A numerical approach to investigate transient thermal and conversion characteristics of automotive catalytic converter

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Jeong, Soo Jin ^a   Kim, Woo Seung ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AUTOMOTIVE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; CHEMICAL REACTION MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CONVERSION CHARACTERISTICS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA RATIO; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 85072480358     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/980881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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