CFD investigation of thermal fluid flow and conversion characteristics of the catalytic converter

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Chung, Cathy ^a   Rajadurai, Sivanandi ^a   Geer, Larry ^a  

^a TENNECO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; HEAT TRANSFER; PRECIOUS METALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; CHEMICAL REACTION MODELS; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVERSION CHARACTERISTICS; MASS CONCENTRATION; NOBLE METAL LOADING; OPERATION TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PREDICTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 85072423524     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-0462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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