Conductometric soot sensor for automotive exhausts: Initial studies

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1589-1598

  Hagen, Gunter ^a   Feistkorn, Constanze ^a   Wiegärtner, Sven ^a   Heinrich, Andreas ^a   Brüggemann, Dieter ^a   Moos, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diesel particulate filter (DPF); Diesel particulate matter (PM); Emission legislation; On board diagnosis (OBD)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE EXHAUST; DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS; DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTERS; EMISSION LEGISLATION; FILTERING EFFICIENCY; ONBOARD DIAGNOSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS; PLANAR SUBSTRATE;

AIR FILTERS; DIESEL ENGINES; FUEL FILTERS; SOLVENTS; SOOT;

SENSORS;

ARTICLE; CAR; CONDUCTOMETRY; ELECTRODE; EXHAUST GAS; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT;

AUTOMOBILES; CONDUCTOMETRY; ELECTRODES; FILTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 77955497469     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100301589     Document Type: Article

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