Transient flow and pressure characteristics inside a closed-coupled catalytic converter

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Bai, Ling ^a   Zhao, Fu Quan ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Lai, Ming Chia ^a   Lee, Ki Sang ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hyundai Motor Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FLOW STRUCTURE; GASOLINE; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS; GASOLINE ENGINES; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETERS; LDA MEASUREMENTS; PRESSURE CHARACTERISTICS; PRESSURE OSCILLATION; SEEDING PARTICLES; TRANSIENT FLOW;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

EID: 85072453307     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/982548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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