Study on flow characteristics of automotive catalytic converters with various configurations

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Shuai, Shi Jin ^a   Wang, Jian Xin ^a   Zhuang, Ren Jun ^a   Chen, Jun Rui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR;

AUTOMOTIVE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; ENHANCED DIFFUSION; EQUIVALENT CONTINUUM; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; HONEYCOMB MONOLITH; MULTI DIMENSIONAL; THEORETICAL VALUES;

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 85072481536     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-0208     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

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