Update on the science and technology of diesel particulate filters

KONA Powder and Particle Journal

Volumn 26, Issue March, 2008, Pages 36-65

  Konstandopoulos, Athanasios G ^a,b   Papaioannou, Eleni ^a  

^a Centre for Research Technology Hellas   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catalytic oxidation; Diesel particulate filter; Emission control; Filtration; Simulation; Soot

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; DUST; EMISSION CONTROL; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FILTRATION; FUEL FILTERS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SOOT;

APPLICATION-ORIENTED; DIESEL EMISSION CONTROL; DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS; EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SIMULATION;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 78149467123     PISSN: 02884534     EISSN: 21875537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14356/kona.2008007     Document Type: Article

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