Characterisation and Modelling of the Reactions in a Three-Way PdRh Catalyst in the Exhaust Gas from an Ethanol-Fuelled Spark-Ignition Engine
- Submitting institution
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Queen's University of Belfast
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 177624810
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1177/0954407018821031
- Title of journal
- Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering
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- First page
- 3222
- Volume
- 233
- Issue
- 12
- ISSN
- 0954-4070
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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A - Aeronautical, Mechanical, and Manufacturing
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This industrially-sponsored paper presents, for the first time, a detailed study of the reactions that occur in a current generation catalytic converter when fitted to an engine that is fuelled by ethanol, a widely-used renewable fuel, rather than conventional gasoline. These reactions, which produce toxic and unregulated compounds, were studied using advanced research equipment that is not available in any other university. The resulting reaction kinetic parameters were used to construct a catalyst model that has subsequently been used by industry. The measurement and modelling techniques developed have led to two industrially-sponsored projects. Industrial contact: Stephen Cudmore - scudmore@jaguarlandrover.com
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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