

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; COUPLED INTERACTION; DIFFUSION LIMITATIONS; DIRECT OXIDATION; EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS CLEANING; GAS-PHASE SPECIES; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; IN-CHANNELS; MODELING; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; NAVIER STOKES; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; REACTION-DIFFUSION MODELS; REACTOR GEOMETRIES; ROUNDED CORNERS; SINGLE CHANNELS; SQUARE CROSS-SECTION; SURFACE SPECIES; WASHCOATS; ZERO-DIMENSIONAL;

AIR CLEANERS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CHANNEL FLOW; DIFFUSION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLATINUM; REACTION RATES; SIMULATORS; SURFACE REACTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WALL FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 71849099925     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.09.034     Document Type: Article

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