A one-dimensional model for particulate deposition and hydrocarbon condensation in exhaust gas recirculation coolers

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-213

  Warey, Alok ^a   Balestrino, Sandro ^a   Szymkowicz, Pat ^a   Malayeri, M R ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-D MODELS; BULK FLOW; CIRCULAR TUBES; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CONSTANT WALL TEMPERATURE; DEPOSITION MECHANISM; ENGINE DURABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FORCE BALANCES; INTAKE MANIFOLD; LABORATORY REACTORS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MASS DISTRIBUTION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; OXIDES OF NITROGEN; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICULATE DEPOSITION; SINGLE CHANNELS; SOOT DEPOSITION; SOOT PARTICLES; TUBE INLETS; TUBE WALLS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONDENSATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; DEPOSITS; DIESEL ENGINES; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM REFINING; SOOT; THERMOPHORESIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VAN DER WAALS FORCES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION;

ALKANE; HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINE; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT; EXHAUST GAS; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION COOLER; FORCE; GAS FLOW; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SOOT; THERMOPHORESIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 80053071586     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2011.617400     Document Type: Article

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