Flow distribution in a close-coupled catalytic converter

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Cho, Yong Seok ^a   Kim, Duk Sang ^a   Han, Minsub ^b   Joo, Youngcheol ^b   Lee, Jong Hwa ^c   Min, Kyoung Doug ^d  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b Research and Development Team   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CLOSE-COUPLED CATALYTIC CONVERTER; FIRING ORDERS; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLOW UNIFORMITY INDEX; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; STEADY AND TRANSIENT; TRANSIENT TESTS;

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 85072461780     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/982552     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

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