Prediction of CO and NOx Abatement in Catalytic Converter of a Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle (CNGV) Cold-Start Engine

Simulation and modelling of cold-start engine exhaust behaviour at catalytic converter is a difficult task as it involves complicated heat transfer processes and chemical reactions. This work presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculation to predict the transient thermal and conversion ch...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Luqman Chuah, Jolius, Gimbun, Fakhru'l-Razi, A., Sahari, Barkawi, Thomas, S. Y. Choong
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Nova Science Publishers 2011
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18454/1/Advances%20in%20Environmental%20Research.pdf
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author Abdullah, Luqman Chuah
Jolius, Gimbun
Fakhru'l-Razi, A.
Sahari, Barkawi
Thomas, S. Y. Choong
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Jolius, Gimbun
Fakhru'l-Razi, A.
Sahari, Barkawi
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description Simulation and modelling of cold-start engine exhaust behaviour at catalytic converter is a difficult task as it involves complicated heat transfer processes and chemical reactions. This work presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculation to predict the transient thermal and conversion characteristics of catalytic converters during the light-off operation. The numerical solutions was realised using a species transport modelling in a first and second order differencing scheme. The effects of temperature on conversion of NOx to N2 and CO to CO2 are numerically evaluated and all results are in an excellent agreement with the published measurement. The calculated light-off temperature of catalytic converter is in the range of 530 and 600 K which was in the range of the data that reported in the literature. Results obtained from the simulation have demonstrated that CFD is capable of modelling the catalytic converter cold-start behaviour.
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spelling UMPir184542018-04-18T01:17:08Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18454/ Prediction of CO and NOx Abatement in Catalytic Converter of a Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle (CNGV) Cold-Start Engine Abdullah, Luqman Chuah Jolius, Gimbun Fakhru'l-Razi, A. Sahari, Barkawi Thomas, S. Y. Choong TP Chemical technology Simulation and modelling of cold-start engine exhaust behaviour at catalytic converter is a difficult task as it involves complicated heat transfer processes and chemical reactions. This work presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculation to predict the transient thermal and conversion characteristics of catalytic converters during the light-off operation. The numerical solutions was realised using a species transport modelling in a first and second order differencing scheme. The effects of temperature on conversion of NOx to N2 and CO to CO2 are numerically evaluated and all results are in an excellent agreement with the published measurement. The calculated light-off temperature of catalytic converter is in the range of 530 and 600 K which was in the range of the data that reported in the literature. Results obtained from the simulation have demonstrated that CFD is capable of modelling the catalytic converter cold-start behaviour. Nova Science Publishers 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18454/1/Advances%20in%20Environmental%20Research.pdf Abdullah, Luqman Chuah and Jolius, Gimbun and Fakhru'l-Razi, A. and Sahari, Barkawi and Thomas, S. Y. Choong (2011) Prediction of CO and NOx Abatement in Catalytic Converter of a Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle (CNGV) Cold-Start Engine. In: Advances in Environmental Research. Nova Science Publishers , New York, United States, pp. 75-90. ISBN 978-1-61209-975-0 https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23_29&products_id=22561&osCsid=c607c8e2a8880b90b48bddcc7936209f
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
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Fakhru'l-Razi, A.
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Thomas, S. Y. Choong
Prediction of CO and NOx Abatement in Catalytic Converter of a Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle (CNGV) Cold-Start Engine
title Prediction of CO and NOx Abatement in Catalytic Converter of a Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle (CNGV) Cold-Start Engine
title_full Prediction of CO and NOx Abatement in Catalytic Converter of a Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle (CNGV) Cold-Start Engine
title_fullStr Prediction of CO and NOx Abatement in Catalytic Converter of a Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle (CNGV) Cold-Start Engine
title_full_unstemmed Prediction of CO and NOx Abatement in Catalytic Converter of a Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle (CNGV) Cold-Start Engine
title_short Prediction of CO and NOx Abatement in Catalytic Converter of a Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle (CNGV) Cold-Start Engine
title_sort prediction of co and nox abatement in catalytic converter of a compressed natural gas vehicle cngv cold start engine
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18454/1/Advances%20in%20Environmental%20Research.pdf
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